3Dプリント造形サービスにおける障害者就労

摘要

1. 社会福祉法人，大学，地方自治体，3Dプリント企業，機械振興協会で構成される委員会の活動により，3Dプリンタを障害者就労に活用する事業を行った.2. 委員会で立案したビジネスモデルに基づき，社会福祉法人は3Dプリントサービスによって収益を得た.3. 本事業により，3Dプリントサービスは社会福祉法人における新たな業務となり，障害者福祉へ貢献できた.%In 2014, we set up a committee at Japan Society for the Promotion of Machine Industry (JSPMI) to evaluate whether 3D printing technology could help provide suitable work roles for people with disabilities.We conducted a three-year study to develop a business model based on subcontracting finishing work for the stereo lithography from a 3D printing company to Social Welfare Corporations. Although the suitable work roles were limited to those in the final production processes such as removing, polishing etc., the finished quality of 3D-printed products were equal to that of where work was done by normal workers. The final processes are always to be done manually and the work is highly valued especially in prototyping. This combined with the quality of the workmanship demonstrated during the study made this business feasible. In this paper, this subcontracting business model and the results obtained from a three year trial are presented.