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Chinese Growth Hurdles toward a New Great Wall

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by CubeSpawn (xxx.xxx.xxx.254) 26 November 2009 03:45

I have followed the RapRap avidly for a couple years now, and agree completely with your assessment: that the transformation from conventional manufacturing may be wrenching for those slow to adapt.

If you are at all familiar with the Shan Zhai in China, adoption of new (sometimes radical) technology is an emergent behavior within China, who, as a result, may contribute more to the transition than is currently suspected

The odds that all the mass manufacturers will succumb inside China or out is low for the near future, but as the technology matures, this likelihood increases at the same exponential rate as the machines themselves.

I personally believe that getting open source designs in circulation for the components that RepRap cannot make (linear steppers being my current obsession) standardizing on manufacturing systems (as opposed to single machines) will help speed the process along and expand its acceptance…
For, while RP is a very powerful (cheap, quick, accessible) way of transferring manufacturing from the established few to the local many, it still has the limitation that while it addresses a substantial subset of manufacturing, it does not (cannot) address all of it.

In this vein, I have begun a project (its about 90 days old) that attempts to address the “other” manufacturing methods in a modular, accessible way and this is described on my website at http://www.cubespawn.com – I’d like to merge RP via RepRap’s technology, with milling, grinding, turning, vacuum forming, spot welding… et. al. and recycling equipment as well.

Knowing full well at the inception of the project that I’m not nearly smart enough to do all this, but I can make a contribution and hope others see merit in it and extend the concept far further than my efforts could. My chief contribution is: to abscond with the idea used in early PC designs: Form Factor.

If you look at all the devices that ended up being built into the full height and half height drive bays during the 20 years following the introduction of the PC, you can see the value of a standard form to build to, with CubeSpawn it’s a cube with standard power, standard Ethernet (EtherCat, in this case) Standard dimensions, and a pallet handler. This leaves innovation open and solves 4 problems relating to multistep processes.

I’m aware of your RepRap “early adopter” status and your many contributions to the project and would be honored to hear your feedback

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Chinese Growth Hurdles toward a New Great Wall

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by CubeSpawn (xxx.xxx.xxx.254) 26 November 2009 03:42

I have followed the RapRap avidly for a couple years now, and agree completely with your assessment: that the transformation from conventional manufacturing may be wrenching for those slow to adapt.

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If you are at all familiar with the Shan Zhai in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region>, adoption of new (sometimes radical) technology is an emergent behavior within <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>, who, as a result, may contribute more to the transition than is currently suspected 
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The odds that all the mass manufacturers will succumb inside China or out is low for the near future, but as the technology matures, this likelihood increases at the same exponential rate as the machines themselves.
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 I personally believe that getting open source designs in circulation for the components that RepRap cannot make (linear steppers being my current obsession) standardizing on manufacturing systems (as opposed to single machines) will help speed the process along and expand its acceptance…
For, while RP is a very  powerful (cheap, quick, accessible) way of transferring manufacturing from the established few to the local many, it still has the limitation that while it addresses a substantial subset of manufacturing, it does not (cannot) address all of it.
<o:p> </o:p>
 In this vein, I have begun a project (its about 90 days old) that attempts to address the “other” manufacturing methods in a modular, accessible way and this is described on my website at http://www.cubespawn.com – I’d like to merge RP via RepRap’s technology, with milling, grinding, turning, vacuum forming, spot welding… et. al. and recycling equipment as well.
<o:p> </o:p>
Knowing full well at the inception of the project that I’m not nearly smart enough to do all this, but I can make a contribution and hope others see merit in it and extend the concept far further than my efforts could. My chief contribution is: to abscond with the idea used in early PC designs: Form Factor.
<o:p> </o:p>
If you look at all the devices that ended up being built into the full height and half height drive bays during the 20 years following the introduction of the PC, you can see the value of a standard form to build to, with CubeSpawn it’s a cube with standard power, standard Ethernet (EtherCat, in this case) Standard dimensions, and a pallet handler. This leaves innovation open and solves 4 problems relating to multistep processes.
<o:p> </o:p>
I’m aware of your RepRap “early adopter” status and your many contributions to the project and would be honored to hear your feedback
 

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