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- Title
The manufacture of a maxillofacial prosthesis from an axial tomography using simulation technologies with a virtual machine tool and four-axis machining.
- Authors
García-Barbosa, Jorge Andrés; Arroyo-Osorio, José Manuel; Córdoba-Nieto, Ernesto
- Abstract
The surfaces of a personalized maxillofacial prosthesis were manufactured in a relatively short period of time and at a moderate cost. The surface topography was generated with a Computer-Aided Design system from the Computerized Axial Tomography of a maxillofacial area. The design of the machining manufacturing process, its simulation and verification, were facilitated by the use of a virtual machine tool equivalent to the real machine tool available. Finally, the manufacturing process was successfully achieved by using a conventional 3- axis vertical machining center equipped with a fourth external rotational axis. Using a 3-axis machine tool with an additional axis is less expensive than using a 5-axis machine. There is abundant literature on machining of free-form surfaces using a 5-axis machine tool, but there are few precedents for the manufacturing of this kind of surface using a 4-axis machine.
- Subjects
MAXILLOFACIAL prosthesis; SURFACE topography; COMPUTER-aided design; MANUFACTURING processes; MACHINERY; TOMOGRAPHY
- Publication
Dyna, 2016, Vol 83, Issue 196, p100
- ISSN
0012-7353
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15446/dyna.v83n196.49662