[Swansea Hackspace] Medical Mask Printing

[Peter Barnes]

All,

I've been in talks with the university about doing this on a larger scale,
including wholesale supply of the other materials required.

Please be *very careful* in making sure that you have an NHS trust who is
completely willing to accept what you're making (and the way you're making
it). There's a lot to consider here: are the materials you're using
appropriate for a medical environment? if you were to be infected would you
be passing that along into your supply chain? The guidance from Prusa
<https://blog.prusaprinters.org/from-design-to-mass-3d-printing-of-medical-shields-in-three-days/>
isn't all encompassing, but a couple of things they have listed are:


   - Using a fresh set of gloves for collecting each batch of prints
   - Immediately placing parts into a seal-able bag


There is potentially scope for having others help towards the university's
work on this, but I cannot confirm that at this stage.


Peter

On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 9:57 AM Kieran David Evans <keyz182 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Mine isn't enclosed, and I've suffered the bad effects from it before. I
> should have space out in the utility room or something. Going to do some
> test prints now to make sure the ABS is OK. It's been sitting quite a while.
>
> Kieran
> On 24/03/2020 09:54, Alex Duffield wrote:
>
> Yes just take care and wash thoroughly, abs and pla is fine tho I'd go abs
> for flexibility, I'm planning to drive as many as possible down to Brighton
> in person. Transparent parts and elastic is being sorted in Brighton, as
> for abs I personally print in my bedroom and and don't mind the spell tho
> it is enclosed but that's just personal preference
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 8:52 AM Gerrit Niezen <me at gerritniezen.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't have a face mask or gloves when handling the printed parts, can I
>> still participate?
>>
>> On Tue, 24 Mar, 2020 at 2:41 AM, Alex Duffield <alexmduffield at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone have any spare 3d printer time before thursday? I have been
>> recruited to produce face sheilds for a childrens hospital in brighton (the
>> prusa RC2 design attached if itll let me) and we are looking to take as
>> many as possible down on thursday, already got people to collect from in
>> bristol, cardiff, southampton and dropping in brighton, im expecting to be
>> able to make 24-28 before thursday but any extras (just need the printed
>> parts, being assembled on site) would really be appreciated!
>>
>>
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