Challenges in measurement and specification of complex additive manufactured structures for the medical device industry

Shah, Paras, Racasan, Radu and Bills, Paul J. (2016) Challenges in measurement and specification of complex additive manufactured structures for the medical device industry. In: ASTM Workshop on Additive Manufacturing for Medical Applications, 3rd May 2016, San Antonio, TX, USA. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Highly complex dendritic lattice structures can be produced with the aid of additive manufacturing (AM) allowing for more geometric freedom than traditional manufacturing techniques, and considerably less resources and cost. Currently AM methods lack true reproducibility, meaning that in some cases large numbers of components have to be scrapped or reworked. Therefore there is a clamour within industry to develop a robust and reliable methodology for characterising non-standard geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) features using non-destructive evaluation. With potential ‘prints’ having a high probability of requiring further input using traditional manufacturing processes on mechanically interactive surfaces accurate specification of these complex structures is vital from a quality as well as regulatory perspective.
There is a growing clamour in the direction of investigating the efficacy and practicality of using computed tomography (CT) [1-6] to both qualitatively and quantitatively analyse AM produced components, however, with both technologies and standards at a relatively early development and acceptance stage in industry a number of challenges exist in trying to achieve integrated valid subsurface AM feature measurements using CT.
This study will highlight the development of techniques involved in the validation and verification of representative AM medical device-relevant structures as well as best practices, tests and controls to assess integrity of build. Also presented will be the accuracy and capability of CT measurements compared with reference measurements from a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). The assessment of capability of CT scanning and software reconstruction methods and measurement abilities will be presented, with errors and non-controllable factors discussed.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Lecture)
Subjects:	T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Schools:	School of Computing and Engineering > Centre for Precision Technologies > EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Advanced Metrology School of Computing and Engineering > Centre for Precision Technologies > Surface Metrology Group
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Depositing User:	Paul Bills
Date Deposited:	26 Apr 2016 11:22
Last Modified:	06 Sep 2017 14:14
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/28098

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