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Ferrari joins 3D printing effort to fight the COVID-19 pandemic AM Industry

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Italian supercar manufacturer Ferrari has started to produce respirator valves and fittings for protective masks at its Maranello plant, as one of its initiatives in support of health workers treating coronavirus patients. The department where car prototypes are usually built is producing these thermoplastic components using additive manufacturing technology, as Ferrari joins 3D printing effort to fight COVID-19 globally.

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Smile Direct Club delivers 35,000th 3D printed face shields to healthcare community AM Industry

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SmileDirectClub, the industry pioneer and first direct-to-consumer telehealth platform for teeth straightening, today announced it has delivered its 35,000th face shield to support healthcare professionals and essential workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic and will continue to seek opportunities to help. Following its late March announcement that it would dedicate some of its 3D printing facilities equipped with 60+ HP printers to manufacture thousands of medical-grade face shields and other PPE, SmileDirectClub has continued its commitment to help the health care industry, including dentists and orthodontists.

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Origin develops and tests 3D printed nasal swabs for COVID-19 AM Industry

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San Franciso startup Origin is the latest company to reveal it has been working on 3D printed nasal swabs for COVID-19 testing. The company recently announced that its 3D printed swab design successfully underwent an initial clinical evaluation for human factors, materials testing and PCR compatibility. The evaluation is being done in collaboration with the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), which is also working with a handful of other 3D printing companies in the development and deployment of 3D printed test swabs.