The global rise of 3D printing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Choong, Yu Ying Clarrisa; Tan, H.S.; Patel, Deven C.; Choong, Wan Ting Natalie; Chen, Chun‐Hsien; Low, Hong Yee; Tan, Ming Jen; Patel, Chandrakant D.; Chua, Chee Kai

doi:10.1038/s41578-020-00234-3

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“…Following this issue, companies, groups and individuals started to cooperate to supply people and hospitals that are facing items shortage [14,24,28,32,33]. In this regard, AM has emerged as a potential flexible solution for locally supplying various types of these items, demonstrating the potential of AM for a local and flexible production of strategic items, reducing supply chain dependency [13,27,34].…”

Section: Pandemic and Additive Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The 3D printed wards construction process is automated, resulting in low labor cost and rapid construction. The buildings can be moved to different locations and can be easily connected to a power supply network [13,34]. Finally, build process uses as feedstock material industrial or solid construction waste and, after demolition, can be reused in new 3D printed buildings [96].…”

Section: Isolation Chambers and Wardsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The AM technology is described as part of Industry 4.0 [28,113]. Regarding this, Choong et al [34] highlights that AM machines will continue to be key parts in the cyber-physical post-pandemic scenario. In a review by Khan and Javaid [150], the authors point AM machines as part of an automated emergency system composed by innovative technologies, such as drones, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, to quickly deliver PPE at required places without human contact.…”

Section: Industry 40mentioning

confidence: 99%

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The role of 3D printing during COVID-19 pandemic: a review

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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread through more than 180 countries, leading to diverse health systems overload around the world. Because of the high number of patients and the supply chain disruption, it generated a shortage of medical devices and personal protective equipment. In this context, initiatives from the additive manufacturing community emerged to fight the lack of devices. Diverse designs were produced and are currently being used in hospitals by patients and health workers. However, as some devices must follow strict standards, these products may not fulfill these standards. Therefore, to ensure the user's health, there is a need for understanding each device, their usage, and standards. This study reviews the use of additive manufacturing during COVID-19 pandemic. It gathers the source of several 3D printed devices such as face shields, face masks, valves, nasopharyngeal swabs, and others, discussing their use and regulatory issues. In this regard, the major drawbacks of the technology, addressed for the next pandemic scenario, are highlighted. Finally, some insights of the future of additive manufacturing during emergency are given and discussed.

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Section: Isolation Chambers and Wardsmentioning

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Section: Industry 40mentioning

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“…While lying outside of the scope of this article, it is an interesting future stream of research. Choong et al (2020) elaborated on the responsiveness of AM as goods that were under shortage, such as personal protective equipment, were produced by AM with little delay. Salmi et al (2020) stressed the importance of open source solutions in this context and Sinha, Bourgeois, and Sorger (2020) regarded the distributed and decentralised nature of the AM response.…”

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Additive manufacturing and supply chains – a systematic review

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2020

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“…Several key emerging trends can be identified, such as the combination of manufacturing techniques and processes, the increasing modularity of machines, mass production and the adaptation of AM techniques for use in selected industrial branches. Currently, AM is most often used in the medical industry [ 1 , 2 , 3 ], and its rapid growth is taking place during the COVID-19 [ 4 ] pandemic to produce all possible elements used to combat the pandemic and support the production of life-saving components [ 5 ]. A wide range of applications can be observed in industries such as stomatology [ 6 , 7 ], power engineering [ 8 ], aerospace industry [ 9 ] and even the automotive industry [ 10 , 11 ].…”

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Additively Manufactured Parts Made of a Polymer Material Used for the Experimental Verification of a Component of a High-Speed Machine with an Optimised Geometry—Preliminary Research

2020

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This paper describes a novel method for the experimental validation of numerically optimised turbomachinery components. In the field of additive manufacturing, numerical models still need to be improved, especially with the experimental data. The paper presents the operational characteristics of a compressor wheel, measured during experimental research. The validation process included conducting a computational flow analysis and experimental tests of two compressor wheels: The aluminium wheel and the 3D printed wheel (made of a polymer material). The chosen manufacturing technology and the results obtained made it possible to determine the speed range in which the operation of the tested machine is stable. In addition, dynamic destructive tests were performed on the polymer disc and their results were compared with the results of the strength analysis. The tests were carried out at high rotational speeds (up to 120,000 rpm). The results of the research described above have proven the utility of this technology in the research and development of high-speed turbomachines operating at speeds up to 90,000 rpm. The research results obtained show that the technology used is suitable for multi-variant optimization of the tested machine part. This work has also contributed to the further development of numerical models.

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The global rise of 3D printing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 202 publications

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The role of 3D printing during COVID-19 pandemic: a review

The role of 3D printing during COVID-19 pandemic: a review

Additive manufacturing and supply chains – a systematic review

Additively Manufactured Parts Made of a Polymer Material Used for the Experimental Verification of a Component of a High-Speed Machine with an Optimised Geometry—Preliminary Research

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