Shortage of PPE in regulated healthcare environments.
Rapid production of customized adapter for Ocean Reef mask.
The part is a medical-grade adapter for a divers mask. The material used is Medico TPE.
The adapter was designed as designed in partnership with Medical Officer Michael Mølmer to connect the mask to a HEPA air filter.
The part was the perfect fit for the divers mask while in a medical grade material that needed to maintain it’s quality and performance after repeated sterilization.
The next step is converting the digital STEP file into a three-part mold design which is done by inverting the part
into a cavity, in a block of material, and then adding the inlet gate(s) and initial venting.
The molds were printed at a 200 micron z-resolution to maximize speed.
The parts were molded on a 50-ton press. However, the molds work hand-in-hand with any installed base molding unit.
An aluminum mold frame was used to hold the assembled mold, cycle time per part was around 5 minutes, and 1 minute cooling time after each shot.
In this specific case the split mold allowed for manual demolding. Meaning no part of the mold to had get dissolved, as the part could be pulled off.
