{"id":7916,"date":"2020-04-02T04:43:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T09:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=7916"},"modified":"2020-04-02T04:43:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T09:43:20","slug":"alstom-barcelona-3d-printing-hub-joins-covid-19-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=7916","title":{"rendered":"Alstom Barcelona 3D Printing Hub Joins COVID 19 Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Production and development of new solutions for hospitals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alstom\u2019s 3D printing hub in Barcelona is coordinating initiatives being implemented at a Group level to contribute to the fight against the COVID 19 global pandemic. Since last week, engineers and developers based in Santa Perpetua site (Barcelona) have been coordinating and implementing different initiatives to produce pieces, supply consumables and design new solutions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alstom\u2019s hub is working in coordination with the\u00a03Dcovid19.org<\/a>\u00a0network to manufacture visors for face shields and ventilators valves, that are being delivered to different hospitals.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The aim is to help the healthcare community by manufacturing parts that meet appropriate quality and safety standards,” says Jaume Altesa, responsible for Alstom’s 3D printing hub at Santa Perp\u00e8tua. \u201c3D printing has gained prominence due to its particular usefulness for creating equipment to protect against COVID-19, as it can be used to manufacture materials currently suffering severe shortages such as face masks, mechanical respirators and even door openers, among others\u201d, he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CAD design experts at the Santa Perpetua facilities are also innovating in new solutions and developments. They are currently working, for example, on portable personal protectors for door handles and the use of anti-bacterial materials in the masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launched in 2016, Alstom 3D printing hub in Barcelona is one of the components of Smart Operations, Alstom’s \u2018Industry of the Future\u2019 programme. Its ambition is to produce 3D-printed parts quickly and at a competitive price for new trains, to meet the customers\u2019 requests for parts, and to facilitate some manufacturing and maintenance operations. At Alstom, 3D printing is used for four applications: tools for our factories, prototypes to validate a design, moulds produced in half the time of classic production methods and series parts with around 70 references in plastic and metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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