PU, UIET providing in-house 3D printed protective face shield PPE solutions
This region will be falling short by nearly 10,000 such pieces
cityairnews
Apr 7, 2020 04:16
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Chandigarh:
Medical devices-Design Innovation Centre (DIC) group at University
Institute of Engg &Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh has been
providing 3D printed face shield head supports to cater urgent PPE
requirements for doctors across the region. It is expected in the
forthcoming weeks, that this region will be falling short by nearly
10,000 such pieces with further spread of Covid-19.
This group led by Dr. Rakesh Tuli, Dr. Prashant Jindal and Dr. Mamta
Juneja had already developed an indigenous FDM 3D printing machine
which is now being extensively used to produce these pieces. This
centre has a well-established facility of 3 such printers to produce
more pieces. Undergraduate students(Vijay and Sahil) have been working
in multiple shifts to alleviate this shortage and so far a commitment
of 50 such pieces has been made.
Further assistance in collaboration with TBRL, Chandigarh during this
crisis period is being explored for producing other PPE and intricate
ventilator connectors.
