lfrancoi

Hi, I am printing your face shields in France for healthcare employees. I would very much like to know if you have had any feedback from any healthcare service regarding the disinfection processes that may be used with these 3D printed shields, and the endurance of these shields to repeated sterilization. I am particularly interested in results with PLA as the printing material. Thank you in advance !

If any of you is looking for stacked versions to print overnight or just print more with less human input, I successfully used these stacks: https://retrolabs.com/3d-prints/3d-printed-face-shield-with-10-mil-pvc I've made more than 40 of the x10 stacks so far (see my reports on printing them with a Wibox 2 or Dagoma DiscoEasy 200 just below), almost no issues, printing at the upper limit of my PLA temperature.I usually need to use a putty knife to separate them by applying force parallel to the separation layers to break it, but that is quite easy, and the surface is quite clean after separation. I found that the Gcode generated by Ultimaker Cura results in tougher separation layers as compared to the ones obtained with Gcode generated by the Dagoma version of Cura. I also found that the closed version of the visor is sturdier and stacks better than the open one.