Producing PPE against Covid-19

[Leon]

UDPATE: The hospice have come straight back with a resounding 'Yes please!' so we've dropped 100 shields over to them today.  50 are going to the phlebotomy department of the hospital tomorrow morning and we've had enquires for more to other facilities.

[Steve J]

Fantastic news!!!

[Orcs]

On the right ... the red face mask ... on the right, no the other right ...

What red face mask??

[kustenjaeger]

Excellent initiative.

As if we didn't have enough reason to buy from Pendraken!

Edward

[John Cook]

Bravo Zulu!

[Scorpio_Rocks]

Fantastic - Well done Pendraken!

[Sunray]

Well done and a thank you to all the Pendraken team.  I have send you a wee personal Leon .  My daughter is on a front line ward in Belfast.  Sit Rep as of 7 April - they had paper masks only and were changing them every 15 minutes.

If PPE does not get issued today,  would it be possible for me to buy and donate a quantity of masks ?  I presume the design allows Sklar/VHP sterilization ?

James

[Leon]

Well done and a thank you to all the Pendraken team.  I have send you a wee personal Leon .  My daughter is on a front line ward in Belfast.  Sit Rep as of 7 April - they had paper masks only and were changing them every 15 minutes.

If PPE does not get issued today,  would it be possible for me to buy and donate a quantity of masks ?  I presume the design allows Sklar/VHP sterilization ?

Sorry to hear that, I'm not sure how we'd get them over there but I'm certainly willing to help if possible.

The masks are all polypropylene and acetate so they should be OK to be sterilised and re-used in theory.

[Wulf]

A school technician (and husband of my co-worker) is 3d printing facemask straps & using the school laser cutter for the perspex screens. But the 3d print takes HOURS per strap... So I joined in. 10 of them on the way this morning...


The boardgame in the background was chosen to sit mt laptop on while working at home 3 days a week, with a proper keyboard attached...)

[Techno]

Bravo !....Brilliant, Wulf ! .....And absolutely superb work by the team at Pendraken !...What else is there to say ! 

Cheers - Phil.

[industrialtrousers]

Absolutely marvellous. It seems daft that there hasn't been a general call for very school tech in every school that has a 3d printer or laser cutter to start banging them out.

Great stuff.

[Sunray]

Sorry to hear that, I'm not sure how we'd get them over there but I'm certainly willing to help if possible.

The masks are all polypropylene and acetate so they should be OK to be sterilised and re-used in theory.

Thank you very much Leon - I am awaiting the Minister's Private Office to get back to me on the status the shipment of PPE (5 million pieces) shipment sent in on the 4th.  When it will get to the Wards.   Will get back to you if needs must.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Well done Wulf

[O Dinas Powys]

Fantastic stuff 

Absolutely marvellous. It seems daft that there hasn't been a general call for very school tech in every school that has a 3d printer or laser cutter to start banging them out.

Great stuff.

I know at least two of the secondary schools near me have been doing this and from Facebook that other schools around the county are also manufacturing them. 

I guess it's entirely down to availability of resources, the capacity to manufacture, a means of safe delivery and a place to send them.

[paulr]

Well done Wulf

They appear to be doing something similar in parts of the US

The coordination between groups with the needs and individuals/groups with the means to help seems to be a significant challenge

[T13A]

Hi

Just wanted to add my belated 'well done' to Pendraken and all the others helping out. 

Cheers Paul

[Leon]

A school technician (and husband of my co-worker) is 3d printing facemask straps & using the school laser cutter for the perspex screens. But the 3d print takes HOURS per strap... So I joined in. 10 of them on the way this morning...
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Great stuff Wulf, it was a 3D printing guy who put us onto this in the first place so great to see so many people helping out all over the country.

[Sunray]

A very personal and heartfelt thanks to Leon and the Pendraken  team.   

Do you intend to put the Go Fund Me link on the Forum ?



James

[Leon]

We will be yes, should have it ready later tonight.

[Leon]

Update on the PPE production, Veterans In Crisis Sunderland came down today to pick up 200 face shields, which will be going out to all of the GP Surgeries in Sunderland. Yesterday we dropped 100 at Teesside Hospice and 50 went to the Phlebotomy Dept at James Cook University this morning.