Singh Sunpreet, Prakash Chander, Ramakrishna Seeram
Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
School of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India.
Technol Soc. 2020 Aug;62:101305. doi: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2020.101305. Epub 2020 Jun 23.
Indeed, the scientific milestones set by the ever-emerging three-dimensional printing (3DP) technologies are tremendous. Till now, the innovative 3DP technologies have benefitted the aerospace, automobile, textile, pharmaceutical, and biomedical sectors by developing pre-requisite designed and customized performance standards of the end-user products. As the scientific world, at this moment, is expediting efforts to fight against the highly damaging novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 3DP technologies are facilitating creative solutions in terms of personal protective equipment (PPE), medical equipment (such as ventilators and other respiratory devices), and other health and welfare tools to aid the personal hygiene as well as safe environment for humans by restricting the communication of risks. Various sources (including journal articles, news articles, white papers of the government and other non-profit organizations, commercial enterprises, as well as academic institutions have been reviewed for the collection of the information relevant to COVID-19 and 3DP. This communication presents the recent applications of the 3DP technologies aiding in developing innovative products designed to save the lives of millions of people around the world. Moreover, the potential of 3DP technologies in developing test swabs and controlled medicines has been highlighted. The literature reviewed in the present study indicated that the fused filament fabrication (FFF) is one of the most preferred technologies and contribute about 62% in the overall production of the protective gears developed through overall class of 3DP.
的确，不断涌现的三维打印（3DP）技术所创造的科学里程碑意义重大。到目前为止，创新的3DP技术通过制定最终用户产品的必备设计和定制性能标准，已使航空航天、汽车、纺织、制药和生物医学等领域受益。此时此刻，科学界正在加紧努力抗击极具破坏性的新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行，3DP技术正在个人防护装备（PPE）、医疗设备（如呼吸机和其他呼吸设备）以及其他健康和福利工具方面提供创造性解决方案，通过限制风险传播来帮助个人卫生以及为人类创造安全环境。为收集与COVID-19和3DP相关的信息，已查阅了各种来源（包括期刊文章、新闻文章、政府和其他非营利组织的白皮书、商业企业以及学术机构）。本通讯介绍了3DP技术最近在开发旨在拯救全球数百万人生命的创新产品方面的应用。此外，还强调了3DP技术在开发测试拭子和控释药物方面的潜力。本研究中查阅的文献表明，熔丝制造（FFF）是最受欢迎的技术之一，在通过3DP整体类别开发的防护装备的总体生产中贡献约62%。
