3D printed masks sit inside the medical warehouse at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, April 3. The 15th Wing donated the face shields in response to a personal protective equipment shortage. NASCAR engineers are also making similar face shields. | Photo Courtesy of U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Erin Baxter
3D printed masks sit inside the medical warehouse at Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, April 3. The 15th Wing donated the face shields in response to a personal protective equipment shortage. NASCAR engineers are also making similar face shields. | Photo Courtesy of U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Erin Baxter
Engineers at NASCAR partnered up with suppliers to address the shortage of personal protective equipment for health care workers across the nation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
NASCAR engineers are working with suppliers to provide personal protective equipment for health care workers, according to reports.
Following the racing season suspension, some NASCAR engineers volunteered to make facemask using 3D printers at the organization's Research & Technology Center, Fox News reported on April 1.
The 3D printers are typically used to produce composite parts and working on updated stock cars. The printers are now in use for 18-hours a day with eight engineers overseeing production until midnight. The printers can print three face shields every 190 minutes.
“That’s the one we try to keep running almost nonstop,” Eric Jacuzzi, senior director of NASCAR’s aerodynamics and vehicle performance, told the Associated Press according to the Fox News report. “We have people that are actually having their teenage children help with cutting the clear facial part as part of their volunteer work at home, six of us running the machines, and more people reaching out to help.”
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