A 3D Printed Toolbox for Opto-Mechanical Components

Publishing date: 2017-01-18

Published on: PLOS ONE

summary: Editors note: The article presents a toolbox for opto-mechanical pieces that are based on printable 3D models and commercially available parts; each piece is tested for stability and precision and compared to pieces from well-known manufacturers. The results show that the toolbox designs have similar performance to the industrial ones. This paper shows in practice, and in a straightforward manner, many of the benefits that can be reaped by the adoption of open source philosophy: customisation, cost-reduction, availability and democratisation of technology.

authors: Luis José Salazar-Serrano, Juan P. Torres, Alejandra Valencia

link to paper: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169832

Icons made by catkuro from www.flaticon.com