Engineering
for Health
Olaf Diegel
Subtractive Manufacturing 101
You want to make a sphere...
The really old way: Take a block of material and
carve it out
The more modern way:
Generate 3D model
• Generate CNC
program
• Machine away
unwanted material
• If possible, recycle
waste
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Additive Manufacturing 101
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Generate a 3D model
Software slices the 3D model
into thin slices
Machine builds it layer by layer
Medical Applications
Hip socket, Ala Ortho, Italy, made on
Arcam machine
Laser Sintered Hearing Aids,
EOS/Materialise
Dental Crowns and Bridges, EOS
Adding Aesthetics to Utility
People who feel good about how they look are likely to be
happier than people who are uncomfortable. Bespoke
Innovations has taken this philosophy to heart and, through
AM, has created what they call prosthetic Fairings.
Beauty and the beak
Know your baby before its born…
Tomohiro Kinoshita , of FASOTEC, the company
offering the 'Shape of an Angel' model, even offers
parents a miniature version which could be a 'nice
adornment to a mobile phone strap or key chain.'
BioPrinting
CBS Evening News
Food Printers
MIT Media Lab
FabCafe in the Shibuya, Tokyo offers
custom-printed chocolate, that
resemble a customer’s face. It’s
done with 3D printing technology
“Eat Your Face Machine” (EYFM)
is a 3D printer developed by David
Carr and the MIT Media Lab
Home Manufacturing
Old toothbrush
Customization:
•Bristle hardness
•Colour
•Handle Style and shape
•Etc.
New toothbrush
Laser scanner to input
personalized data
Home 3D Printer
But will this just lead every Joe Bloggs
producing badly designed products?
That’s all folks…
“I have seen the future,
and it works...”
Lincoln Steffens