Journal: Cureus

Article Title: Application of 3D Printing in Training Health Care Providers; the Development of Diverse Facial Overlays for Simulation-Based Medical Training

doi: 10.7759/cureus.26637

Figure Lengend Snippet: Cost breakdown to produce facial overlays. Total cost includes the one-time purchase products, and the materials used to make both facial overlays.

Article Snippet: The following materials were used to construct the facial overlays: Ecotough™ polylactic acid (PLA) filament material (Mississauga, Ontario), Dragon Skin™ 10 NV silicone (Smooth-On, Macungie, PA), THI-VEX™ (Smooth-On, Macungie, PA), Ease Release 200 (Sculpture Supply Canada, Toronto, Ontario), Silc-Pig™ coloring (Smooth-On, Macungie, PA), and TKBD-01 Mini Baby Doll Silicone Paint Trial Kit (Sculpture Supply Canada, Toronto, Ontario).

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Journal: Polymers

Article Title: Low-Cost Additive Manufacturing Techniques Applied to the Design of Planar Microwave Circuits by Fused Deposition Modeling

doi: 10.3390/polym12091946

Figure Lengend Snippet: ( a ) Setup for the dielectric permittivity and loss tangent measurements. ( b ) Resonator and transmission line on different materials: Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS), PolyLactic Acid (PLA) and Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate (ASA). ( c ) Electrical characteristics calculated for different substrates.

Article Snippet: The materials used were: PolyLactic Acid (PLA) filament from German RepRap Gmh, which is a polymer consisting of lactic acid molecules; Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) filament from Fillamentum, which is an amorphous thermoplastic material very resistant to impact that is mainly employed for the development of industrial and automotive parts; Iglidur I180-PF (Tribo) filament from Igus, which is a friction resistant material up to 50 times more resistant than other materials such as ABS or PLA, since it offers a great response to wear degradation; Acrylonitrile Styrene Acrylate (ASA) filament from Fillamentum, which is a thermoplastic filament similar to ABS that combines mechanical robustness, resistance to ultraviolet rays and water; PLA Stainless Steel filament from Protopasta, which is made of a PLA polymer and a grinded filament from pulverized stainless steel and offers an appearance and density more similar to stainless steel; Laybrick filament from CC-PRODUCTS, which is a filament made of sandstone and a bonding polymer that recreates a surface finish similar to ceramic or stone objects; Nylon 230 filament from Taulman, which is a synthetic polymer from the group of polyamides; LayWoo-D3 filament from CC-PRODUCTS, which is a filament manufactured from wood fibers (40%), PLA (50%) and a bonding polymer, and recreates a surface finish and texture similar to wood; and finally, Smartfil EP filament from Fillamentum, which is a material composed of PLA (70%) and Calcium Carbonate (30%), and presents a surface finish similar to limestone.

Techniques: Transmission Assay