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THE IMPACT OF 3D PRINTING ON CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
Gail GreatorexProduct Safety SolutionsMelbourne, Australia
Inside 3D Printing Conference
Melbourne 2015
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Consumer product safety
Focus today on:
Consumer level 3D printers – and how they can impact product safety
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Residual risks
Addressed through:
User instructions – assembly, installation, maintenance
Warnings
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One of the friends . . . Kyle
Kyle acquires a consumer level 3D printer
He’s excited to explore what he can make with this new device
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Kyle’s friend, Elly
Elly has always felt she had untapped creative talent
She downloads some 3D print software and starts designing some household products
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Kyle and Elly’s friend, Simon . . .
Simon knows somebody who is importing 3D printing filament
Simon supplies Kyle with these raw materials for a good price
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Elly has a friend who’s having a baby . . .
Elly has been invited to the baby shower. She wants to give a teething ring as a gift, but that seems a bit plain . . .
So she designs a teething ring with some extra little animal shapes around it
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Kyle makes a teething ring
3D printed from Elly’s design
Elly’s friend loves the
teething ring
No-one realises the rings
contain a banned plastic
softener
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Kyle gets excited . . .
Now Kyle thinks there might be some money in making toys
He finds toy designs online at 3Ddezigns.com
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. . . and over-excited
Kyle tries to speed up the printing process by turning up the heat in his apartment
He doesn’t read the designer’s instructions about the temperature needed to cure the finished product
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A new and thriving business
Kyle’s Kreations Inc is off and running, selling:
Kyle’s Keep KleenTM bath toys Kyle’s Krazy Kars™ toys Elly’s Ezi-teethe™ teething rings
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3D Printing and Product Safety
What does this story tell us?
What are the issues for consumer product safety?
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3D Printing and Product Safety
• Anyone can buy a 3D printer
• Anyone can access designs online
• . . . and vary them to suit their needs
• And supply them to others
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3D Printing and Product Safety
• Novice and untrained designers!
• Novice and untrained producers! (prosumers)
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3D Printing and Product Safety
• Making and supplying banned products
• Not recognising hazards and how to avoid them
• Not providing instructions or warnings
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3D Printing and Product Safety
• Raw materials - Quality? Consistency?
• Product output - Quality? Consistency?
• Opportunities for checks and balances (testing, QA audits, supply chain cross-checks)?
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3D Printing and Product Safety
And these are not the only issues consumer product safety and 3D printing
There are many more . . .
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Strategies for the 3DP industry
Make consumer product safety a priority for its growing
market
Support and educate customers in product safety - including prosumers and 3D print shops
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Strategies for the 3DP industry
Work with product design developers and design schools
Monitor the safety of feedstock and actively manage associated risks
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White paper
White paper: 3D Printing and Consumer Product Safety
Available free at productsafetysolutions.com.au
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