Impact of three dimensional printing in orthopedics

The primary objective of this article is to explore effects of latest development in the area of three dimensional(3D)printing&to assess its abilities,and further undertake helpful reporting.Here the focus is to assess ad vantages of 3D printing in orthopedics and analyze how 3D printed models help solve complex 3D orthopedics distortions.This study identified that 3D models manufactured by 3D printing models reduce medical parts de velopment cost and surgical planning time.Integrating 3D printing with orthopaedics helps in understanding the conditions of problems and achieving the operation succssfully.This technology can enable doctors/surgeons to design,produce,recreate and plan operations more accurately,carefully,and economicaly.3D models can assist specialists with a visual comprehension of the patient-particular pathology and life structures.Innovation in 3D printing initiated a scaffold for the virtual outline and execution of medical procedures.This research proposes the utilisation of 3D printers as an elective procedure for the fabrication of parts.It empowers surgeons/patients for better raining,education and research.In the future,there is a foreseeable expansion of additive manufacturing in orthopedics.

Materials creation adds new dimensions to 3D printing

Additive manufacturing(AM),interchangeably termed as3D printing(3DP),has been defined as one of the key technologies in the national development strategies of a number of countries around the world.America Makes,as the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute,is the nation’s leading and collaborative partner in AM/3DP technology research,discovery,creation,and innovation,working efficiently to innovate and accelerate AM/3DP to increase America’s global manufacturing competitiveness(https://americamakes.us).German

Preliminary 3D printing of large inclined-shaped alumina ceramic parts by direct ink writing

Three dimensional(3D)printing technology by direct ink writing(DIW)is an innovative complex shaping technology,possessing advantages of flexibility in fabrication,high efficiency,low cost,and environmental-friendliness.Herein,3D printing of complex alumina ceramic parts via DIW using thermally induced solidification with carrageenan swelling was investigated.The rheological properties of the slurry under different thermally-induced modes were systematically studied.The solidification properties of thermally-induced pastes with varying contents of carrageenan were optimized.The experimental results showed that the optimized paste consisting of 0.4 wt%carrageenan could be rapidly solidified at about 55℃,which could print inclined-plane more than 60°in vertical without support,resulting in better homogeneity of the green body.A nearly pore-free structure was obtained after sintering at 1600℃ for 2 h.

Experimental investigation on the deformation characteristics of locking-steel-pipe(LSP)pile retaining structure during excavation in sand

Locking-steel-pipe(LSP)piles connect with adjacent joints to form a pile row enclosure structure.Due to the advantages of quick construction,efficiency in installation,and recycle utilization,the connected LSP piles are frequently used as retaining structure in deep excavation.However,systematic studies of the deformation mechanism of the LSP pile retaining structure are rarely reported,and it still lack of experimental evidence to optimize the design.In this study,a braced supported excavation experimental model test in sand was designed and conducted to investigate the deformation characteristics of LSP pile retaining structure.Three dimensional(3D)printing technique was creatively applied to manufacture LSP model piles.The experimental results show that,a“S”shaped distribution of bending moments is observed along pile shaft when excavation is executed;the deflection of pile shaft develops deep-seated movements toward the excavation side as excavation went deeper,resulting in a“bowl”ground settlement.With the deflection of LSP piles,a rotating trend was occurred between pairs of locking joint,and the severe open deformation of locking joint arose on excavation side.There was a gradual reduction in earth pressure behind the LSP pile retaining wall with excavation depth.The earth pressure between two struts level had no obvious changing,owing to the supported effect of inner struts.

Multi-Object Optimal Design of Rapid Prototyping Based on Uniform Experiment

Experiment of rapid prototyping (RP) is a multi-level and multi-factor problem with long process cycle. As powder-based RP method, three dimensional printing (3DP), and selective laser sintering (SLS) are the most prominent RP methods for their flexibility in material selecting. The research of 3DP process shows that much experiments work can be greatly decreased by the method of uniform design with restricted mixtures for RP products’ performance to its forming material. Then, according to backward regression methods, the binomial and inverse terms nonlinear regression equations were set up by statistic analysis and computation. Together with evaluation function method, multi-object optimization model for performance of products to the powder mixtures was developed, and the optimization problem was solved by software MATLAB. After that, the optimum results were solved and tested by experiment with the same condition as before. Differences between the calculation results and testing results, which including product’s density, compression strength, surface evaluation, and deformation in three dimensions, are less than 10%, and have the same error direction. Uniform design method for regression and optimization was proved to be an excellent method to obtain optimum results for multi-level and multi-factor experiments of RP and other process which have a long processing cycle.