Mechanical Properties of Metal Injecting Moulded 316L Stainless Steel Using Both Prealloy and Master Alloy Techniques

Stainless steel 316L MIM components can be made from either prealloyed powders or from master alloys blended with carbonyl iron powder. In this study these two techniques were compared using prealloyed and master alloyed gas atomised powders of 216 mm and 222 mm sizes