Printing Service Prototype Aluminum Parts

Printing Service Prototype Aluminum Parts

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a new 3D-printed implant for the treatment of orbital fractures that reduces the risk of rejection in patients.The team's graft, constructed using Machining Service Prototype Aluminum Parts and PEEK filament, is able to overcome the biological inertness of its material due to its porous nature and can be tailored to enhance cellular repair. Through finite element (FE) analysis, the team also found that their device is highly customizable, meaning it can be adjusted in the future to meet the needs of individual optical patients."Printing high-temperature, implantable-grade thermoplastic polymers, such as PEEK, paves the way for a more complex generation of biomaterials," the team said in their paper. "Implementation of FDM [Machining Service Prototype Aluminum Parts] at the point-of-care reduces material Waste, simplified operator training, faster implant production, improved cost-effectiveness and patient specificity.”

The types of applications most suited to the selective laser melting process are complex geometries and structures with thin walls and hidden voids or channels on the one hand or low lot sizes on the other hand. Advantage can be gained when producing hybrid forms where solid and partially formed or lattice type geometries can be produced together to create a single object, such as a hip stem or acetabular cup or other orthopedic implant where osseointegration is enhanced by the surface geometry. Much of the pioneering work with selective laser melting technologies is on lightweight parts for aerospace where traditional manufacturing constraints, such as tooling and physical access to surfaces for machining, restrict the design of components.Machining Service Prototype Aluminum Parts allows parts to be built additively to form near net shape components rather than by removing waste material.