COVID-19 Resources
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Face Shield
On this page is a collection of COVID-19 Resources developed at the Melbourne School of Design at the University of Melbourne.
Current Version 3
Please find below the download link to Version 3.
This design has the following advantages and improvements over previous designs.
- The shield is offset further from the face of the wearer.
- This was done based on feedback from health care workers to facilitate the wearing of N95 masks and other PPE under the face shield.
- The design is optimised for print speed and minimal material use.
- Each frame only requires around 37 minutes to print, compared to some of the larger designs that can be upwards of 5 hours. One frame also only requires 11grams of filament. Making them cost-effective and making the most of potentially limited filament availabilities.
- The design is optimised for stack-ability on a printer and ease of peeling the prints apart by hand.
- We are able to print 24 stack during a 14 hours overnight print. Ensuring that printers have minimal downtime and require less human intervention.
- The design is optimised to be printable on a wide range of available printers, only requiring a bed size of 20 by 20 cm thanks to the use of the toggle.
- Manually modeled varied infill that reinforces stress points while allowing rest to be printed with low infill. See README for print instructions.
- The design includes a cut pattern and suggestions for a forehead covering shield extension and further instructions in the README document.
- Materials Used:
- Shield Material: Ideally you use A3 Clear Binder Covers. This allows for the cutting down of a longer face shield and has the bonus that the leftover sheet can be hole punched as well and be used to extend the protective shield to protect the forehead of the wearer also.A4 can be used also if A3 is not available or for cost reasons. If the extra forehead protection is desirable, an extra piece of a 2nd A4 shield could be used.
- Rubber Band/Elastic: Rubber bands/Elastics of different sizes/strength can be used to secure the face shield to the wearer in addition to the tension already inherent in the design.
- Attribution:
- Original design by erikcederb
Protective Visor by 3DVerkstan
Published on Mar 21, 2020
Available at http://www.youmagine.com/designs/26808 - License:
Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike
Commercial use is allowed. You must attribute the creator, you may remix this work and the remixed work should be made available under this license.
- Original design by erikcederb
Download Fabrication Files
Additional stl file for 16 stack (1,3,24 stack file is included in the link above)
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Version 2
Face Shield Version 2
Version 2 of the face shield has been modified to provide more comfort against the forehead.
There is also 2 versions with the face shield extended from the head to provide room for other PPE.
See v1 for all other relevant information.
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Version 1
Face Shield Version 1
We have chosen this design for a couple of reasons:
Our Print Design:
- Quick Printing: 1 face shield frame is only 33 minutes
- Low Weight: 11grams of material for one.
The real advantage is the stacking though that has become possible to design changes made by us and some tweaks in slicers (we will be uploading settings and tips to get your printers doing the same).
- Overnight Printing: We can print 32 frames in 16.5 hours. This makes for a convenient way to maximise the printers run time. Sending this job at 4:30 will see you have 32 easily separable frames at 9 in the morning.
- It also allows you to take full advantage of the quick print time per frame. You can run a convenient 3h print, rather than having to harvest every 30 minutes.
Shield Material:
Ideally you use A3 Clear Binder Covers. This allows for the cutting down of a longer face shield and has the bonus that the leftover sheet can be hole punched as well and be used to extend the protective shield to protect the forehead of the wearer also.
A4 can be used also if A3 is not available or for cost reasons. If the extra forehead protection is desirable, an extra piece of a 2nd A4 shield could be used.
Rubber Band:
Rubber bands of different sizes/strength can be used to secure the face shield to the wearer in addition to the tension already inherent in the design.
Files Attached:
We have attached .stl, cut guide pattern and attribution, step, .print, print settings, and a little read.me file. (print files are for Makerbot)
Attribution:
Original design by erikcederb
Protective Visor by 3DVerkstan
Published on Mar 21, 2020
Available at http://www.youmagine.com/designs/26808License: Commercial use is allowed. You must attribute
the creator, you may remix this work and the remixed work
should be made available under this license.