Vigilancia Tecnológica

A binder component for a feedstock compound for use in a shaping and sintering process comprises b-i) 3 to 70% by volume of at least one first thermoplastic and/or wax-type material, and b-ii) 30 to 97% by volume of at least one second thermoplastic and/or wax-type material, based on the total volume of the binder component b). The first thermoplastic and/or wax-type material and the second thermoplastic and/or wax-type material differ in at least one property which property is selected from (1) solubility in a solvent, (2) degradability induced by heat and/or a reactant, and (3) volatility. The first thermoplastic and/or wax-type material is less soluble, less degradable or less volatile than the second thermoplastic and/or wax-type material. T<sub>cross</sub> is higher by not more than 60 K than T<sub>P</sub>, wherein T<sub>P</sub> is the DSC melt peak temperature of the binder component b), and T<sub>cross</sub> is the temperature at the intersection between the storage modulus G' curve and the loss modulus G'' curve in a dynamic viscoelasticity measurement of the binder component b). The feedstock compound containing the binder component and non-organic sinterable particles is used in an additive manufacturing process, an injection molding process, a pressing process or a casting process.