Recent Approaches for the Manufacturing of Polymeric Cranial Prostheses by Incremental Sheet Forming

This paper presents recent research experiences developed with the aim of manufacturing cranial prostheses in polymeric sheet using Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) technologies. With this purpose, different approaches have been carried out in Single-Point Incremental Forming (SPIF) and Two-Point Inc...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Centeno Báez, Gabriel, Bagudanch Frigolé, Isabel, Morales-Palma, Domingo, Garcia-Romeu, Maria Luisa, González-Perez-Somarriba, B., Martínez-Donaire, Andrés Jesús, Gonzalez-Perez, L.M., Vallellano, Carpóforo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/14408
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/14408
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pròtesis -- Fabricació
Prosthesis -- Construction
Polímers en medicina
Polymers in medicine
Descripción
Sumario:This paper presents recent research experiences developed with the aim of manufacturing cranial prostheses in polymeric sheet using Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) technologies. With this purpose, different approaches have been carried out in Single-Point Incremental Forming (SPIF) and Two-Point Incremental Forming (TPIF) in order to produce customized cranial implants using different polymeric materials. In this context, this research work provides a methodology to design and manufacture polymer customized cranial prostheses using the ISF technologies starting from a patient’s computerized tomography (CT). The results demonstrate the potential of manufacturing polymeric cranial prostheses by ISF in terms of the high formability achievable and show the appropriate geometrical accuracy at affordable manufacturing costs provided by these processes