Photographed you can find steps involved in the end-to-end manufacture of the tibial tray, a medical implant used in total knee-replacement surgery. Traditionally, orthopaedic implants are produced using near-net investment casting, which can be difficult to manufacture, costly and manually intensive. Using additive manufacturing (AM) to produce intricate medical components can speed up patient recovery time, extend the life of an implant, as well as reduce labour costs. Read more
