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==Source==
==Source==
B.T. Wittbrodt, A.G. Glover, J. Laureto, G.C. Anzalone, D. Oppliger, J.L. Irwin, J.M. Pearce (2013), Life-cycle economic analysis of distributed manufacturing with open-source 3-D printers, ''Mechatronics'', 2013 (in press). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2013.06.002
B.T. Wittbrodt, A.G. Glover, J. Laureto, G.C. Anzalone, D. Oppliger, J.L. Irwin, J.M. Pearce (2013), Life-cycle economic analysis of distributed manufacturing with open-source 3-D printers, ''Mechatronics'', 23 (2013), pp. 713-726. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2013.06.002
* [http://www.academia.edu/4067796/Life-Cycle_Economic_Analysis_of_Distributed_Manufacturing_with_Open-Source_3-D_Printers open access]
* [http://www.academia.edu/4067796/Life-Cycle_Economic_Analysis_of_Distributed_Manufacturing_with_Open-Source_3-D_Printers open access]
* [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957415813001153 audio slide summary]
* [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957415813001153 audio slide summary]
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==Abstract==
==Abstract==
The recent development of [[open-source 3-D printers]] makes scaling of distributed additive-based manufacturing of high-value objects technically feasible and offers the potential for widespread proliferation of mechatronics education and participation. These self-replicating rapid prototypers ([[RepRap]]s) can manufacture approximately half of their own parts from sequential fused deposition of polymer feedstocks. RepRaps have been demonstrated for conventional prototyping and engineering, customizing scientific equipment, and appropriate technology-related manufacturing for sustainable development. However, in order for this technology to proliferate like 2-D electronic printers have, it must be economically viable for a typical household. This study reports on the [[life-cycle economic analysis]] (LCEA) of RepRap technology for an average US household. A new low-cost RepRap is described and the costs of materials and time to construct it are quantified. The economic costs of a selection of 20 open-source printable designs (representing less than 0.02% of those available), are typical of products that a household might purchase, are quantified for print time, energy, and filament consumption and compared to low and high Internet market prices for similar products without shipping costs. The results show that even making the extremely conservative assumption that the household would only use the printer to make the selected 20 products a year the avoided purchase cost savings would range from about $300 to $2000/year. Assuming the 25 h of necessary printing for the selected products is evenly distributed throughout the year these savings provide a simple payback time for the RepRap in 4 months to 2 years and provide an ROI between >200% and >40%. As both upgrades and the components that are most likely to wear out in the RepRap can be printed and thus the lifetime of the distributing manufacturing can be substantially increased the unavoidable conclusion from this study is that the RepRap is an economically attractive investment for the average US household already. It appears clear that as RepRaps improve in reliability, continue to decline in cost and both the number and assumed utility of open-source designs continues growing exponentially, open-source 3-D printers will become a mass-market mechatronic device.
The recent development of [[open-source 3-D printers]] makes scaling of distributed additive-based manufacturing of high-value objects technically feasible and offers the potential for widespread proliferation of mechatronics education and participation. These self-replicating rapid prototypers ([[RepRap]]s) can manufacture approximately half of their own parts from sequential fused deposition of polymer feedstocks. RepRaps have been demonstrated for conventional prototyping and engineering, customizing scientific equipment, and appropriate technology-related manufacturing for sustainable development. However, in order for this technology to proliferate like 2-D electronic printers have, it must be economically viable for a typical household. This study reports on the [[life-cycle economic analysis]] (LCEA) of RepRap technology for an average US household. A new low-cost RepRap is described and the costs of materials and time to construct it are quantified. The economic costs of a selection of 20 open-source printable designs (representing less than 0.02% of those available), are typical of products that a household might purchase, are quantified for print time, energy, and filament consumption and compared to low and high Internet market prices for similar products without shipping costs. The results show that even making the extremely conservative assumption that the household would only use the printer to make the selected 20 products a year the avoided purchase cost savings would range from about $300 to $2000/year. Assuming the 25 h of necessary printing for the selected products is evenly distributed throughout the year these savings provide a simple payback time for the RepRap in 4 months to 2 years and provide an ROI between >200% and >40%. As both upgrades and the components that are most likely to wear out in the RepRap can be printed and thus the lifetime of the distributing manufacturing can be substantially increased the unavoidable conclusion from this study is that the RepRap is an economically attractive investment for the average US household already. It appears clear that as RepRaps improve in reliability, continue to decline in cost and both the number and assumed utility of open-source designs continues growing exponentially, open-source 3-D printers will become a mass-market mechatronic device.
==See also==
* [[Impact of DIY Home Manufacturing with 3D Printing on the Toy and Game Market]]
* [[Emergence of Home Manufacturing in the Developed World: Return on Investment for Open-Source 3-D Printers]]
* [[Quantifying the Value of Open Source Hardware Development]]
* [[Open-source, self-replicating 3-D printer factory for small-business manufacturing]]
* [[Distributed manufacturing with 3-D printing: a case study of recreational vehicle solar photovoltaic mounting systems]]
* [[Global value chains from a 3D printing perspective]]
* [[Distributed Manufacturing of Flexible Products- Technical Feasibility and Economic Viability]]
* [[Open-source 3-D Printing in Managing Humanitarian Innovation]]
* [[Sponsored Libre Research Agreements to Create Free and Open Source Software and Hardware]]
* [[Economic Potential for Distributed Manufacturing of Adaptive Aids for Arthritis Patients in the U.S.]]
* [[Open-Source Three-Dimensional Printable Infant Clubfoot Brace]]
* [[Low-cost open source ultrasound-sensing based navigational support for visually impaired]]


