Originally Posted by Jgwright

The cost of sintering is very high and has not come down over the last 5 years, I had a quote recently. It is not a cost effective way to make turbine parts. The main snag is that the finish is a rough finish and needs polishing or machining.

People get very carried away with the technology but it will only be really useful when the costs come right down similar to machining parts and the quality of the surface finish improves.

John