News and Insights of 3D Printing and Manufacturing
Extol, a large manufacturer of plastic tools and industrial parts developed a 3D printed adapter for SCBA (supplier air respirators) masks that can allow first responders during the COVID-19 emergency to extend the life of their N95 masks. The SCBA mask adapter can be requested by filling out a form on this page.
An Irish PhD student has been awarded first place in the Stratasys Extreme Redesign Challenge, winning a free Stratasys FDM 3D printer for the University of Oxford for a year and a $2,500 scholarship. The student, Daniel Fahy, was recognized for his design of a 3D printed Hoberman Sphere that represents the world globe.
3D printing company EnvisionTEC has taken a significant step ahead in the development of 3D printed nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing. It has just announced that it has successfully completed a clinical trial for the testing swabs and, along with several of its FDA-registered customers, will begin producing up to 1 million swabs per day using the Envision One cDLM platform.
Even as the French aerospace engine supplier announced drastic cuts to its current operations, Safran is continuing to support efforts to protect medical personnel against COVID-19. Like many other companies, Safran too has adapted the Easybreath Subea snorkeling mask from sports retailer Decathlon to protect medical personnel from airborne droplets that could transmit the coronavirus.
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Australian company SPEE3D has successfully developed and tested a fast and affordable processes, dubbed ACTIVAT3D, to 3D print anti-microbial copper onto metal surfaces. Laboratory tests have shown that this process ‘contact kills’ 96% of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in just two hours, on any plastic and metal surface.