NEWS EXTRA: COVID-19


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maximise how many would fit in the 3D printer footprint. It took many attempts and another managed to increase the capacity 110 components.


“Iwas able to share the design fi


in one build from 25 up to rlatenight, butIfinally


files with Sid, so he would


be able to increase his build capacity also,” added Alan. As well as 3D printing mask parts for the NHS in UK, Baxi Heating has also been able to help c forBaxi in Spain, another country th gp


hat is being hard hit by colleagueswhowork


coronavirus.The design of the Span ish face mask is different to that used in the UK, asAlan expla ins. “The Spanish version rtimeshigherthantheUK


of the mask support framewas four D


components to frames for the use of 3D printe theNHSduring the esign engineers at


Having seen an article about 3D print hobbyist Sid Lovatt who is 3D printing frames for full-face visors for NHS workers, Alan Peel,product design team leader at Preston-based Baxi Heating, thought his team could get involved too.


Baxi Heating have stepped in to help coronavirus crisis by swapping ers frommaking prototype boiler rprotectivefacemasks. a


frames from the printer. and there would be nobo printing one frame at a ti printer at 11pm, to print o Alan said: “After speak


dy around at night to remove the me would take a very long time overnight.My concernwas that king to Sid Lovatt, I set the 3D


“I needed to try and find a method of printing much larger batches of parts, so the changeover was on a daily basis or even twice weekly if possible. I downloaded some software to my home computer and taught myself how to use it. Using this, Iwas able to stack up


single build and set them printing at midnight on April 1.


stacking them more tight “The following night, I


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tly and also interlocking them to pushed the boundaries further by


erman fanmanufacturer Ziehl-Abegg has created facemasks on 3D printers for use by health and careworkers in the Hohenlohe district in Germany. Chief executive Peter Fenkl said: “Our employees and their families work and live here – so naturally we provide them with as much support as we can, particularly during a crisis such as this.”


A Ziehl-Abegg employee had by chance been sent a set of build instructions which allowed Ziehl-Abegg to send a photo of the first face masks to the crisis team in the local administration office. On receving the go-ahead, 3D printers went to work at the Künzelsau InVent Development Centre.


Mr Fenkl said: “We’re pleased about being able to help employees in the health and care sector in this way.” The medical sector is also part of the company’s normal area of business – for years, Ziehl-Abegg has been producing large fans for both operating theatres


version and I couldn’t fit asmany in the stack,However, using mynew-found programming skills,Imanagedtomaximisethe 3D printer footprint build and produce 16 components in a 48- hour period using our second, smaller printer . “Just a skeleton staff of two or t working in R&D at any one time no


three engineers are ow,with themajority of


the team working from home, so my colleague in the office, Joseph Folorunsho, product design the mask parts from the printer an shipped to Sid in Harrogate and ou Spain in Barcelona.


nengineer, isremoving


ur R&D colleagues at Baxi nd packing them up to be


“Thewhole R&D teamis pleasedthatweareableto help provide this much needed, and possibly life-saving, equipment,” added Alan.


David Pinder, chief executive of Ireland, said: “I am really proud of foundways to pitch in and helpwit situation. The R&D team worked o


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nthisfantasticproject th this unprecedented howour colleagues have Baxi Heating UK and


because they wer e passionate about helping.


emergency has ended.” international) camaraderie persist in people and I hope that this feelin “This great adversity has broug


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B yusingtheirownspecialist laboratory facilities in Ellesmere Port, the company is manufacturing


By using their own specialist oratory facilities in El


t, the company ismanufacturing its own sanitiser liquid to protect the workforce in the essential waste, energy and water operations.


lia team of qualified chemists normal y used to sampling and mally used to sampling and cataloguing hazardous w team


Manufacturing the product is the Veolia team of qualified chemists


team has made o er 500 litres so far in two variants - one based on isopropanol, the other on ethanol. The sanitiser is compliant with the latest the Health and Safety


the latest the Health and Saf Executive (HSE) guidelines that ensure the safety of this type of biocidal product. It also follows rece


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aloguing hazardouswaste. The mhasmadeover500litresso


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and ensure the supply of sanitiser for their own k y workers, resource management company, Veolia, has now turned to providing its own resources.


recentWorld Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines.


Richard Kirkman chief technology &in novation officer fromVeolia UK and Ireland said: “As a c


and quarantine stations. The company supplied special fans for Chinese hospitals thatwere built in the cities of Wuhan, Shandong and Shenzhenwithin just a fewdays. Ziehl-Abegg alsomanufactured the core equipment for negative or positive pressure in clinics in Italy and other countries. It is also currently stillworking at full speed manufacturing these fans in Hohenlohe and worldwide.


and Ireland said: “As a company with key workers keeping waste, energy and water infrastructure operational, we are also focused on keeping our dedicated teams safe. The new sanitiser, produced in our ow nl own labs, will mean we can ensure ywillha ethesuppliesthe dtocontinuetheircriticalroles porting hospitals, aste c


rgy andwater infrastructure keep y ping our dedicated teams saf


n abs,willmeanwecanensur they will have the supplies they need to continue their critical roles supporting hospitals, electricity generation, waste collection, food production and the water industry.”


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Richard Kirkman, chief technology cer from eolia UK


www.heatingandventilating.net


May 2020


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