In-vitro studies of {SS} 316 L biomedical implants prepared by FDM, vapor smoothing and investment casting
By Singh, Daljinder; Singh, Rupinder; Boparai, K. S.; Farina, Ilenia; Feo, Luciano; Verma, Anita Kamra
Published in Composites Part B: Engineering
2018
Abstract
The function of biomedical implant is to replace the biological parts/limbs in body. Among various materials, metals and alloys like titanium, stainless steel (SS) are used as biomedical implants due to their superior mechanical properties, considerable bio-compatibility and easy manufacturing. In the present study, implants of {SS} 316L have been made with the combination of three processes namely fused deposition modelling, vapor smoothing and investment casting. Further, in-vitro test has been performed on the implants in order to analyze its corrosion behavior and bio-compatibility, to check its applicability and to verify the effect of manufacturing processes on its corrosion properties.