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Twikit’s Twikbot Brings Mass Customization Using 3D Printing To Prosthetics and Orthotics http://bit.ly/2Sgho6K Twikit is a Belgium based startup that makes mass customization software. The firm created parametric software that can be used to, within well-defined parameters, make unique 3D printed products. For BMW, for example, the company created a tool that would let Mini owners customize polymer car parts to their liking. Mini owners can now get 3D printed customized outside panels with their own text or parts that let their LED lamps spell out their names. By letting a person customize something, ensuring that this can be visualized in the browser and then also actually be a file that can be manufactured Twikit ties unique inputs to makable things. Twikit’s software takes the potential of 3D printing to make unique things and turns it into something that many can use (within limits). Twikit has just released its Twikbot software platform for Prosthetics and Orthotics. Now Twikit can not only be used for customized car parts or parts of consumer electronics but also for medical applications. With the Twikbot platform, companies can now create workflows where unique scan data gets turned into a 3D printable file. Defined limits of the 3D printing process, essential structural elements, and part constraints can be defined in advance. Once this has occurred, and if the 3D scan is good, the path from 3D scan to 3D file for printing is automatic. We’ve seen a lot of movement on implementing more and more prosthetics and orthotics in 3D printing. These are increasingly being made using FDM (FFF), SLS and MFJ technologies but so far there hasn’t been an automated customization package that could mass customize 3D prints for all platforms. We interviewed Twikit’s CTO Olivier den Deken about a new development that the firm has just released. What does Twikit do for orthotics & prosthetics?
How does it work?
How does it save money?
What will happen with the medical scan data of my patient?
What is the output in terms of files?
What 3D scan data can I input? and how?
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