==Press==
==Press==
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* [http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2013/08/sintercore_3d_printing_guns.html Click, print, fire: Grand Rapids startup hits accelerating 3D printed weapons market] - M Live,The Ann Arbor News
* [http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2013/08/sintercore_3d_printing_guns.html Click, print, fire: Grand Rapids startup hits accelerating 3D printed weapons market] - M Live,The Ann Arbor News
* [https://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/consumer-3d-printing-affordable-and-delicious Consumer 3D printing, affordable, great ROI, and delicious] - The Network World
* [https://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/consumer-3d-printing-affordable-and-delicious Consumer 3D printing, affordable, great ROI, and delicious] - The Network World
* [http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2013/08/29/got-hankering-for-midnight-snack-try-printing-out-brownie/ Craving a Midnight Snack? Try Printing Out a Brownie] - Fox Business
* [http://realtytimes.com/consumeradvice/homeownersadvice1/item/26187-20130918-3-d-printing-comes-home 3-D Printing Comes Home] - Reality Times
* [http://prospect.org/article/pandoras-box Pandora's Box] - The American Prospect
* [http://hexus.net/tech/news/peripherals/58481-study-suggests-home-3d-printing-save-people-2k-pa/ Study suggests home 3D printing could save people up to $2k p.a.] - Hexus
* [http://www.marketspress.com/3d-printing-star-trek-style-3310/ericlinker.html 3D Printing Star Trek Style] - Markets Press
* [http://www.3ders.org/articles/20131024-disney-predicted-3d-printer-in-every-home-within-a-decade.html Disney sees 3D printer in every home within a decade]- 3Ders
* [http://graphicartsmag.com/articles/2013/11/wild-wonderful-world-3d-printing/ The wild & wonderful world of 3D printing] - Graphics Art Magazine
* [http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/01/03/3d-printing-home-future-cheap-easy-ubiquitous/ Your Household Is Just a Few Years Away from a 3-D Printed Future] - Daily Finance
* [http://www.corpmagazine.com/features/cover-stories/itemid/10785/pageid/3/producing-a-revolution--3d-printing-opens-new-ave Producing A Revolution - 3D printing opens new avenues for inventions, innovation] - Corp Magazine
* [http://www.scholastic.com/aboutscholastic/files/LeonMcCarthy.pdf I printed my robot hand] - Junior Scholastic
* [http://reason.com/archives/2014/03/24/the-3d-economy/ The 3D Economy] - Reason
*[http://techgenmag.com/2014/11/08/formlabs-leaders-in-desktop-3d-printing/ Formlabs, leaders in desktop 3D printing] - TechGen Magazine
* [http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/05/making-ideas-tangible-how-3d-printers-will-transform-the-classroom/ Making Ideas Tangible: How 3D Printers Will Transform the Classroom] - Singularity Hub
* [http://thefuturescentre.org/trend-cards/123/distributed-manufacturing Distributed Manufacturing] - The Forum of the Future


