[Swansea Hackspace] Medical Mask Printing

[Kieran David Evans]

*@Paul*

For the ventilators, in case you weren't already aware there's a fairly 
large effort in place here - https://opensourceventilator.ie/

What I see as the big challenge (and you may have already considered 
this - if so, great! ) in your list isn't the design in the fist place, 
but rather the DSM (design for manufacturability) aspect. For example, I 
/suspect /with fairly minor modification, the Prusa visor parts could be 
made injection mouldable (mostly just moving the "hooks" to one plane to 
allow them to be at the interface of any mould for extraction) - but my 
knowledge of injection moulding DFM is limited to a handful of youtube 
videos and the occasional "How things works" show on TV - not exactly 
expert knowledge. If possible, the ideal situation would be to have the 
domain experts relevant to these challenges in the design loop - arrange 
contact (email, phone, screenshares, etc) between people with ideas, and 
people with knowledge to try to quickly validate where an idea has legs, 
and to direct further development.

I do have an idea for a (potentially) fast to manufacture sanitiser 
dispenser, I'll try to get the idea sketched out - but as mentioned 
above, it would really need some verification from industry experts as 
to its viability for both manufacture and usage.

*@Alex* - of all times, my printer has decided now is the time it needs 
new belts. Getting layer shifts for the first time in years, and can't 
seem to mitigate. So afraid I wont be able to get any done.

Kieran

On 25/03/2020 08:42, Paul Harwood wrote:
> We must use the skills we have to prototype designs that can protect 
> staff, then interface with local manufacturers to mass produce items 
> or make high quality items suitable for clinical settings.
>
> What seem like low hanging fruit can actually be quite dangerous 
> things to take on.
>
> e.g. Making hand sanitiser is pretty easy, but it has to be quality 
> assessed, because poor mixing techniques could kill someone by giving 
> false positives to them thinking their heads are clean and not 
> eradicating the virus.
>
> What this group could REALLY help with is coming up with designs for 
> solutions to  problems like below:
>
> Ideas are valuable now, they may save lives.
>
> We have a fantastic resource to help you make the most of your skills
>
> If you are interested please keep checking this page for updates as 
> they evolve and I will post the individual challenges to the group:
>
> https://wiki.swarm-covid19.co.uk/design-challenges
>
> Kind regards
>
> — Paul
>
>
>> On 24 Mar 2020, at 14:51, Tom Lake <tom at swansea.hackspace.org.uk 
>> <mailto:tom at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 02:28:20PM +0000, Paul Harwood wrote:
>>> To be clear:
>>>
>>> SWARM is an industry response to the COVID19 challenge and is not 
>>> affiliated with Hackspace, requested by Welsh Government and 
>>> affiliated with Industry Wales.
>>>
>>> The WhatsApp link I sent is for the SWARM group.
>> Thanks for the clarification :-)
>>
>> As evidenced by this morning's reaction, I think it's safe to say plenty
>> of the people on the list will be happy to volunteer their skills and
>> equipment when the time comes.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Tom
>>
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