Project progress

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Phase		Work-Package		Task		Task Leader	March 2014	April 2014	May 2014	June 20014	July 2014	August 2014	September 2014	October 2014	November 2014	December 2014	January 2015	February 2015
1	Scanning and Characterization	1.1	Scanning	1.1.1	Definition of both the case studies and the Ti alloy to be investigated on the basis of standards and literature	POLIBA			D1
				1.1.2	Phisical simulation of the effect of specific traumatic or tumor disease on artificial models describing parts of the skeletal system	POLIMI							D2
				1.1.3	Computerized axial tomography (CT) and images processing	POLIMI												D3
		1.2	Characterization	1.2.1	Evaluation of material characteristics (formability, rheological modelsin plastic and superplastic field, incremental formability) for the numerical modelling and after the forming process (analyses of microstructure, microporosity, cytotoxicity)	POLIBA												D4

 

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Phase				Task		Task Leader	February 2015	March 2015	April 2015	May 2015	June 2015	July 2015	August 2015	September 2015	October 2015	November 2015	December 2015	January 2016	February 2016	March 2016	April 2016	May 2016
2		Designing of prostheses/processes		2.0.1	Prostheses design (geometry, thicknesses, anchorage method)	UNICAL					c	D5
				2.0.2	Definition of the geometry and of the material of SPF die	POLIBA									D6
				2.0.3	SPF process parameters optimization (temperature range, pressure-time profile) by FEM	POLIBA																D7
				2.0.4	SPIF process parameters definition by FEM	UNICAL																D8

 

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Phase				Task		Task Leader	January 2016	February 2016	March 2016	April 2016	May 2016	June 2016	July 2016	August 2016	September 2016	October 2016	November 2016	December 2016	January 2017	February 2017	March 2017
3	Manufacturing and Verification			3.0.1	Fabrication of the SPF die	UNICAL					D9
				3.0.2	Manufacturing of the prosthesis by SPF	POLIBA										D10
				3.0.3	Manufacturing of the prosthesis by SPIF	UNICAL										D11
				3.0.4	Analyses on the prototypes obtained by SPF (thinning, microporosity, chemical contaminations)	POLIBA														D12
				3.0.5	Analyses on the prototypes obtained by SPF (thinning, dimensional accuracy, chemical contaminations)	UNICAL															D13
				3.0.6	Functionality tests of the prostheses (morphological compatibility and the mechanical reliability)	POLIMI															D14