I thought I was on /c/gardening for a second.
@LaFinlandia when producing such huge amounts, wouldn’t it rather make sense to use injection molding instead? It would be much faster and at this scale most likely more economic as well.
This is true, 10k is probably well past the point that injection molding make sense, as long as the features allow for it.
It’s hard to tell from the picture, but it might be that 3d printing allows for a better geometry that isn’t possible with injection molding. It’s also possible that they’re adjusting the design as they go, making it so they don’t want to get locked in.
It’s also possible they’re using distributed manufacturing, where there’s not one single place making all of them, and it’s easier to get the community to help build stuff rapidly instead of a central factory making these parts. (even though there’s clearly a print farm in the background, it might not be the only location with printers)
