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Indo-MIM takes initiative with TAYSAD for New Generation MIM technology

Dissemination of information has been the main focus of Indo-MIM, a manufacturing company based in Bangalore in India. Being a world leader in MIM (Metal Injection Molding) technology, it has been a priority for this company to help designers and engineers world over to get technical information about this technology and help them apply it in their field. Having developed more than 3500 varieties of diverse products as per customer designs, Indo-MIM has a rich experience of using various types of materials for complex geometry. Their motto is aptly coined: Complexity Simplified. One such initiative was taken up by IndoMIM in organizing a technical seminar in co-operation with TAYSAD, on 16th May at TAYSAD Campus at Istanbul. TAYSAD is the Association of Automotive Parts & Components Manufacturers in Turkey. This was a 3 hour session conducted by Mr. Manoj Kabre, Vice President Marketing from Indo-MIM, Bangalore and Mr. Osman Karakas, Turkey representative. The seminar was conducted in both English and Turkish (as required) and answered all the technical query of the participants. The programme had participants from various automotive industries across Turkey. All the automotive industries have been working on the challenges offered by automotive manufacturers for rationalizing part geometry and strength. In every area of an automobile - be it an engine or a transmission unit, or a moving component of an aircraft engine, reliability is an important factor to focus on. As a manufacturing technology, MIM has been a very successful technology to meet the needs of such applications. It has the entire

gamut of application ranging from engine parts of an automobile to cosmetic parts of a mobile phone or a tablet. Its diversity is in its strength, and it has a sculptor-like approach for the engineering fraternity, when it comes to the capability of the technology. MIM Technology combines the design flexibility and production scale of plastic injection molding with the strength and integrity of wrought metals to offer cost effective solutions to meet these demands. It has the unique ability to manufacture complex, lightweight shapes that are not economically viable with other metal cutting / forming processes. Minimizing part wall thickness by proper use of coring and ribs, allows use of less metal without sacrificing durability. This was very well explained in the seminar by Mr. Kabre, giving examples of actual parts thereby making it easy for the participants to understand and visualize. Some of the participants at the seminar very aptly understood that besides superior shape capability, the MIM process provides the designer with a wider choice of high strength ferrous and stainless steel alloys as well as wear resistant and high temperature super alloys. Indo-MIM has shown readiness to extend its Value engineering service to various industries in Turkey, as and when they need. Elaborating this approach, Mr. Karakas explained to the team that in this approach, the problem is designated and the boundaries are fixed enabling the MIM designer to develop innovative solutions tailored to a customers specific problems. He shared his experience of having

conducted such workshops in the past two years at various industries in Turkey such as Bosch-Siemens, Ingersoll Rand, Arcelik, etc. Mr.Ali zgr Bozkurt, Chief Engineer Production Engineering Department from Farplas R & D Center, who was one of the participant, sent his comments, First of all, thank you very much for your seminar. It was quite fluent and informative. Honestly speaking, when I first saw your title, I was suspicious about the agenda and I was thinking it would be a classical marketing and company presentation that would be waste of time as an engineering point of view. However, your presentation was quite rich and your way of representation was almost perfect. It was very nice for me to see a marketing activity that is directly base on technical (technology) explanations. I really enjoyed and also got brief but satisfied information about the technology. I will keep in mind and contact in case my company quote such suitable components for MIM. Indo-MIM has expressed sincere gratitude to the team at TAYSAD, especially Ms.Sevgi Ozcelik, to have made all arrangements for the seminar. It also showed readiness to come to future events, if arranged by TAYSAD. One such event was also conducted earlier at Prague in Czech Republic by Indo-MIM, which was conducted by Mr. Michal Kasik, their East European representative. The event was organized in 4 batches in the campus of Technical University in Prague see http://www.techlib.cz/en/. The choice of timings allowed various technical representatives from various manufacturing companies to be present at the event.
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