NRC producing PPE shields

Engineering staff at Northern Regional College are using 3D printers to produce protective face shields to help cope with the unprecedented demand for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
By Elinor Glynn
Published 19th May 2020, 12:45 BST
Protective face shields produced by Northern Regional College at the College’s Farm Lodge campus using 3D printers.Protective face shields produced by Northern Regional College at the College’s Farm Lodge campus using 3D printers.
Protective face shields produced by Northern Regional College at the College’s Farm Lodge campus using 3D printers.

Engineering staff at Northern Regional College are using 3D printers to produce protective face shields to help cope with the unprecedented demand for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Using a design developed by a group of Spanish engineers which was modified by academics in the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s University in Belfast, the College has answered the call to provide PPE for healthcare workers. To date over 250 masks have been produced at the College’s Farm Lodge campus and distributed to hospitals, nursing homes and GP surgeries in Ballymena, Coleraine, Antrim, Larne, Newtownabbey, Magherafelt and Belfast.

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The College has placed an order for additional materials to allow the production of 3D protective masks to continue.

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