CONSUMER GOODSID 538200

PQ Eyewear

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Additive Companion

Designer / Owner

RA
Ron Arad

Industry: Consumer Goods
Year: 2012
Country: United Kingdom

Summary

Live hinges create a monolithic eyewear frame that uses Nylon PA12’s material memory to ensure the stems grip the wearer’s head.

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Technology Details

Printer Technology: SLS (Industrial)
Printer Category: Powder Bed Fusion
Material: Nylon PA12
Material Type: Nylon
Feedstock Form: Powder
Finishing: Dyeing, Dyed

Process Steps

Printer category: Powder Bed Fusion

1
Step 1Design
CAD Design Type
Design
CAD Software Type
Surface Modelling
CAD File Format
.STL
2
Step 2Printing
Technology
SLS (Industrial)
Material
Nylon PA12
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3
Step 3Post-processing
Post-processing Type
Dyeing

Application Profile

Cost per Part

€€

€25–€49.99

Indicative single unit production cost at time of manufacture.

Complexity

Complex

Requires specialised knowledge and deeper analysis.

Project Scale

Full Production

Product Type

Aesthetic

Project Field

Commercial

Sustainability Rating

★☆☆

Can depend heavily on virgin fossil fuels, produce harmful emissions, and yield non-recyclable materials. Involves high energy consumption during material manufacturing. As an AM material, requires some re-processing after use. 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.

CAD Design Type

Design

CAD Software Type

Surface Modelling

CAD File Format

.STL

User Level

Professional

Key Advantages

Material Optimisation

Points of Interest

Dynamic

Recognition

Press

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