Provide the Following Information in your 2-Week Progress Report: (Limit 1

to 2 Pages)
1- Project Title
Subtract and Additive Manufacturing for the production of a knee
prototype.
2- Students Names
Andrew Pereira Vilanova
Joao Paulo Malverde Moreira
Wayne de Lima
3 - Abstract
Diverse types of prototypes today are created with 3D printers and 3D
scanners, technology related to the additive manufacturing area that
grows substantially. Another practice of prototyping involves CNC mill
machines that, different from the 3D printers, work with subtracting
material procedures. This paper is focused to explore the 3D printing &
scanning technology as well as the CNC mill machining activity in the
experience of creating a human knee prototype to be used in the
medicine field of study as a didactic material. Results such as material and
machining costs, measurements, and finishing are to be analyzed and
compared as a matter of the type of plastic used in creating the prototype
and the machines used in scanning activities as well.
4- Goals and Objectives
To create a knee prototype, using 3D printer and CNC mill.
5- Background Research

Using 3D printer technology people have achieving results never found

before. Based on this, the research will address this issue and create a
knee prototype using this kind of technology. Prototypes are important to
portray objects in which have a hard visualization and sometimes make it
easy to understand. In addition, the standard commercially available
marketed knee prototype sometimes might not be financially available for
medicine students or orthopedists. The cost of a modern knee prototype is
very expensive because of the high technology used in this device. Its
costs depend from type to type. Therefore, our research are trying to
reduce prices by using cheaper plastics, such as Acrylonitrile Butadiene
Styrene (ABS) and Polylactic Acid (PLA) using 3D printing. Nowadays, a 3D
printing is being used to replace the usage of expensive methods to
produce models as a modern knee prototype. Thus, this research is based
on recreate a knee joint to medicine students in order to acquire a better
understanding of the knee system during their classes and for
orthopedists illustrate to their patients in an easier way such as create
prostheses to them.
6- Methods/Facilities used to Conduct Research
We are going to use some software. As pro- engineer and SolidWorks for
developing a model and analyze which prototype has greater cost
efficiency based on Minitab analysis and some Pareto charts. In addition,
for the manufacturing 3D printer and CNC mill will be used.
7- Expected Results & Conclusions
We expect to get a knee joint pretty similar as the standard commercial
with a less cost and a better precision as we can reach with a 3D printer
and CNC mill.
8-

(a) What Labs are being used?

 Rapid Prototyping Lab (3D Printing, 3D Scanning, CNC Mill etc. &
Software Packages being used)
Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Lab (CMM)
Computer Lab
9- Progress Made during the First 2 Weeks:
We have decided the idea and researched about different ways of making
a knee prototype using 3D printing.