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SEW-Eurodrive joins national 3D printing initiative for face masks

1st May 2020

By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Senior Contributing Editor Online

     

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Drive and automation technology company SEW-Eurodrive has joined a nationwide campaign to use three-dimensional (3D) printing technology to produce much-needed face masks and shields for healthcare workers and first responders.

There is a global shortage of critical personal protective equipment (PPE) amid the spread of Covid-19.

South Africa too faces a shortage of PPE, prompting various companies to use their existing resources to produce 3D-printed face masks.

The initiative was organised by 3D printing solutions provider Additive Manufacturing Solutions (AMS), with MD Bernhard Vogt having called on all companies and individuals equipped with such technology to join the campaign.

To date, the initiative has produced 15 000 face shields to meet the needs of private healthcare providers, such as Netcare, as well as for the Department of Health.

Vogt says he was inspired to mobilise local 3D printing resources after Europe embarked on a similar initiative.

“Only after South Africa’s cases started to escalate after the national lockdown [had been] implemented did the dire need for such gear become apparent,” he says.

SEW-Eurodrive, which has a 3D printer in its design department, responded, and an engineer is printing masks from the safety of his home.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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