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Contents:
- Introduction
- Why is 3D printing a great technology for the eyewear industry?
- Best 3D printed glasses projects
- How to create your 3D printed glasses with Sculpteo?
Introduction
Why is 3D printing a great technology for the eyewear industry?
3D printing brings unlimited possibilities of designs
There is a simple sentence that clearly defines the whole potential of 3D printing when it comes to creation and design: “The only limit is your own imagination”. Indeed, this technology allows you to create extremely complex structures, and in some cases, designs that you could not even make come true without 3D printing due to traditional manufacturing constraints.
In the eyewear industry, this technology has been used more and more to create 3D printed glasses since it opens a broad range of possibilities to create 3D printed glasses frames totally custom-made. You can easily create either simple and complex designs.
Custom-made 3D printed glasses are more comfortable
For the person wearing glasses, choosing the right pair is not an easy task. Finding comfortable glasses with good design takes time. Also, the limited choices of design, in some cases, lead the wearer to sacrifice the design above their own comfort. Thanks to this cutting-edge technology, 3D printed glasses can be customized to fit the individual’s needs. It gives the wearer a feeling of comfort and at the same time a cool style.
Besides offering freedom of designs and shapes, 3D printing uses less material to produce glasses frames.
Additive manufacturing also offers new opportunities, it is actually a great way to improve your product thanks to new designs and new materials: lighter 3D printed glasses frames can be made thanks to 3D printable frames.
With 3D printing, you can produce high-quality glasses
When it comes to choosing glasses, quality of the material, resistance and durability are the main elements that need to be taken into account. To produce the same quality of glasses, Polyamide 12, known as Nylon, is commonly used to 3D print glasses frame. This material has the expected properties, being resistant, durable and offers great freedom for design. Thus, thanks to 3D printing you can create high-quality 3D printed glasses. For the moment, companies 3D print frames, but soon, it could even become possible for you to 3D print lenses for your glasses
Build your brand thanks to 3D printing
3D printing helps you get ahead of your competitors, by getting a much more efficient manufacturing process.
Moreover, using additive manufacturing is the perfect way to build your brand and your DNA. Using 3D printing, combines aesthetics and innovation, pushing your company to a brand new level.
Optimize your supply-chain
If you want to use additive manufacturing to create finished 3D printed glasses, then, this technology will help you optimize your whole production process. Indeed, using additive manufacturing also means reducing your stock. With traditional manufacturing techniques, you need to build your stock, but with 3D printing: you avoid waste, you can produce your parts when you need them!
Best 3D printed glasses projects
3D printed glasses have been around for years and many companies started to adopt this innovation to improve their design. Here are some 3D printed glasses manufacturers that adopted this technology to improve their products, or their manufacturing process.
Netlooks
Sculpteo recently partnered with Netlooks, a company precisely at crossroads of technology and craftsmanship.
This eyewear company is now making the most of the advantages of 3D printing.
In the beginning, Netlooks was handling everything in-house: customers just had to choose the eyewear, get a face scan, and try a test model, before getting the final handmade product. But here is the problem, per store, more than 200 testing models were required, involving more than 1000 hours of work and a dozen craftsmen dedicated to creating them. That is precisely where 3D printing appeared to be the best solution for Netlooks, to create their test eyewear models and scale their business growth! The final product is still handcrafted, but 3D scanning helps to create 3D models, and 3D printed glasses helps to ensure that the eyewear frames are perfectly adapted to the customer’s morphology.
Monoqool
Aiming to bring innovation to the fashion industry, Monoqool manufactures its own 3D printed glasses. In its new Slider Collection, this Danish-based eyewear company creates ultra-thin and lightweight glasses thanks to 3D printing.
In this case, additive manufacturing is used to improve the product, not to create extravagant designs and collections. These glasses frames are simple and feature screwless hinges.
October71
Creating 3D printed eyewear made in France! October71 uses our online 3D printing service to create ultra-light glasses. According to its founder Christophe Mouty, 3D printing for optics is a way to make light products, actually 30% lighter than acetate or plastic on average), but also very robust, customizable eyeglasses and sunglasses. It definitely helps optimize the supply chain of a eyewear manufacturer.
Oxydo
Oxydo is another brand, creating what they call “wearable sculptures”. This company is pushing the limits of creativity, using 3D technology to develop their impressive products. Colorful and original 3D printed sunglasses, with architectural forms and a lot of details.
Hoet
Additive manufacturing also allows for fancy possibilities. Hoet is a Belgian eyewear design company.
Their goal is clearly to use 3D printing technology in order to experiment and find new designs. These glasses are another proof that additive manufacturing is able to create end products with great quality.
Protos Eyewear
Another eyewear company that adopts this cutting-edge technology to create 3D printed glasses that really fit you. Protos Eyewear is using 3D printing at a more complex level than the previous brands: Protos created a software that allows them to alter the design of glasses to fit your facial structure. Using hypoallergenic bioplastics, Protos Eyewear creates innovative designs that are impossible to replicate using a traditional manufacturing process.
How to create your 3D printed glasses with Sculpteo?
Manufacturing eyewear is not an easy thing to do, but 3D printing can help you with the manufacturing process, for rapid prototyping for example, but also for the production of your finished eyewear product. At Sculpteo, we help you give life to your 3D design in a few clicks.
Choose the best materials
Each project you develop has its own needs. This means, each project will need a different 3D printing material, different material properties, and a different finished look.
