Rapid Prototyping Journal: Volume 15 Issue 3

Biomodeling of club foot deformity of babies

Manak Jain, Sanjay Dhande, Nalinaksh Vyas

Congenital telipes equinovarus (CTEV) or club foot is a historical foot deformity where the foot is turned in and pointing down causing the subject to walk on the outside edges of…

Microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti‐6Al‐4V produced by electron beam melting of pre‐alloyed powders

Luca Facchini, Emanuele Magalini, Pierfrancesco Robotti, Alberto Molinari

The purpose of this paper is the microstructural and mechanical characterization of a biomedical Ti‐6Al‐4V alloy produced by electron beam melting, and the study of the stability…

Effects of injection molding parameters on shrinkage and weight of plastic part produced by DMLS mold

Nagahanumaiah, B. Ravi

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of an investigation into the effect of injection molding process parameters on the performance of direct metal laser sintered…

Piezo‐electric head application in a new 3D printing design

Sadegh Rahmati, S.F. Shirazi, H. Baghayeri

This paper aims to focus on redesigning a 3D printing machine, using piezoelectric demand‐mode technology head in order to improve the factors of accuracy, surface finishing and…

Recycling of polyamide 12 based powders in the laser sintering process

Krassimir Dotchev, Wan Yusoff

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the polyamide 12 (PA12) powder properties deterioration in the laser sintering (LS) process and propose a methodology for more…

Construction of 3D biological matrices using rapid prototyping technology

P.S. Maher, R.P. Keatch, K. Donnelly, R.E. Mackay, J.Z. Paxton

Hydrogels with low viscosities tend to be difficult to use in constructing tissue engineering (TE) scaffolds used to replace or restore damaged tissue, due to the length of time…

CAD‐CAM‐RTV – lost‐wax casting technology for medical implants

António Manuel de A. Monteiro Ramos, José António Simões

The purpose of this paper is to present the development of a technical procedure for the manufacturing of medical implant prototypes.

The evolution of rapid prototyping in dentistry: a review

Abbas Azari, Sakineh Nikzad

The goal of rapid mechanical prototyping is to be able to quickly fabricate complex‐shaped, 3D parts directly from computer‐aided design models. The key idea of this novel…

Editorial

Ian Campbell