'''International'''
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!<big>Impresoras 3D permitirían ahorrar dos mil dólares en los hogares, según estudio</big>
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France
France
* [http://www.latribune.fr/technos-medias/informatique/20130805trib000779111/imprimantes-3d-rentables-en-moins-d-un-an.html Imprimantes 3D : rentables en moins d'un an] La Tribune ( French financial newspaper circulation of ~78,000)
* [http://www.latribune.fr/technos-medias/informatique/20130805trib000779111/imprimantes-3d-rentables-en-moins-d-un-an.html Imprimantes 3D : rentables en moins d'un an] La Tribune ( French financial newspaper circulation of ~78,000)
* [http://www.monunivers3d.com/1530/ Etude : une imprimante 3D serait rentabilisée dès la première année] - Mon Universe 3D


Costa Rica
Costa Rica

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Economic Advantage to Making Your Own Stuff with 3D Printing
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Source

B.T. Wittbrodt, A.G. Glover, J. Laureto, G.C. Anzalone, D. Oppliger, J.L. Irwin, J.M. Pearce (2013), Life-cycle economic analysis of distributed manufacturing with open-source 3-D printers, Mechatronics, 23 (2013), pp. 713-726. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2013.06.002

Highlights

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  • Open-source 3-D printers makes distributed manufacturing technically feasible.
  • Self-replicating rapid prototypers (RepRaps) can manufacture half of their own parts.
  • Life-cycle economic analysis of RepRap technology for US household provided.
  • Open-source 3-D printers recover material costs in less than 1 year, >200% ROI
  • Open-source designs growing exponentially predicts distributed manufacturing scaling.

Abstract

The recent development of open-source 3-D printers makes scaling of distributed additive-based manufacturing of high-value objects technically feasible and offers the potential for widespread proliferation of mechatronics education and participation. These self-replicating rapid prototypers (RepRaps) can manufacture approximately half of their own parts from sequential fused deposition of polymer feedstocks. RepRaps have been demonstrated for conventional prototyping and engineering, customizing scientific equipment, and appropriate technology-related manufacturing for sustainable development. However, in order for this technology to proliferate like 2-D electronic printers have, it must be economically viable for a typical household. This study reports on the life-cycle economic analysis (LCEA) of RepRap technology for an average US household. A new low-cost RepRap is described and the costs of materials and time to construct it are quantified. The economic costs of a selection of 20 open-source printable designs (representing less than 0.02% of those available), are typical of products that a household might purchase, are quantified for print time, energy, and filament consumption and compared to low and high Internet market prices for similar products without shipping costs. The results show that even making the extremely conservative assumption that the household would only use the printer to make the selected 20 products a year the avoided purchase cost savings would range from about $300 to $2000/year. Assuming the 25 h of necessary printing for the selected products is evenly distributed throughout the year these savings provide a simple payback time for the RepRap in 4 months to 2 years and provide an ROI between >200% and >40%. As both upgrades and the components that are most likely to wear out in the RepRap can be printed and thus the lifetime of the distributing manufacturing can be substantially increased the unavoidable conclusion from this study is that the RepRap is an economically attractive investment for the average US household already. It appears clear that as RepRaps improve in reliability, continue to decline in cost and both the number and assumed utility of open-source designs continues growing exponentially, open-source 3-D printers will become a mass-market mechatronic device.

See also

Press

International

Impresoras 3D permitirían ahorrar dos mil dólares en los hogares, según estudio
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Latin America and the Caribbean

Canada

Spain

Poland

Japan

Hungary

Austria

Netherlands

Russia

UK

Norway

France

Costa Rica

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