Plasma Polishing as a New Polishing Option to Reduce the Surface Roughness of Porous Titanium Alloy for 3D PrintingZhiwei Lin *1,2, Lincong Luo *3, Dongxin Lin *4, Yuping Deng 4,5, Yang Yang 4, Xuecheng Huang 6, Tingrui Wu 1, Wenhua Huang 1,2,4
1Orthopedic Center, Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Medical University, 2The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangdong Medical University, 3The School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, 4Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Translation of Medical 3D Printing Application, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Digital Medicine and Biomechanics, National Key Discipline of Human Anatomy, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, 5Integrated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, 6Shenzhen Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Futian)
Plasma polishing is a promising surface processing technology, especially suitable for 3D printing of porous titanium alloy workpieces. It can remove semi-molten powders and ablative oxide layers, thereby effectively reducing surface roughness and improving surface quality.
