UIET supplies PPE kits, face shields

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 7

The Design Innovation Centre (DIC) at the University Institute of Engineering and Technology (UIET), Panjab University (PU), has been giving 3D printed face shield head supports to cater to the PPE requirements from doctors across the region. In the forthcoming weeks, it is expected that the region will fall short by nearly 10,000 such pieces.

A group, led by Dr Rakesh Tuli, Dr Prashant Jindal and Dr Mamta Juneja had already developed an indigenous FDM 3D printing machine, which is now being used to produce these face shields. The centre has three such printers to produce more pieces, as and when the demand increases. Undergraduate students Vijay and Sahil have been working in multiple shifts to alleviate this shortage and so far, a commitment of 50 such pieces has been made.

Further assistance, in collaboration with the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh, is being explored for producing other PPE and intricate ventilator connectors.