On the process capability of the solid free-form fabrication: A case study of scaffold moulds for tissue engineering

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 377-391

  Liu, C Z ^a,c   Han, Z W ^b   Hourd, P ^c   Czernuszka, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Jilin University   (China)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Process capability; Quality control; Rapid prototyping; Regenerative medicine; Scaffold

Indexed keywords

COOLING CONDITIONS; MANUFACTURING METHODS; MOULD MANUFACTURE; PRINTING PROCESS; PROCESS CAPABILITIES; PROCESS CAPABILITY; PROCESS CAPABILITY INDICES; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SOLID FREE-FORM FABRICATION; SPECIFICATION LIMIT; STATISTICAL CONTROL;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; COOLING; FABRICATION; JOB ANALYSIS; MOLDS; PRINTING; PRINTING PRESSES; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; MANUFACTURE; PROCESS CONTROL; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; TISSUE;

STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HEAT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAT; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 47649091475     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM326     Document Type: Article

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