Streamlining Additive Manufacturing for Spinal Implants

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-34262
Published April 01, 2019 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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Acollaboration with innovative technology companies demonstrated the capability of metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology to produce lightweight spinal implants that mimic the mechanical properties of bone. As part of the project, manufacturing research organization Irish Manufacturing Research (IMR) designed and manufactured a series of representative spinal implants. IMR designed the implants using software from nTopology and produced them on a Renishaw RenAM 500M metal AM system.