That’s how we finally did it:
Works perfectly fine for us.
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My mistake, I assumed subject was related to a Professional Business…
I have several 3D-Printers and have made many prototype connectors at home since retiring 25 yrs ago. Prior to that, as Engineering Director for this company, we didn’t fool around with Homemade dies… Sure, you can make homemade die’s and molds - for the cost of peanuts; example of some of my Mold’s (prior to 3D-Printing).
Yeah well you’d be surprised how many professional companies have turned to 3d printing for medium sized runs in the last few years. I mean if a die is made out of metal its going to last for a long time. Then the die is not expensive, as you say, since it is amortized over multiple parts.
On the other hand if a die as you claim is expensive, then 3D printing is the way to go. So which is it? You cant have it both ways. So if you run i less than a few hundred die stampings, you can 3d print and get a price of 0.50-1€ per item at this size, and you can easily have 5-10 in one stamp. So a small run for 0.05 + material cost each on the if you do a metal die you can probably do stamping at 0.01+material cost per item so material cost basically, which you can push down in bulk.
See even i used to think that 3d printing is not really serious stuff, until i saw what actual companies were doing with them. Even metal printing i starting to be viable option.
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It is very good that your boards are made finally and works perfactly fine.
How much this special process (plated board edge) cost you?
Linda
Nothing (except for PCB space…). Was included in the process. That’s the beauty of this approach.
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The cost should be included in the unit price.
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