So what material will be the best option in order to develop your 3D printed eyeglasses? For a reliable and economical project, the best choice will be to use a powder bed fusion technology, Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), which offers you possibilities to print using various of our plastic materials such as Nylon PA12, or Multi Jet Fusion PA12 and make the most of great finishes for your 3D printed glasses, or 3D printed sunglasses.
You could go even further by developing glasses made using plastic and metal 3D printing: technology such as binder jetting could be used to add details and some jewelry to your creations. Additive manufacturing offers new opportunities, impossible to reach with traditional manufacturing techniques.
The perfect finish for your 3D printed glasses
You are now ready to 3D print your own glasses, but we have one more tip for you.
Indeed, to help you get the best finished product, we recommend you to add the Color touch finish to your 3D printed glasses. This finish is available on our online 3D printing service thanks to the DyeMansion technology and will optimize the final look of your glasses by giving them a satin look. At Sculpteo, we already 3D printed luxury sunglasses with this finish. They have been used daily for more than two years now, and their colors are still UV-stable and brilliant.
Check out the color touch finish page to get more information about the DyeMansion technology and the colors available for your 3D printed glasses.
So, do you have any idea in mind about your own 3D printed glasses design? Print your own glasses right now by uploading your 3D file. Make the most of our professional 3D printers and receive your parts in a few days! From rapid prototyping to production, additive manufacturing will help you give life to your 3D design.
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Needless to warn you that you must be very careful with your eyes and that glasses and sunglasses remain medical supplies.
Therefore, it is up to your doctor, ophthalmologist or optometrist to advise you before using these glasses!
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The events of recent years: the pandemic, the difficult geopolitical situation, the unstable exchange rate of the ruble have had a negative impact on many areas of business in Russia. The optical accessory industry is no exception. Some companies operating in this industry have come to the need for rapid import substitution and development of their own production facilities. In this they are helped by additive technologies. Installing a 3D printer allows you to set up the production of frames on your site in the shortest possible time, eliminate intermediaries and the risks associated with delivery from abroad.
The frame printing method has significant advantages over standardized manufacturing.
- Production customization: the client himself chooses the design and color of the frame. When milling, this is extremely difficult to implement, since a separate control program must be written for each model.
- The ability to create both piece products and a series of frames with any number of units.
- Production speed: designing an individual 3D model and printing it takes no more than 2 hours.
In addition, the use of additive technologies can solve the problem of storing unrealized balances. In mass production, up to 40% of finished frames end up in the warehouses of the company or its distributors. In the case of custom-made frames, the need for both storage facilities and transport logistics disappears.
World experience in the use of additive technologies in the production of frames
Adidas launched its first 3D printed sunglasses last year in partnership with Marcolin Grou.
The goggles weigh 20 grams and have a flexible structure that provides maximum ventilation. They are suitable for almost any sport, from running and cycling to tennis and golf.
The glasses combine aesthetics and functionality, and their geometry, weight and volume fully meet the requirements for sports accessories. Thanks to special contact points on the bridge of the nose and temples, they do not cause discomfort during prolonged wear, for example, during competitions.
Printed frames are increasingly used in the creation of designer glasses. One of the most striking examples is the collection of accessories designed by Brazilian designer Edward Beiner for his US boutiques. The glasses are made in Germany, and the frames are printed from plastic by a company specializing in the production of parts for aircraft. Points are presented in 12 style solutions.
The choice of 3D printing made it possible to create lightweight models of glasses while fully preserving their technical properties.
For wearers, this means increased wearing comfort and longer product life. At the same time, technologies make it possible to instantly change the design and color of the frame according to customer requests.
The German company You Mawo prints glasses that are sold in stores located in 15 countries around the world. The company initiated a life cycle analysis of optical accessories from production to the point of use to assess their environmental impact. Testing took place on 18 parameters, which included toxicity to humans, climate change, ozone depletion, depletion of water resources. As a result, printed frames performed significantly better in all categories than conventional frames.
In particular, it was found that the manufacture of frames by 3D printing reduces the carbon footprint by 58%. They also leave 80% less waste than acetate frames.
Russian experience in the production of frames using 3D printing
To organize our own production of designer custom frames - a customer addressed us with such a request.
After analyzing the market, he saw a growing demand for accessories, the appearance of which would be chosen by the users themselves. Previously, the company used the traditional method of making frames, which was suitable for creating series of the same color and geometry. But it was unprofitable to make custom-made piece products with it.
To implement the task, we proposed to print frames using SLS technology. With its help, you can quickly create a product with a design at the request of the client, as well as paint it in any color.
The result of the introduction of 3D printing was:
- obtaining a sustainable competitive advantage for the company: so far, single manufacturers provide the opportunity to order a customized frame;
- faster production times: printing takes less time than milling or casting, which means it is more cost-effective;
- improvement of technical characteristics: the weight of the printed frame starts from 10 grams, which is 30% less than analogues created in the traditional way.
At the same time, it is quite durable and suitable for long-term operation; - saving raw materials and no waste: only as much material is used during printing as required for a particular frame,
- an increase in the average check: despite the fact that the cost of a printed frame is higher than a regular one, users are willing to pay extra for uniqueness. In this case, the value of an exclusive accessory significantly outweighs its price.
Additional advantages in the production of frames by the additive method are provided by the use of the latest post-processing system using AMT technology. It allows to achieve the quality of products, similar to injection molding. The PostPro3D installation performs automatic surface smoothing, which significantly reduces processing time and improves its quality. Frames processed in this way have a perfectly flat and smooth surface. In addition, they can be washed.
The pilot project fully met the customer's expectations.
