Mr. Ainsley,
There is a paper about porous surface texture for orthopedic implant.
You might want to take a look at the proceeding of SFF 94 symposium at
U. Texas in U.S. The title is "Surface texture by 3D Printing".
3D Printing is an RP technology developed by Massachusetts Institute
of Technology in US.
The people there actually have done some physical experiments.
Visit http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena/org/t/tdp/www/home.html
Jacob
"Mr C.C. Ainsley" writes:
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> Hi RP-er's
> This is address to those interested in the use of RP for
> the development of Prosthesis joint components.
> I have been working in the area of slip casting metal powders for the
> forming of tools both fully dense and porous. My idea is that this
> technology could be used for the production of low cost porous prosthesis
> components in much the same way the coral is used but a lot stronger.
> As I understand it the best material would be a titanium with a pore
> size of about 5 microns which I believe is achievable using this
> forming method.
> I would be interested in any comments on this idea and any body
> interested in the development of the idea.
>
>
> Thanks
> Chris
>
> Email ainsley@liverpool.ac.uk
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