... on the geometry of the part and the choice of material for the mold. Carolyn Conner Seepersad can be contacted at: ccseepersad@mail.utexas.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Sintering Operations and production management Thermoplasticity Energy consumption Selective laser sintering...

... Limited 2010 Lasers Foams Mouldability Polymers Thermoplasticity Orthopaedics The purpose of this research was to determine the most‐practical means of transforming computer‐aided design (CAD) models of custom clubfoot pedorthoses into functional pedorthoses for testing...

.... By enabling the use of PMMA in FDM, medical implants such as custom craniofacial implants can be directly fabricated from medical imaging data improving the current state of PMMA use in medicine. Porosity Thermoplasticity Bones Orthopaedics Fabricating reconstructive structures has been...

... a cytotoxic effect compared to the thermojet plastic which is not cytotoxic in solution with PFB cells. Seeding the PBF cells directly onto the thermoplastic structure caused problems due to the hydrophobic nature of the material and this necessitated the technique of soaking the structures in a collagen bath...