NHS Face Shields by Brynteg D&T

There is  a critical shortage of medical PPE at the moment and even as the pandemic worsens supplies are dwindling. Medical institutions around the country have reached out to the 3d printing community for help and support in overcoming the shortages caused by overwhelmed production infrastructure designed around high volume/low cost but often struggles to scale to changing demand and many factories have been outright closed down by the situation in China. 

As a result a more desperate approach is needed- the production of functional shields to protect medical workers that can be produced by anyone with the raw materials and a 3d printer, we have just such a design which is being used by people from across the country currently donating their print time and their materials to produce these shields. We have the facilities and know how to produce these items and we have local hospital and care workers asking us for supplies but we only have so much material on hand and can only afford so much to donate to produce these so this is where this campaign comes in! We are looking for support to allow us to cover the cost of materials and transport of these masks where ever they are needed, each kilo of plastic filament used to produce the frames can, on average, print around 10 face shield frames, each kilo of petg filament costs on average around £20 per spool even now we have health care workers begging us to produce more shields to be delivered asap, we need filament, we need elastic and plastic sheets for the visors and with your help we can afford this! Our plan is to produce 200 visors for local health care workers so that we can keep our NHS staff healthy, they should never have to work without vital PPE (Personal Protective Equipment.)