Efficiency optimisation of the prototyping process for injection moulding

This research provides a recommendation for Sonion, a company specialised in the development and production of hearing aids, on the production of moulds for the injection moulding machine. <br/><br/>The goal was to develop a process that reduces the cost and the time to manufacture an injection mould while maintaining a similar accuracy as in...

Creating ocular prosthetics using parametric modelling: Developing an new workflow for the parametric 3D-modelling of ultra-personalized ocular prosthetics

In the Netherlands roughly 20.000 people wear an ocular prosthetic as a consequence of losing their eye due to an accident or disease. An ocular prosthetic is a type of facial prosthesis that replaces an absent natural eye. The main goal of an ocular prosthetic is to provide an aesthetic replacement of a real eye. It does not restore the ability...

Hybrid fabrication for transcended manufacturing: Flexible manufacturing system in support of the Transcended manufacturing process

Transcended manufacturing is a new emerging manufacturing paradigm in response to the rising need for mass personalisation and ultra-personalised products. Through product personalisation, people can assert their identity in an increasingly impersonal world. But the one-off a kind nature of ultra-personalised make them hard to manufacture with...