Powder injection Moulding (PIM) & Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing with Highly-Filled Polymer (MEAM-HP)

Dear Colleagues,

Development of a powder injection moulding and 3D printing processes, including mixing, injection, 3D printing extrusion, debinding, and sintering, has been a very active research field in the last few decades. By combining experimental and numerical approaches, PIM and MEAM-HP technologies have demonstrated their competitiveness in delivering high shape complexity, high properties, and suitable dimensional and geometrical tolerances compared with conventional forming routes. This Special Issue on “Metal Injection Moulding & Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing with Highly-Filled Polymer” intends to collect the last developments in mixing, moulding, 3D printing extrusion, debinding, sintering, and post-processing stages of the PIM & MEAM-HP processes. Topics addressed in this Special Issue may include but are not limited to:

- Developments in feedstock formulations and characterization of feedstocks properties;
- Numerical simulation of mould filling;
- Feedstocks mouldability, tooling, and evaluation of moulding defects;
- Development of 3D printing using material extrusion additive manufacturing with highly-filled polymer
- Debinding;
- Sintering (including modeling, charaterisation, and process optimisation);
- Secondary processing;
- Industrial applications.

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