dc.contributor.author | Gwamuri, Jephias | de |
dc.contributor.author | Wittbrodt, Ben T. | de |
dc.contributor.author | Anzalone, Nick C. | de |
dc.contributor.author | Pearce, Joshua M. | de |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:05:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:05:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | de |
dc.identifier.issn | 2297-6477 | de |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/45398 | |
dc.description.abstract | Although the trend in manufacturing has been towards centralization to leverage economies of scale, the recent rapid technical development of open-source 3-D printers enables low-cost distributed bespoke production. This paper explores the potential advantages of a distributed manufacturing model of high-value products by investigating the application of 3-D printing to self-refraction eyeglasses. A series of parametric 3-D printable designs is developed, fabricated and tested to overcome limitations identified with mass-manufactured self-correcting eyeglasses designed for the developing world's poor. By utilizing 3-D printable self-adjustable glasses, communities not only gain access to far more diversity in product design, as the glasses can be customized for the individual, but 3-D printing also offers the potential for significant cost reductions. The results show that distributed manufacturing with open-source 3-D printing can empower developing world communities through the ability to print less expensive and customized self-adjusting eyeglasses. This offers the potential to displace both centrally manufactured conventional and self-adjusting glasses while completely eliminating the costs of the conventional optics correction experience, including those of highly-trained optometrists and ophthalmologists and their associated equipment. Although, this study only analyzed a single product, it is clear that other products would benefit from the same approach in isolated regions of the developing world. | en |
dc.language | en | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Wirtschaft | de |
dc.subject.ddc | Economics | en |
dc.title | Reversing the trend of large scale and centralization in manufacturing: the case of distributed manufacturing of customizable 3-D-printable self-adjustable glasses | de |
dc.description.review | begutachtet (peer reviewed) | de |
dc.description.review | peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.url | http://www.librelloph.com/challengesinsustainability/article/view/cis-2-1-30 | de |
dc.source.journal | Challenges in Sustainability | |
dc.source.volume | 2 | de |
dc.publisher.country | CHE | |
dc.source.issue | 1 | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Produktion, Fertigung | de |
dc.subject.classoz | Manufacturing | en |
dc.subject.classoz | National Economy | en |
dc.subject.classoz | Volkswirtschaftstheorie | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | Fertigung | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | manufacturing | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | international economic relations | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | Entwicklungsland | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | developing country | en |
dc.subject.thesoz | optische Industrie | de |
dc.subject.thesoz | optical industry | en |
dc.rights.licence | Creative Commons - Namensnennung | de |
dc.rights.licence | Creative Commons - Attribution | en |
internal.status | formal und inhaltlich fertig erschlossen | de |
internal.identifier.thesoz | 10043530 | |
internal.identifier.thesoz | 10037393 | |
internal.identifier.thesoz | 10034610 | |
internal.identifier.thesoz | 10047189 | |
dc.type.stock | article | de |
dc.type.document | Zeitschriftenartikel | de |
dc.type.document | journal article | en |
dc.source.pageinfo | 30-40 | de |
internal.identifier.classoz | 1090301 | |
internal.identifier.classoz | 1090404 | |
internal.identifier.journal | 795 | |
internal.identifier.document | 32 | |
internal.identifier.ddc | 330 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.12924/cis2014.02010030 | de |
dc.description.pubstatus | Veröffentlichungsversion | de |
dc.description.pubstatus | Published Version | en |
internal.identifier.licence | 1 | |
internal.identifier.pubstatus | 1 | |
internal.identifier.review | 1 | |
dc.description.misc | cis-2-1-30 | de |
dc.subject.classhort | 10900 | de |
internal.check.abstractlanguageharmonizer | CERTAIN | |