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228 <strong>Medical</strong> modelling<br />

6.82 <strong>The</strong> complete FreeForm ® design.<br />

Pattern manufacture<br />

Four RP methods were compared: stereolithography (SLA ® ) (3D Systems<br />

Inc, 26081 Avenue Hall, Valencia, CA 91355, USA), <strong>The</strong>rmoJet ® (3D<br />

Systems Inc.), Solidscape ® T66 (Solidscape Inc., 316 Daniel Webster<br />

Highway, Merrimack, NH 03054-4115, USA) and Perfactory ® (EnvisionTEC<br />

GmbH, Elbestrasse 10, D-45768 Marl, Germany). Two stereolithography<br />

resins were compared: DSM Somos ® 10110 (Waterclear TM ) (2 Penn’s Way,<br />

Suite 401, New Castle, DE 19720, USA) and Accura TM Amethyst ® (3D<br />

Systems Inc.). Both <strong>of</strong> the SL patterns were an epoxy-based polymer, the<br />

<strong>The</strong>rmoJet ® was TJ88 grade wax polymer, the Solidscape ® was a s<strong>of</strong>t thermoplastic<br />

and Perfactory ® an acrylate based polymer. <strong>The</strong> Waterclear TM<br />

and <strong>The</strong>rmoJet ® patterns were manufactured at the National Centre for<br />

Product Design and Development Research (PDR) and the others were<br />

prepared and built by external suppliers. <strong>The</strong> Amethyst ® , Solidscape ® and<br />

Perfactory ® materials are used by the jewellery industry to produce sacrifi -<br />

cial patterns.

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