Table 4.
3D printing companies respond to COVID-19 [28].
| 3D Printing Companies | Number of Parts Produced |
|---|---|
| Consortium—Formlabs, Carbon, EnvisionTec, and Origin: nasophryngeal swabs (potential weekly capacity) | 4,000,000 |
| 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 2500 face shields and 50,000 swabs) | 52,500 |
| Ricoh 3D (Printing, UK): Face shields (weekly capacity) | 40,000 |
| 3D Hubs (3D manufacturing, The 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, Czech Republic): Face shields | 10,000 |
| Mobility/Medical goes Additive consortium (around 50 enterprises, Germany): Face shields | 5000 |
| PERA CD- N95 mask lining bracket—Farsoon Technologies (China) -Safety goggle & Mask adjuster. (Large- Safety googles- scale PPE manufacturer, China): (2000 daily) | - |
| Protolabs (3D printing company): Ventilator components | 3000 |
| Fast Radius (Additive manufacturing solutions, United States): Face shield kits (inital shipment, potential daily production capacity of 10,000) | 1500 |
| Azul3D (3D printing manufacturer): Face shields (Current daily capacity; Goal of 20,000 face shields per week) | 1000 |
| SmileDirectClub (Digital dentistry enterprise): Face shields (initial shipment; potential capacity of 7500 per day) | 1000 |
| Photocentric (3D printing company, UK): Valves for respirators (trial run; potential capacity of 40,000 per week) | - |
| Y Soft 3D (Enterprise solutions, Czech Republic): Face shields (daily production capacity) | 500 |
| Weerg & PressUP (Italy): Protective visors | 500 |
| BCN3D (3D printing manufacturer): Face shields (initial shipment with 2000 more planned to ship) | 400 |
| Formlabs (3D printing company, United States): Test swabs (300 in one batch; potential capacity of 75–150 k per day) | 300 |
| Photocentric (Photopolymer manufacturer, UK): Face shield parts (first batch of prints; potential daily capacity for 4860 parts) | 200 |
| Omni3D (Industrial 3D Printing, Poland): Face shields (daily capacity) | 120 |
| Consortium led by Leitat technology center (Zona Franca Consortium, Spain): Pieces for respirators (planned daily production) |