Originally Posted by Tr2sa  Sintering is an interesting option for micro manufacturing; I am not familiar with the current sintering possibilities. What I have found, is that lots should be bigger to be cost effective - monthly volumes around 100 000.
Also offered raw surface finish seems to be close but not enough without secondary smoothing operation. In addition to that there are ejector marks, differences related to stress tolerance and wearing. |
You can try automatic lathe machine that is used to make electricity plug pins. If qty is real, this can be made less than 0.10usd/pc. I do not have this machine but I can help if you are interested. My email is sumomoto@gmail dot com