Ivan Potocnik, Toni DiPalma, Shawn Daley and Ryan Quigley are friends from upstate New York and Massachusetts with nine 3D printers between them, according to their group RIST 3D Printing’s website. They formed RIST 3D Printing in mid-March, DiPalma said. The crew produces more than 100 protective medical shields each day, according to Potocnik, who
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Ivan Potocnik, lead programmer analyst for SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Marcy, has turned his 3D-printing hobby into an effort to protect the safety of healthcare workers by manufacturing medical face shields. Along with three others, Potocnik produces a strapless visor for sanitary purposes by using an open-source model created by a Swedish designer… READ MORE
Word quickly got out, and soon cold calls from across the state started coming in. “People have been so grateful, whether we give them five or 100,” he said. “It’s really indicative of the state of affairs.” Many times, he said, it’s a brother or sister of nurses or aides reaching out on their behalf. “The
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Local volunteers are turning their 3D printing hobbies into volunteer production lines for medical face shields to donate to those working to stop the COVID-19 coronavirus… READ MORE