José María de Agustín Del Burgo

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | UPM · Etsidi

Nowadays, after suffering a fracture in an upper or lower limb, a plaster cast is placed on the affected limb. It is a very old and efficient technique for recovery from an injury that has not had significant changes since its origin. This project aims to develop a new low-cost smart 3D printed splint concept by using new sensing techniques. Two ra...

Nowadays, after suffering certain musculoskeletal rupture injuries,the only treatment available is the use of plaster cast. However,this type of treatment, that is similar to the used originally bythe Persians in the 10th century, has some disadvantages, thatare still present nowadays. It usually causes discomfort due tothe weight (around 1,5kg) an...

For certain musculoskeletal complex rupture injuries, the only treatment available is the use of immobilization splints. This type of treatment usually causes discomfort and certain setbacks in patients. In addition, other complications are usually generated at the vascular, muscular, or articular level. Currently, there is a really possible altern...

This project raises the need to develop a quality control system for manufacturing processes by melt deposition. The main problem with this technology is that, if the environmental parameters are not sufficiently controlled, inaccuracy is created between the mechanical and aesthetic properties of the product. This causes that the pieces do not meet...

During an FDM production process, there are different external disturbances to the characteristics of the machine that can affect to the production process. These disturbances will cause the final result differs from the desired one. Moreover, these disturbances, such as temperature or chamber humidity, are extremely important in case of using bioc...

The main purpose of this work is to monitor the conditions of production of structures by fused deposition in the use of biocompatible materials. During the process of production by fused deposition or FDM, different external disturbances to the characteristics of the machine can affect to it, causing the final result differs from the desired one....

J.M.d.A.d.B.); manuel.islan.marcos@upm.es (M.I.M.); r.damato@upm.es (R.D.A) Abstract: The main purpose of this paper is to present a system to detect extrusion failures in fused deposition modelling (FDM) 3D printers by sensing that the filament is moving forward properly. After several years using these kind of machines, authors detected that ther...

The main purpose of this paper is to present a system to detect extrusion failures in Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) 3D printers by sensing that the filament is moving forward properly. After several years using these kind of machines, authors detected that there is not any system to detect the main problem in FDM machines. Authors thought in dif...

The purpose of this article is to develop a new concept of modular and operative prosthetic hand based on rapid prototyping and a novel shape-memory-alloy (SMA) actuator, thus minimizing the manufacturing costs. An underactuated mechanism was needed for the design of the prosthesis to use only one input source. Taking into account the state of the...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a solution for the levelling plate of fused deposition modelling (FDM) additive manufacturing (AM) systems. This automatic levelling system is presented as an evolution of actual systems, which uses a new ultrasound sensing system. Design/methodology/approach After obtaining a prototype, different te...