Design of Customized assistive part for disable people for Additive Manufacturing application

Project Title

Design of Customized assistive part for disable people for Additive Manufacturing application

Project Area of Specialization 3D/4D PrintingProject Summary

Assistive devices for disabled people are produced using a traditional manufacturing technique known as injection molding. Excessive time consumption, high cost, and lower customization (as the parts produced are of standard sizes) in the devices are some of the core issues which are associated with these processes. As the AM technology is evolving at a high pace, so according to the need these issues must be sorted out by introducing overall improvement in manufacturing techniques and technology used to produce assistive devices to decrease the production time, its overall cost and increase the customization level in the manufacturing of assistive devices. Our project emphasizes the design and fabrication of customized assistive parts for disabled people while using the 3D printing fused deposition modeling technique, which is rarely been used for the production of assistive devices.

Project Objectives

• To explore the field of 3D printing fused deposition modeling for the production of complex geometry products.
• Identifying the scope of 3D printing fused deposition modeling for the production of assistive devices for disabled peoples.
• To design and Fabricate the customized assistive part for disabled people using 3D printing fused deposition modeling technique for additive manufacturing application.
• To Investigate the mechanical strength of the PLA material considered that is suitable for producing assistive devices.
• Overall improvement in the production process of assistive devices for disabled people.

Project Implementation Method

The project will be executed in the following main steps:

1) Study context

2) Literature review

3) Problem identification

4) Project planning

5) Industry visit

6) Product selection

7) Data collection

8) Data validation

9) Design for Additive manufacturing

10) Material selection

11) Experimental setup

12) Part Fabrication

Benefits of the Project

Benefits of the project:

1) Transition from traditional manufacturing to Additive manufacturing ( Industry 4.0).

2) Low cost and manufacturing time.

3) High level of customization and personalization.

4) Eco-friendly manufacturing and sustainability

5) Lean and agile manufacturing.

6) Practical contribution towards disabled community.

7) Way for the implementation of small and medium enterprises SMEs.

8) Contribution towards the paraplegic center

9) New platform for manufacturing industries.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The aim of the project is to design and fabricate customized assistive parts i.e. Elbow crutches, using 3D printing technology. This process includes

1) Material selection i.e PLA 

2) Fabrication of prototypes

3) Testing

4) Fabrication of Final product.

The fabricated parts will then be contributed to the disabled community and the paraplegic center.

Final Deliverable of the Project Hardware SystemCore Industry ManufacturingOther Industries Health Core Technology 3D/4D PrintingOther Technologies OthersSustainable Development Goals Good Health and Well-Being for People, Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	77500
PLA material	Equipment	4	10000	40000
Prototypes fabrication	Equipment	6	3000	18000
Tests on prototypes	Equipment	4	2500	10000
Documentations and printings	Miscellaneous	10	250	2500
Stationaries	Miscellaneous	5	200	1000
Labor and overheads	Miscellaneous	2	2000	4000
Transportations	Miscellaneous	4	500	2000