3D printing: opportunities and challenges for custom, spec-grade architectural lighting

Alejandro Guerrero; Dustin Kloempken

doi:10.1117/12.2677570

2 October 2023 3D printing: opportunities and challenges for custom, spec-grade architectural lighting

Alejandro Guerrero, Dustin Kloempken

Proceedings Volume PC12670, 3D Printing for Lighting; (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677570
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2023, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Specification-grade lighting jobs often require product customization. Custom products are expensive to manufacture because it involves engineering costs, changes in tooling, sourcing of special parts, modifications to manufacturing schedules, and often require low volume runs. Beyond the known benefits to redesign, prototype, test, and validate product change orders, emerging 3D printing technologies and materials offer different solutions to lighting manufacturers for functional parts. This presentation will describe potential scenarios where 3D printing can be used to provide the flexibility and speed-to-market needed by manufacturers of custom, high-end architectural lighting products to remain competitive.

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Alejandro Guerrero and Dustin Kloempken "3D printing: opportunities and challenges for custom, spec-grade architectural lighting", Proc. SPIE PC12670, 3D Printing for Lighting, (2 October 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2677570

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