Future Additive Manufacturing Platform Grant

  • Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  • Total publications:27 publications

Grant number: EP/P027261/1

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19
  • Start & end year

    2017
    2021
  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $2,127,155.42
  • Funder

    UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  • Principal Investigator

    Prof. Richard Hague
  • Research Location

    United Kingdom
  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Nottingham
  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A
  • Research Category

    Infection prevention and control

  • Research Subcategory

    Barriers, PPE, environmental, animal and vector control measures

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

Engineers at the University of Nottingham have designed a PPE face shield with CE approval that they are 3D printing at scale for healthcare workers to use in the fight against COVID-19. Using the latest in Additive Manufacturing (3D printing) technology and materials at the University's Centre for Additive Manufacturing, and working with external collaborators, the team will deliver 5,000 of the face shields to Nottingham's NHS and community healthcare workers. Building on an open-source design of headband originally from HP, the team in the Faculty of Engineering made modifications to ensure the face shield could pass a regulatory test1 by BSI, the UK's national standards body, to meet its essential health and safety requirements which ensures the highest level of protection is provided. The face shields successfully passed the BSI tests and are CE approved1 for use as part of PPE for healthcare workers' protection against COVID-19 in both hospital and community environments. They are provided in packs to the NHS, with five replacement visors per face shield as well as instructions for use. The team have made the design and its accompanying documents 'open-source' to enable other manufacturers to produce the face shields - however, manufacturers will need to submit their product for testing to the BSI to obtain their own CE certification.

Publicationslinked via Europe PMC

On-Demand Sintering of Gold Nanoparticles via Controlled Removal of o-Nitrobenzyl Thiol Ligands Under Record-Low Power for Conductive Patterns.

An effective route to the additive manufacturing of a mechanically gradient supramolecular polymer nanocomposite structure.

Glycerol-based sustainably sourced resin for volumetric printing.

Hydrogels and Bioprinting in Bone Tissue Engineering: Creating Artificial Stem-Cell Niches for In Vitro Models.

Wireless electrical-molecular quantum signalling for cancer cell apoptosis.

Correction: Atomically flat semiconductor nanoplatelets for light-emitting applications.

Ring opening polymerisation of ɛ-caprolactone with novel microwave magnetic heating and cyto-compatible catalyst.

Discovery of a polymer resistant to bacterial biofilm, swarming, and encrustation.

Predictive Molecular Design and Structure-Property Validation of Novel Terpene-Based, Sustainably Sourced Bacterial Biofilm-Resistant Materials.