Automated finishing of organ models created by 3D printing

Yoshihide Tamaki; Kohji Niwa; Anthony Beaucamp; Yoshimi Takeuchi

doi:10.1299/jsmelem.2017.9.059

Automated finishing of organ models created by 3D printing

Yoshihide Tamaki, Kohji Niwa, Anthony Beaucamp, Yoshimi Takeuchi

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Abstract

In recent years, transparent resin organ models created by 3D printing have found application in the medical fields. The inside of the organ model contains diseased parts, blood vessels and so on, but they cannot be seen due to the layered appearance of printed surfaces. To address this issue, an automated system was developed using an industrial robot to replace the manual polishing currently needed. The automated system consists of three aspects: fixturing of the organ model, polishing tool path generation and polishing process conditions. From polishing experiments on a relatively simple shape, it was found that the system has the potential to deliver transparent surfaces on complex resin organ models.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1299/jsmelem.2017.9.059
Publication status	Published - 2017 Nov 13
Externally published	Yes
Event	9th International Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing in 21st Century, LEM 2017 - Hiroshima City, Japan Duration: 2017 Nov 13 → 2017 Nov 17

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Other	9th International Conference on Leading Edge Manufacturing in 21st Century, LEM 2017
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Hiroshima City
Period	17/11/13 → 17/11/17

Keywords

Organ model
Polishing
Resin
Robot
Tool path generation

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Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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