Braille Signage for Handrails
- Additive Companion
- Transportation
- 2023
- Germany
Summary
These are additively manufactured bespoke braille handrail signs for German railways. Providing, location, destination and distance information from each sign in both text and braille form, improves the assistance provided for visually impaired travellers when navigating train stations. The unique information on each individual sign is automatically generated through the use of Trinckle's Paramate software.
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Technology Details
- SLM
- Powder Bed Fusion
- CP1
- Aluminium Alloy
- Powder
- Polished
Process Steps
Printer category: Powder Bed Fusion
- 1
Step 1Design
- CAD Design Type
- Generative
- CAD Software Type
- Surface Modelling
- CAD File Format
- .STL
- Design Software
- Paramate
- 2
Application Profile
€€€
€50–€99.99
Indicative single unit production cost at time of manufacture.
Complex
Requires specialised knowledge and deeper analysis.
Small Series
Mobility
Industrial
★★☆
Can depend on fossil fuels and high energy use, but allows unconsumed material to be directly reused for printing without reprocessing, significantly reducing manufacturing waste. This rating relates to the technology type only. The design, purpose and longevity of the entire object can offset any of the technology type's negative sustainability credentials.
Paramate
Generative
Surface Modelling
.STL
Professional
Agility
Recognition
Providers Involved
- Colibrium AdditiveHardware Manufacturer
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