OBJECTIVE To evaluate the outcome of presurgical nasoalveolar molding therapy in the treatment of patients with bilateral cleft lip and palate. DESIGN A prospective study with blinded measurements. SETTING The Cleft and Craniofacial Clinic at the University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas. PATIENTS Eight patients with bilateral cleft lip and palate, treated between 2002...

In this study, an adaptive optimization method based on artificial neural network model is proposed to optimize the injection molding process. The optimization process aims at minimizing the warpage of the injection molding parts in which process parameters are design variables. Moldflow Plastic Insight software is used to analyze the warpage of the injection molding parts. The mold temperature...

Incorporating moldability considerations during the design of thermally enhanced polymer heat exchangers. Recently, available formulations of thermally enhanced polymer composites are attractive in heat exchanger applications due to their low cost and improved corrosion resistance compared to the conventional metal options. This paper presents a systematic approach to the design of plate-fin he...

a palatal defect may result from surgical resection, and its consequences could include difficulty in speech and nasal regurgitation of food and liquids. an obturator combined to speech aid prosthesis can improve nasal emission during speech,  and  assist  in  preventing  nasal  regurgitation  of  food.  this  article presents a clinical report of the reconstruction of palatopharyngeal function...

An interactive computer-based design system is developed to eliminate the need for costly iterations of protype tooling in injection molding. A knowledge-based synthesis system is constructed to embody the principle of a rational design strategy for injection molding by combining a rule-based expert system with process analysis programs. The thermomechanical properties of a molded part are pred...

Objectives: This In-vitro study was designed to compare the Impact strength and Residual monomer content of conventional and high impact types of denture base resins polymerized by Compression and Injection molding technique with short curing cycle. Materials and Methods: Forty samples were made (twenty from each technique)in the dimension of 60 × 10 × 3 with 2 mm notch on the thickness side. T...

Global manufacturers of thermoplastic molded parts increasingly require 100% quality inspection levels that are difficult to achieve. While process complexity makes it difficult to attain the desired part properties during start-up, the stochastic nature of the process causes difficulty in maintaining part quality during production. This paper formally compares several alternative quality contr...

In-mold Assembly process at the mesoscale presents several manufacturing challenges. Results reported in this paper demonstrate the technical feasibility of creating rigid body mesoscale revolute joints using In-Mold Assembly process. The following new results are reported in this paper. First, we describe a mold design with varying cavity shape to perform In-Mold Assembly. This mold design use...