Laser and Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing Methods of Fabricating Titanium Bone Implants

Additive Manufacturing (AM) methods are generally used to produce an early sample or near net-shape elements based on three-dimensional geometrical modules. To date, publications on AM of metal implants have mainly focused on knee and hip replacements or bone scaffolds for tissue engineering. The di...

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Main Authors: Bartłomiej Wysocki, Piotr Maj, Ryszard Sitek, Joseph Buhagiar, Krzysztof Jan Kurzydłowski, Wojciech Święszkowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-06-01
Series:Applied Sciences
Subjects:
SLM
EBM
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/7/7/657