Examples of medical equipment include valves and ventilators.ĬECIMO has extended the call to include all AM companies within Europe. Members are been queried on whether they are able to aid in producing medical equipment for hospitals tackled the COVID-19 outbreak. The European Association for Additive Manufacturing ( CECIMO ) is responding to a request from the European Commission. Please contact us if you would like to add further information. This is a summary of current calls to action and efforts to co-ordinate a response. The additive manufacturing and 3D printing community has many members keen to assist during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you would like to discuss or organize the 3D printing projects during the Coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic, join the 3D Printing Industry Discord server.Ĭalls to action and co-ordinating the COVID-19 response We will be updating this list of 3D printing resources linked to Coronavirus and COVID-19. Professional AM providers, makers and designers in the 3D printing community have already begun to respond to the global crisis by volunteering their respective skills to ease the pressure on supply chains and governments. These respirators are in short supply, however, along with medical personnel, hospital space and other personal safety equipment required to treat patients. In the more severe cases of the respiratory illness, patients may require specialist respirators to take over the role of the lungs. Even the more developed countries are seeing their healthcare systems overloaded and fatigued by COVID-19. How is the 3D printing community responding to COVID-19?Īs the now pandemic Coronavirus takes hold over the globe, we see countries implementing travel restrictions, social distancing measures, and work from home policies.
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