Design and Verification of a New Fixture for Machining of Porous Blocks for Medical CAD/CAM Systems

This paper presents a new innovative approach for designing and manufacturing a fixture for locating and clamping porous blocks of biocompatible material, which is required for their machining on CNC machines. Manufacturing porous blocks for their application in medical and/or dental fields is gaini...

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Main Authors: Mario Sokac, Aleksandar Milosevic, Zeljko Santosi, Djordje Vukelic, Igor Budak
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/2/794
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author Mario Sokac
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Zeljko Santosi
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Igor Budak
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description This paper presents a new innovative approach for designing and manufacturing a fixture for locating and clamping porous blocks of biocompatible material, which is required for their machining on CNC machines. Manufacturing porous blocks for their application in medical and/or dental fields is gaining traction. However, limited solutions are available today. In order to address this issue, a new design has been proposed for locating and clamping porous blocks. Finite element analysis was used as a verification tool for the designed fixture with the workpiece, which showed a low concentration of stresses. After the manufacturing, dimensional verification in the form of CAD analysis showed small deviations on the manufactured object with deviations peaking around +0.015 mm, thus validating the adequate locating and clamping of the workpiece.
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spelling doaj-art-aaff8d4174a849fab93cb959dc4ebc092025-01-24T13:20:50ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-01-0115279410.3390/app15020794Design and Verification of a New Fixture for Machining of Porous Blocks for Medical CAD/CAM SystemsMario Sokac0Aleksandar Milosevic1Zeljko Santosi2Djordje Vukelic3Igor Budak4Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaFaculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaFaculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaFaculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaFaculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovica 6, 21000 Novi Sad, SerbiaThis paper presents a new innovative approach for designing and manufacturing a fixture for locating and clamping porous blocks of biocompatible material, which is required for their machining on CNC machines. Manufacturing porous blocks for their application in medical and/or dental fields is gaining traction. However, limited solutions are available today. In order to address this issue, a new design has been proposed for locating and clamping porous blocks. Finite element analysis was used as a verification tool for the designed fixture with the workpiece, which showed a low concentration of stresses. After the manufacturing, dimensional verification in the form of CAD analysis showed small deviations on the manufactured object with deviations peaking around +0.015 mm, thus validating the adequate locating and clamping of the workpiece.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/2/794fixturedesignporous blockCNC machiningFEM
spellingShingle Mario Sokac
Aleksandar Milosevic
Zeljko Santosi
Djordje Vukelic
Igor Budak
Design and Verification of a New Fixture for Machining of Porous Blocks for Medical CAD/CAM Systems
Applied Sciences
fixture
design
porous block
CNC machining
FEM
title Design and Verification of a New Fixture for Machining of Porous Blocks for Medical CAD/CAM Systems
title_full Design and Verification of a New Fixture for Machining of Porous Blocks for Medical CAD/CAM Systems
title_fullStr Design and Verification of a New Fixture for Machining of Porous Blocks for Medical CAD/CAM Systems
title_full_unstemmed Design and Verification of a New Fixture for Machining of Porous Blocks for Medical CAD/CAM Systems
title_short Design and Verification of a New Fixture for Machining of Porous Blocks for Medical CAD/CAM Systems
title_sort design and verification of a new fixture for machining of porous blocks for medical cad cam systems
topic fixture
design
porous block
CNC machining
FEM
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/2/794
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