Concept Laser – Industry Specific Solutions
Medical · Advantages of the LaserCUSING® process
· Front End Software/ - interfaces
· Machine solutions
· Materials
· QM system
· Post treatment
Concept Laser – Medical
Individual solutions for the medical industry
Trauma
· fractures, disfigurements
· tumor diseases → bone substitute material · shoulder, hand, foot and pelvis
Spine
· degenerative instabilities · fractures
· tumors and disfigurements
CFM (craniofacial microsomia)
· mandible, mid-face and skull
· for the reconstruction of bones following tumor excision
Concept Laser – Medical
LaserCUSING® provides
· Denture frameworks with a constantly very good level of quality thanks to the use of a standardised manufacturing process
· Manufacturing of customized biocompatible implants or prosthesis with microcellular structure
· Manufacturing of bone-foams with bioanalog structure to use as bone substitute material
· For manufacturing of unique or complex serial implants or instruments
· CE-certified materials for dental and medical applications
Concept Laser – Medical
Front End Software/ -interfaces
Dental
Plaster model → 3 Shape scanner → CAM Bridge
software (Materialise) → Preparation of the data (create support structures, afterwards slicing of the data) → LaserCUSING® system
Medical
Implant model → CT Scanner → Mimix software (Materialise) → Preparation of the data (create
support structures, afterwards slicing of the data) → LaserCUSING® system
Concept Laser – Medical
Concept Laser – Medical
Machine solutions
Mlab cusing
Target group: Small laboratories Build envelope: 50 x 50, 70 x 70,
90 x 90, z =80mm Laser system: 50 Watt
M1 cusing
Target group: Laboratories/
Manufacturing center Build envelope: 250 x 250 x 250 mm Laser system: 200 Watt fibre laser
M2 cusing
Target group: Laboratories/
Manufacturing center/ processing titanium alloys Build envelope: 250 x 250 x 280 mm Laser system: 200 - 400 watt fibre laser
LaserCUSING® material
CL 41TI ELI (TiAl6V4 ELI) / Titanium alloy
· Low weight, very good biocompatibility and
corrosion resistance as well as osteoconductivity
· This titanium alloy meets the requirements of the ASTM-norm for surgical implants
remanium® star CL / Cobalt-chrome
· A cobalt- chrome alloy according to DIN EN ISO 9693 / DIN EN ISO 22674
· Certified casting alloy (CE 0483)
· Meets the requirements of the ASTM norm · In cooperation with
Concept Laser – Medical
Concept Laser – Medical
Technology QM system
· Real-time inspection of the melt pool
· Online laser and performance monitoring
· Software module for analysis and report generating after the build process
· Redundant monitoring and control of the oxygen concentration in the process gas atmosphere
· Analysis of the powder quality and excellent preservation of the powder quality with our external automatic sieving station
Concept Laser – Medical
Post- treatment
· Heat- treatment
· Microblasting/ shoot peening
· Electrolytic polishing
· Vibratory grinding
· Veneered with dental ceramic material from
Case study: Denture framwork
Machine: M2 cusing
Laser: Fiber laser 200 W Material: rematitan®CL
Industry: Dental implant
Customer: LAC – Laser Add Center GmbH
Advantages of the laser-generated component:
· Denture frameworks with a constantly very good level of quality thanks to the use of a standardised manufacturing process
· Time and cost saving in manufacturing.
Concept Laser – Medical
Case study: MUGETO® - hip stem implant
Machine: M2 cusing
Laser: fiber laser 200 W Material: rematitan®CL
Industry: implantology Customer: Fraunhofer IWU
Advantage of the metal additive manufactured part:
Integration of new functions like:
· Macroporous surface structures for an improved bone ingrowth
· Volume structures to adopt the stiffness of the implant
· Integrated channels that can be used for instance as a local drug storage
Case study: chirurgical instruments
Machine: Mlab cusing Laser: fiber laser 100 W Material: stainless steel Industry: medical
Advantage of the metal additive manufactured part:
· Manufacturing of small batches overnight
· Comparable material properties like milled parts, better material properties like casted parts
· Less material waste
Case study: acetabulum
Machine: M2 cusing
Laser: fiber laser 200 W Material: rematitan®CL
Industry: implantology
Customer: Laser Zentrum Nord
Advantage of the metal additive manufactured part:
Integration of new functions like:
· Macroporous surface structures for an improved bone ingrowth
· Reduction of the implant weight
Kostprijs M2 afschrijving 5 jaar Incl. materiaal onderhoud enz.
Maschinenkosten (Concept Laser M2 cuisng)
jährliche Laufzeit [h] 1.500 2.000 2.500 3.000 3.500 4.000 5.000 6.000 7.000
Fix Kosten [€/h] 93,93 70,45 56,36 46,97 40,26 35,23 28,18 23,48 20,13
Variable Kosten [€/h] 8,92 8,92 8,92 8,92 8,92 8,92 8,92 8,92 8,92
Stundensatz [€/h] 103 79 65 56 49 44 37 32 29
Kostprijs Mlab. Afschrijving 4 jaar incl. materiaal onderhoud enz.
Maschin costs per hour
Mlab cusing 50 Watt / 20µm layerthickness
yearly running time [h] 750 1000 1250 1.500 2.000 2.500 3.000 3.500 4.000 5.000 Basics: 220 working days (ca. 3,5 h / day) (ca. 4,5 h / day) (ca. 5,7 h / day) (ca. 6,8 h / day) (ca. 9 h / day) (ca. 11,4 h / day) (ca. 13,6 h / day) (ca. 15,9 h / day) (ca. 18,1 h / day) (ca. 22,7 h / day)
Fix costs [€/h] 71,47 53,60 42,88 35,73 26,80 21,44 17,87 15,31 13,40 10,72
Variable costs [€/h] 2,70 2,70 2,70 2,70 2,70 2,70 2,70 2,70 2,70 2,70
Machine costs per hour [€/h] 74 56 46 38 29 24 21 18 16 13
