Low energy mass manufactruing of PPE using visible light 3d printing

Covid 19危机表明，缺乏PPE和合适的医疗设备会导致全国性的健康危机。该项目的目标是为过去6个月的制造业短缺创造一个可持续和多功能的解决方案。它将使英国拥有自己的国内制造业弹性，完全由可再生能源制成。最近PPE的大量使用正在造成生态问题，因为数千万的一次性塑料正在以惊人的速度被丢弃。该项目旨在解决短缺和可持续性问题。英国公司Photocentric发明了使用LCD屏幕创建3D打印物体，使用低能量可见光选择性固化光聚合物。这一概念已经成功地商业化，在彼得伯勒制造了大幅面工业3D打印机。Photocentric现在已经通过为NHS生产近200万个面罩来验证PPE在这场危机中的大规模生产。该项目将优化这一过程，使其能够在需要时转移到无限数量的不同项目。该过程将是自动化的，可以在集装箱中作为移动的3D打印工厂交付，用于在需要时制造PPE和医疗设备。该工艺中使用的3D打印树脂将在英国开发和制造，使用100%可持续资源，包括30%回收材料。总之，该项目使用低能耗LCD屏幕3D打印，使用100%可持续材料，在英国制造，实现PPE和医疗设备的低成本，快速和多功能制造。

The Covid19 crisis has shown how the lack of PPE and suitable medical equipment can lead to a national health crisis. This aim of this project is the creation of a both sustainable and versatile solution to the manufacturing shortage experienced in the last 6 months. It will enable the UK to have its own domestic manufacturing resilience, which is entirely made from renewable sources. The recent large usage of PPE is creating an ecological problem as tens of millions of single use plastics are being thrown away at an alarming rate. This project will aim to address both problems of shortage and sustainability.Photocentric, a UK company, invented the using LCD screens to create 3D printed objects using low-energy visible light to selectively cure photopolymer. This concept has been successfully commercialised with the manufacture of large format industrial 3D printers made in Peterborough. Photocentric has now validated the mass-manufacture of PPE during this crisis by manufacturing nearly 2 million face shields for the NHS. This project will optimise this process to enable it to be transferred to make an unlimited number of different items at a time of need. The process will be automated and can be delivered in a shipping container as a mobile 3D printing factory for the fabrication of PPE and medical devices at the point of need. The 3D printing resins used in this process will be developed and manufactured in the UK, using 100% sustainable resources including 30% recycled materials.In Summary, this project enables low-cost, rapid and versatile manufacturing of PPE and medical devices using low energy LCD screen 3D printing with 100% sustainable materials form UK derived technology, made in the UK.