Abstract
There is an increasing demand of superior artificial bone in Japanese medical industry due to the aging society. The objectives of the current research are to fabricate artificial bone by the GreenTape Laser Sintering (GTLS) method and to evaluate the strength of the sintered part by bending test. GTLS has the advantage of producing the required shape of artificial bone in a short time. Besides that, the liquid phase sintering in GTLS is capable of producing a porous part similar to the actual bone, so that the density of sintered part can be kept at a low value. Atomized powder of titanium (82.95 μm in average particle size) is used as the material for the artificial bone fabrication in the present study because of its superior mechanical characteristics and good biocompatibility with the human body.
