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Abstract(s)
Additive manufacturing is a key technology for the digital production
of customized prostheses and orthoses. Considering that such assistive devices
can be designed to meet specific biomechanical needs based on the actual contours
of the patients’ limbs, the ability of those having physical disabilities being
able to produce their custom prostheses and orthoses at home would be groundbreaking,
by current standards. To such an end, this research aims at selecting
sustainable biopolymers that can be used as filaments to produce customized
prosthetic sockets using low-cost additive manufacturing technology. Special focus
was put into characterizing the use of recycled PLA reinforced with short
carbon fibers as filaments for additive manufacturing. Numerical simulation results
showed the potential of this sustainable material combination as an
ecodesign solution for customized prostheses and orthoses. Such a solution
should allow for patients being able to successfully produce and assemble their
own customized assistive devices using fused deposition modelling.
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Keywords
Additive manufacturing Customization Biomechanics Ecodesign Sustainability
Pedagogical Context
Citation
GASPAR, Marcelo [et al.] (2023) - Recycled reinforced PLA as ecodesign solution for customized prostheses. In: Correia Vasco, J.O. [et al] - Progress in Digital and Physical Manufacturing. ProDPM 2021. Springer Tracts in Additive Manufacturing. Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33890-8_16
Publisher
Springer, Cham.