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<p><b>@Paul</b><br>
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<p>For the ventilators, in case you weren't already aware there's a
fairly large effort in place here - <a
href="https://opensourceventilator.ie/">https://opensourceventilator.ie/<br>
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<p>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 <i>suspect </i>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.</p>
<p>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.<br>
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<p><b>@Alex</b> - 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.<br>
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<p>Kieran<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 25/03/2020 08:42, Paul Harwood
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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.
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<div class="">What seem like low hanging fruit can actually be
quite dangerous things to take on.</div>
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<div class="">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.</div>
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<div class="">What this group could REALLY help with is coming up
with designs for solutions to problems like below:</div>
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<div class="">Ideas are valuable now, they may save lives.</div>
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<div class="">We have a fantastic resource to help you make the
most of your skills</div>
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<div class="">If you are interested please keep checking this page
for updates as they evolve and I will post the individual
challenges to the group:</div>
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<div class="">Kind regards</div>
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<div class="">On 24 Mar 2020, at 14:51, Tom Lake <<a
href="mailto:tom@swansea.hackspace.org.uk" class=""
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<div class="">On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 02:28:20PM +0000,
Paul Harwood wrote:<br class="">
<blockquote type="cite" class="">To be clear:<br
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SWARM is an industry response to the COVID19 challenge
and is not affiliated with Hackspace, requested by
Welsh Government and affiliated with Industry Wales.<br
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The WhatsApp link I sent is for the SWARM group.<br
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Thanks for the clarification :-)<br class="">
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As evidenced by this morning's reaction, I think it's
safe to say plenty<br class="">
of the people on the list will be happy to volunteer
their skills and<br class="">
equipment when the time comes.<br class="">
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Kind regards,<br class="">
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Tom<br class="">
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