Development of 3D-printed (FFF) devices to fight COVID-19 transmission

A. I. Pais; Vasco Castro Pires; C. Ferreira; V. Silva; J. Lino Alves; J. A. Bastos; J. Belinha

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Development of 3D-printed (FFF) devices to fight COVID-19 transmission

A. I. Pais, Vasco Castro Pires, C. Ferreira, V. Silva, J. Lino Alves, J. A. Bastos, J. Belinha

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This work consists on the description of the development process of several devices to prevent COVID-19 spread in common places such as door handlers and sanitizer dispensers. In order to obtain functional prototypes as fast as possible, the Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) process was used. The chosen material to print the devices was Polylactic acid (PLA), as well as other anti-bacterial polymers. The mechanical functioning of the devices was validated using numerical simulation with the finite element method. The solutions obtained proved to be efficient, functional, and to present a lower cost than already available solutions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CRC Press
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003217152
Publication status	Published - 19 Oct 2021

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