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Low-alloyed steels contain small amounts of alloying elements (up to ~5%), enhancing hardness, strength, and wear resistance. These material are typically used heat-treated, and offer good hardness, toughness, and fatigue resistance, making them ideal for technical components in machinery industries, aerospace or automotive.

Tool steels are high-performance steels designed for highly loaded components in demanding applications. Such steels show a high hardness, wear resistance, and toughness. These steels are ideal for high-stress applications offering excellent durability and strength in industries like automotive and manufacturing.

Stainless steels are corrosion-resistant alloys that offer excellent resistance to rust and oxidation, making them ideal for harsh environments. Used in a wide range of applications, including medical devices, aerospace, machinery industries and consumer.

Titanium and Titanium alloys are lightweight, corrosion-resistant metals known for their high strength-to-weight ratio. Titanium is commonly used in aerospace, medical, and high-performance applications requiring durability or biocompatibility.

NdFeB
NdFeB permanent magnets offer exceptionally high magnetic strength, making them ideal for compact and powerful applications. Combined with MIM process NdFeB permanent magnets with unique design and magnetization can be produced.

CeFeB
Ce-substituted NdFeB-type alloys are a more sustainable and resilient solution for permanent magnet applications. Cerium is a Rare Earth element with significantly reduced criticality compared to Neodemium. MIM as a shaping technology can compensate the disadvantages of reduced magnetic properties compared to typical NdFeB-alloys. CeFeB permanent magnets are under development at MIMplus.

SmCo
SmCo permanent magnets provide high magnetic strength and excellent thermal stability, making them suitable for high-temperature environments. They also offer strong resistance to corrosion, often eliminating the need for protective coatings. SmCo permanent magnets are under development at MIMplus.

Ferrite
Ferrite permanent magnets are cost-effective and offer good resistance to corrosion and demagnetization. They are also stable over a wide temperature range, making them suitable for many general-purpose applications. Ferrite soft magnetic materials are often applied in electronics. Ferrite soft and permanent magnets are under development at MIMplus.

Magnetocaloric materials experience thermal changes when exposed to magnetic fields. This behavior can be utilized for innovative cooling systems, similar to the Carnot cycle. Magnetocaloric materials are under development at MIMplus.

FeCo
Iron-cobalt alloys offer exceptionally high magnetic saturation, making them ideal for applications requiring strong magnetic fields. FeCo alloys are particularly brittle and difficult to machine. MIM is the perfect production process for this group of soft magnetic alloys.

MIMplus offers several further alloys for demanding applications. On customer demand MIMplus can develop feedstocks in-house or with qualified suppliers.