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PrintLab & PrintCity Launch Free Covid-19 3D Printing Lesson Plan

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PrintLab, the 3D printing curriculum developer from UK, and PrintCity, a 3D additive and digital manufacturing centre based at Manchester Metropolitan University, have today released a free 3D printing lesson plan to support the fight against Covid-19. The fully-resourced 3D printing project teaches students about the rapid transmission of viruses such as Covid-19 on surfaces, before challenging them to design unique products to limit the spread of infectious droplets onto fingertips.
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How Coronavirus Impacts Future Supply Chains - A Digital Alloys Viewpoint

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The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has swept rapidly across the globe stalling manufacturing operations, draining component inventories, and bottle-necking the production of many critical products. Worldwide, supply chains for almost every industry have collapsed. The issues we currently face with the production of life-saving medical equipment sadly expose how high the stakes are.
This post examines the vulnerabilities of global supply chains and highlights how digital manufacturing processes like additive manufacturing (AM) can improve their resiliency.

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How 3D Printing is Helping in the Fight against Covid-19 - PART I

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Novel Coronavirus Covid-19 has gripped the entire world the current times are difficult and the world awaits the cure. Though the drug research is going-on, 3D printing is helping doctors, nurses and healthcare workers from getting affected, helping the common man from spreading the virus and producing cheaper alternatives to medical products so the world does not face stock out situations.

We see how 3D printing is helping in the fight against Covid-19. How companies are opening up their facilities to provide access to its 3D printers and expertise to find ways to safeguard people from contracting the virus.

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