{"id":527,"date":"2020-03-26T17:18:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T21:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nyinnovate.com\/?p=527"},"modified":"2021-09-06T20:10:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T20:10:39","slug":"face-shields-icreate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nyinnovate.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/26\/face-shields-icreate\/","title":{"rendered":"Face Shields iCREATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The COVID-19 virus has caused a lot of need for Personal Protective equipment (PPE) to help our health care workers. \u00a0 I developed a procedure to do this with 3D printing a RIM and then putting a variety of components together that I was able to source locally.<\/span><\/p>\n

My CIO asked me Thursday March 19<\/span>th<\/span> \u2013 would it be possible to print 3D models and create a face shield? I had wondered that myself but thought why not.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The idea for this came from some article that we saw that someone was producing a face shield for a local hospital in upstate NY.\u00a0 I knew it was possible to just need to spend some time getting all my thoughts and plans together.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>That evening my wife and I went to Staples, Joann\u2019s Fabrics and Home Depot to get the foam, weather stripping and elastic that we use for putting all the pieces together.<\/span><\/p>\n

I started with these different models from companies such as Prusa and open source ideas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"IMG_1120\"<\/p>\n

Here is me wearing it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"IMG_1127\"<\/p>\n

Stony Brook was so impressed they asked us to make 5000 of them.\u00a0 We started immediately by getting our 3d printers organized and designing a process.\u00a0 One of my challenges was designing a process that could be done by anyone. I had to experiment a little with the elastic and the foam.\u00a0 We designed a number of templates that really helped.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then would 8 \u00bd x 11\u201d report cover work?\u00a0 Finding the right place for holes and making a template that everyone could follow took some time but working on it was fun and rewarding.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once we had everything together I was able to meet my team on a Sunday morning at Stony Brook University.\u00a0 I designed out Stations.\u00a0 A Station for inspecting the 3D printed models, putting on the weather stripping, inserting the foam, cutting the elastic to size and then adding the face shield (with the center holes first).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I found if you follow this process it goes quicker and allows you to have multiple people working on it while keeping social distance during this time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As of March 26-2020,\u00a0 we have produced over 180 of these in four days.<\/span><\/p>\n

FYI: We showed the prototype to the Doctors in the hospital and they said it meet with their approval.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These were the models and prototypes that I came up with this finished product\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Finished<\/span>\"2E471BB3-5B5E-423B-B362-30FD874B9016\"<\/span><\/p>\n

I have included below all the STL files, the procedures we use for assembly and supplies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Supplies: <\/b>\u00a03\/4 \u201c Elastic\u00a0 and 1\/2 inch foam (Joann\u2019s Fabrics), Weather-seal (Home Depot), Report Covers and One hole punch (Staples)<\/span><\/p>\n

We have now partnered with a-lot of the community partners such as the Stony Brook preparatory school to make a laser cutter version and the Suffolk County Libraries to use all of the 3D printers they have in various places to produce these.\u00a0 It’s a great community effort and I am so thankful we can do this to support the health care professionals on the front lines dealing with this crisis.<\/p>\n

Please let me know if you have questions, Note this <\/span>is an innovative design and manufacturing process because of <\/span>the lack of PPE that exist. As with any process <\/span>the professional medical <\/span>manufacturer can produce these at a <\/span>faster rate and higher quality. We are <\/span>innovators doing what we love, innovating to help the front line <\/span>medical professionals in anyway possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step by Step Directions for making the Face Shield<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is a link to a google drive with all the other STL documents.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1F9ScGZj77XVpsJGl8Z6rqSGMRukZO2NP?usp=sharing<\/p>\n

\u00a0April 1-2020<\/strong><\/p>\n