{"id":19507,"date":"2020-06-22T08:37:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T12:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=19507"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:56","slug":"um-dearborn-maker-lab-staff-are-making-3d-printed-ppe-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/22\/um-dearborn-maker-lab-staff-are-making-3d-printed-ppe-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"UM-Dearborn \u2018Maker Lab\u2019 staff are making 3D-printed PPE from home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-700x391.jpg\" alt=\"3D printed straps for protective masks\" class=\"wp-image-19508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-700x391.jpg 700w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-200x112.jpg 200w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-665x372.jpg 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2.jpg 894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption>3D printed straps for protective masks. (Image courtesy UM-Dearborn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ECE Senior Electronics Technician Jesse Cross and MSEL Assistant Director Shawn Simone both have their assigned 50-pound MakerBot Replicator 3D printers running on their kitchen tables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior engineering technician Matt Brown figured out the basement was the best place to muffle the printer\u2019s regular \u201cbeeps and boops.\u201d And Engineering Technician Josh Postell tucked his in a spare bedroom to keep it safe from his cat, which isn\u2019t thrilled to be socially isolating with the microwave-sized robot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Normally all of these 3D printers \u2014 and the staff running them \u2014 would be in CECS\u2019s Manufacturing Systems Engineering Lab (MSEL). But when the pandemic hit, the team decided to <a href=\"http:\/\/engaged.umich.edu\/news-features\/the-um-dearborn-maker-lab-staff-are-making-3d-printed-ppe-from-home\/\">relocate and repurpose the printers to remotely produce hard-to-find personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ECE Senior Electronics Technician Jesse Cross and MSEL Assistant Director Shawn Simone both have their assigned 50-pound MakerBot Replicator 3D printers running on their kitchen tables. Senior engineering technician Matt Brown figured out the basement was the best place to muffle the printer\u2019s regular \u201cbeeps and boops.\u201d And Engineering Technician Josh Postell tucked his in a spare bedroom\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/22\/um-dearborn-maker-lab-staff-are-making-3d-printed-ppe-from-home\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[230,810,36],"class_list":["post-19507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-3d","tag-covid","tag-dearborn"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2.jpg",894,500,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-200x112.jpg",200,112,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-300x168.jpg",300,168,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-768x430.jpg",665,372,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-700x391.jpg",600,335,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2.jpg",894,500,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2.jpg",894,500,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2-665x372.jpg",665,372,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/maker-bot16x9-2.jpg",400,224,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"News Staff","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mitnewsadm\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"ECE Senior Electronics Technician Jesse Cross and MSEL Assistant Director Shawn Simone both have their assigned 50-pound MakerBot Replicator 3D printers running on their kitchen tables. 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