Patent No. EP2684628 (titled "Binder System For Powder Injection Moulding Mass") was filed by Robert Bosch on Jun 5, 2013. The application was issued on Aug 22, 2018.
Binder system for metal injection molding comprising a polymer, a hydroxybenzoic acid fatty alcohol ester, and a fatty acid, wherein the fatty acid has a carbon chain length of 17-19 atoms, and the hydroxybenzoic acid fatty alcohol ester has a carbon chain length of 14-24 atoms. The binder system is used in a metal powder injection molding composition that contains 90-99% metal powder and 1-10% binder system.

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