Automated Finishing of Organ Models Created by 3D Printing

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In recent years, transparent resin organ models created by 3D printing have found application in the medical fields. The inside of the organ model contains diseased parts, blood vessels and so on, but they cannot be seen due to the layered appearance of printed surfaces. To address this issue, an automated system was developed using an industrial robot to replace the manual polishing currently needed. The automated system consists of three aspects: fixturing of the organ model, polishing tool path generation and polishing process conditions. From polishing experiments on a relatively simple shape, it was found that the system has the potential to deliver transparent surfaces on complex resin organ models.