Yeah, I looked at various forms of printing from powder as a productive system. The problem is that the powder is very expensive, more expensive than most of the parts that can be produced from it. And it can’t produce some parts— like ball bearings or cast iron— so you need tools to make those. And by the time you add those in, it turns out you don’t need powder metallurgy.
Yeah, I looked at various forms of printing from powder as a productive system. The problem is that the powder is very expensive, more expensive than most of the parts that can be produced from it. And it can’t produce some parts— like ball bearings or cast iron— so you need tools to make those. And by the time you add those in, it turns out you don’t need powder metallurgy.