About this Abstract |
Meeting |
2022 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2022)
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Symposium
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2022 Annual International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium (SFF Symp 2022)
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Presentation Title |
Robotic Additive Manufacturing of Thermoplastic Composite Assistive Technology |
Author(s) |
Nadia Hannon, Walter Stark, Nathan Heathman, Nicholas Fey, Mehran Tehrani |
On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Nadia Hannon |
Abstract Scope |
In the United States, about 2 million people suffer from limb loss, with at least half of those being lower limb transtibial amputations. For these patients, there are a wide range of prosthetic feet available on the market, such as solid ankle cushion heel (SACH) feet, microprocessor feet, and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) feet. All these solutions are either very expensive or difficult to manufacture. Automated fiber placement (AFP), an additive manufacturing (AM) process, enables single-step, rapid manufacturing of prosthetics compared with other conventional techniques. This presentation shows how AM tooling (molds) and AFP of thermoplastic composites can lead to high-quality and low-cost composite prosthetics. |
Proceedings Inclusion? |
Definite: Post-meeting proceedings |