Coimbatore: Coimbatore-based 3D printing company Virtual Frontier Robotics and Augment 3Di, incubated at Atal Incubation Center RAISE supported by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Government of India is supplying and donating 3D Printed Protective Medical Gears such as Face Shields, Visors and Ventilator Splitters to help combat the spread of COVID19.
Coimbatore: Coimbatore-based 3D printing company Virtual Frontier Robotics and Augment 3Di, incubated at Atal Incubation Center RAISE supported by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Government of India is supplying and donating 3D Printed Protective Medical Gears such as Face Shields, Visors and Ventilator Splitters to help combat the spread of COVID19.
Vigneshwaran, Founder-CEO, Virtual Frontier Robotics and P Hari Vigneshwaran, Managing Director, Augment 3Di in association with Ebin Ephrem Elavathingal, Senior Manager AIC RAISE, Supported by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Govt of India joined hands to ideate, design and manufacture these 3D shields.
Recalling how the project was kick-atarted, Ebin informed that he and Vignesh were involved in design, while Hari of Augment 3Di sourced materials. Together, we joined hands and used 8 printers to print it.
The 3D masks are being distributed to doctors and other critical workers at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic. They made the 3D Printing Face mask files open source with a guide, so that makers who is having 3D printers can print their own.
The team has so far distributed 350 shields, of which 250 were directly given to Coimbatore Medical College Hospital and ESI Hospital. And the remaining were given to Corporation-South Zone in association with Rathinam Group of Institutions.
Due to the overwhelming response, the team decided to open-source the design, so that anyone can use their design free of cost to make these 3D face masks.
The team now plans to move into mass production following the surge in demand. The manufacturing cost of the shield is presently Rs. 90 per shield.
With increase in demand, the team has appealed to people to contribute for the initiative.
For more details:
Call 7708019222 for more details. Visit https://aicraise.com/faceask3dprint/ to download the design.