An Angus-based 3D printing company is in talks with counterparts in Italy about using the technology to print parts for life-saving medical devices. The move follows reports that a hospital in Brescia, near one of the hardest-hit regions for coronavirus infections in Italy, urgently needed valves for a ventilation machine which its supplier could not provide.

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Running out of the valves could have led to Covid-19 patients losing their lives until a 3D printing company steeped in to provide a solution to the broken supply chain. A company in the area brought a 3D printer directly to the hospital and, in just a few hours, redesigned and then produced the missing piece. © Supplied The original valve (on the left) and its 3D printed twin. Andy Simpson, the managing director of Brechin-based Angus 3D Solutions, has contacted the Italian firm Isinnova […]

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