Futuristic technology prints 1,000 face shield components per day
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Photo: Chad A. Mirkin. Article by Amanda Morris.
Researchers hope to make a dent in hospitals’ need with a single 3D printer
Northwestern University researchers have demonstrated the ability to generate 1,000 components for face shields per day — with a single 3D printer.
A critical piece of personal protective equipment (PPE), face shields protect health care workers from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as they treat patients.
When Northwestern researchers Chad A. Mirkin and David Walker heard about the PPE shortage in hospitals, their team sprang into action. In October, Mirkin and his research group, in a breakthrough article in the journal Science, unveiled a new 3D printing technique called “high-area rapid printing” (HARP), a 13-feet-tall printer with a 2.5 square-foot print bed that can print about half a yard in an hour — a record throughput for the 3D printing field. […]
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