Thermal Modeling of Polyamide 12 Powder in the Selective Laser Sintering Process Using the Discrete Element Method.

Selective laser sintering (SLS) is one of the key additive manufacturing technologies that can build any complex three-dimensional structure without the use of any special tools. Thermal modeling of this process is required to anticipate the quality of the manufactured parts by assessing the microstructure, residual stresses, and structural deformations of the finished product. This paper proposes a framework for the thermal simulation of the SLS process based on the discrete element method (DEM) and numerically generated in Python.

[CAD/CAM assisted facial epithesis: Clinical and technical aspects].

The face is an important part of the human body from an anatomical, functional, aesthetic and psychosocial point of view. It can be the site of several mutilations resulting from trauma, treatment of neoplasms and congenital malformations. The plastic facial prosthesis is therefore indicated to restore these facial deformities and to compensate for the various consequences.