by David | Mar 19, 2020 | 3D News, COVID-19, Medical
A 3D printing business in Telford has offered its resources to help make ventilators for coronavirus patients. Ricoh 3D has contacted Make UK and the Government to confirm it is willing and able to support an increase in mass ventilator manufacturing. . The company...
by David | Mar 19, 2020 | Automotive, Manufacturing and Supply Chain
Porsche has unveiled a concept for a new bucket seat using 3D printing. The “3D-printed bodyform full-bucket seat” is a lighter alternative to the central section of the traditional seat upholstery which could allow future customers, particularly professional...
by David | Mar 19, 2020 | 3D News, Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Medical
The UK Government has put a call out to UK manufacturers to aid with the production of NHS ventilators in the fight against Covid-19. . Yesterday the Prime Minister spoke to over sixty of the UK’s leading manufacturing businesses and organisations who were sent...
by David | Mar 19, 2020 | 3D News, Medical, People
A Liverpool couple is at the forefront of protecting Onondaga County’s medical professionals right from their own home by 3D printing shields. . Isaac Budmen and Stephanie Keefe make and sell custom products from their 3D printers in their home, but they’ve...
by David | Mar 19, 2020 | 3D News, Medical, People
The ventilators could be used in an emergency locally and also in other countries that don’t have as many resources. An Irish project to develop easy-to-assemble mechanically-operated ventilators that could be used in the treatment of patients with Covid-19 is...
by David | Mar 19, 2020 | 3D News, Medical
Necessity is the mother of invention, and in no time is invention more necessary than during a global pandemic. . Starting with the drive-through testing clinics pioneered overseas that spread to the United States (big shout-out to the University of Washington for...
by David | Mar 19, 2020 | 3D News, Maker Movement, Medical, People
Hundreds of design engineers from across the world have offered to donate their 3D printing skills and equipment to help produce vital hospital supplies amid the evolving coronavirus pandemic. . A public document titled “ 3D Printer Crowdsourcing for COVID-19 ” is...
by David | Mar 19, 2020 | 3D News, Medical
An Italian hospital that ran out of life-saving equipment for coronavirus patients was saved by a ‘hero’ engineer who used cutting-edge technology to design oxygen valves within a matter of hours. At least 10 lives were saved when technician Christian Fracassi came to...
by David | Mar 19, 2020 | 3D News, Medical
Scientists are developing a face mask produced using 3D-printing that can test large groups of people for Coronavirus in thirty minutes. The unique approach could help curb the outbreak of the disease and enable mass screening that would determine if a person is...
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