Viability of Distributed Manufacturing of Bicycle Components with 3-D Printing: CEN Standardized Polylactic Acid Pedal Testing
Recent advancements in open-source self-replicating rapid prototypers (RepRap) have radically reduced costs of 3-D printing. The cost of additive manufacturing enables distributed manufacturing of open source appropriate technologies (OSAT) to assist in sustainable development. In order to investiga...
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Language: | English |
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Engineers Without Borders Australia
2017-05-01
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Series: | Journal of Humanitarian Engineering |
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Online Access: | http://jhe.ewb.org.au/index.php/jhe/article/view/60 |