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Design of a Modified Slip Casting Procedure for the Single Step Manufacture of Sealed Silicone Balloons

Hudoba, Michael W.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306516214

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2011, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Mechanical Engineering.
Many applications in engineering and medicine require a flexible, ‘bag-like’ device that can withstand large amounts of internal and external pressure. In medicine, these devices are used to control the pressure of urethras and blood vessels in urethral and vascular occlusion procedures, respectively. Currently these devices are made by stacking two flat sheets of silicone and gluing them together at their edges. This eliminates the benefit of silicon’s high strength, and the strength of the device becomes limited by the properties and application of the glue. This report outlines the research and approach of using platinum cure silicone to make a one-piece, hollow device capable of withstanding significant internal and external pressures. An apparatus was designed to manufacture these devices, and a full factorial experiment was implemented to help define the manufacturing parameters. Success was defined by enclosure of the void as well as uniformity of the device along each of its faces. This report will outline the procedural and technical specifics needed to create the devices. The results of these findings can not only improve the success rate of certain procedures already using similar devices (vascular and urethral occlusion), but can be implemented to improve any process where a strong, flexible part with an internal void is required.
Blaine Lilly (Advisor)
Jose Castro (Committee Member)
133 p.
Industrial Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; Polymers; Veterinary Services

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  • Hudoba, M. W. (2011). Design of a Modified Slip Casting Procedure for the Single Step Manufacture of Sealed Silicone Balloons [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306516214

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hudoba, Michael. Design of a Modified Slip Casting Procedure for the Single Step Manufacture of Sealed Silicone Balloons. 2011. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306516214.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hudoba, Michael. "Design of a Modified Slip Casting Procedure for the Single Step Manufacture of Sealed Silicone Balloons." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1306516214

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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