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Recent Approaches for the Manufacturing of Polymeric Cranial Prostheses by Incremental Sheet Forming

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This paper presents recent research experiences developed with the aim of manufacturing cranial prostheses in polymeric sheet using Incremental Sheet Forming (ISF) technologies. With this purpose, different approaches have been carried out in Single-Point Incremental Forming (SPIF) and Two-Point Incremental Forming (TPIF) in order to produce customized cranial implants using different polymeric materials. In this context, this research work provides a methodology to design and manufacture polymer customized cranial prostheses using the ISF technologies starting from a patient’s computerized tomography (CT). The results demonstrate the potential of manufacturing polymeric cranial prostheses by ISF in terms of the high formability achievable and show the appropriate geometrical accuracy at affordable manufacturing costs provided by these processes

The authors wish to thank the Spanish Government for its financial support through the research projects DPI2015-64047-R and DPI2016-77156-R and the University of Girona (Spain) for the support provided byMPCUdG2016/036

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