The table shows selected examples for the use of 3D printing technology to produce medical supplies needed during the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Currently 3D printing gets mostly used to produce face shields and masks and respirators, but also test swabs for COVID-19 test kits.
Exemplary use of 3D printing to provide medical supplies during coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020
(number of parts produced)
Nexa3D (3D printing manufacturer, United States): Test swabs (potential weekly production capacity)
500,000
Stratasys & Origin (United States): Nasopharyngeal swabs (Planned production capacity per day)
190,000
Nissan (car manufacturer, Japan): Face shields (potential weekly production capacity)
100,000
Voodoo Manufacturing (3D printing, United States): Face shields and swabs (weekly capacity for 2,500 face shields and 50,000 swabs)
52,500
Ricoh 3D (Printing, UK): Face shields (weekly capacity)
40,000
3D Hubs (3D manufacturing, Netherlands):Face shields (coordinated effort through the COVID-19 Manufacturing Fund)
20,000
Forecast 3D (Industrial 3D printing, United States): Face shields, stopgap masks, nasopharyngeal swabs, and other PPE products (daily part production capacity)
10,000
Nexa3D (3D printing manufacturer, United States): Face shields (potential weekly production capacity)
10,000
Prusa Research (3D printing company, Czechia): Face shields
10,000
Mobility/Medical goes Additive consortium (around 50 enterprises, Germany): Face shields
5,000
Unnamed/unknown (Large-scale PPE manufacturer, China): Safety googles (2,000 daily)
5,000
Stratasys (3D printing manufacturer, United States): Full-face shields (total by March 27, 2020)
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Exemplary use of 3D printing to provide medical supplies during coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020 (number of parts produced) [Graph], 3DPI, June 24, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1107198/covid-19-3d-printing-medical-supplies/