Combating Coronavirus RobotsMali launches its project to manufacture non-jetable health masks
RobotsMali, in an always collaborative and participative perspective, wants to be involved in the program to combat the Corona virus in Mali.For this, the national centre for education in robotics and artificial intelligence has launched a project to manufacture non-disposable health masks. This project consists of developing a health mask inspired by the FFP2 model, a mask used by doctors in the forefront of the VOCID-19 disease contacts into a more sustainable and economical version.
Description and Manufacturing of Mask:
Masks include:
A fixed part adjusted to the Face
A moving part corresponding to the venting mouth, where the air filtration equipment (cotton) is located
Elastic laces for wearing the mask.
Each component of the mask production is available locally.
Made using a 3D printer, this device makes it possible to manufacture almost any hard plastic design and therefore meets thousands of different needs. RobotsMali has a 3D printer with a production capacity of 3 medium quality masks per day that it currently operates. However, we estimate that we can achieve the production of 12 high quality masks per day with the Fusion 3D-F410. Which would allow us to make up to 360 masks a month.
The 3D printer is able to provide us with basic needs in limited quantities. For example, Mali has a very small number of respirators and, with their use, they could break down. 3D printer can be used to manufacture spare parts on the spot. Many essential equipment used by hospitals could encounter shortages that the 3D printer can solve. While the production of non-jetable masks can economically justify the purchase of a 3D printer, its value in crisis and long-term is its ability to meet various unexpected needs.
The advantages of producing non-disposable masks:
In addition to being a 100% made in Mali product, RobotsMali's non-disposable sanitary masks are the first in Mali. Unlike other disposable protective masks, they are reusable, which would significantly reduce costs for the structures that will provide them;
On the other hand, the placing on the market of such a mask would make it possible to cope with this continuing price inflation and the shortage that all countries face to date in front of Coronas Virus.
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3D printer - the new solution in health crises:
In its program to fight the corona virus and in order to carry out its project to manufacture health masks, RobotsMali meets the need to obtain an industrial 3D printer. These machines with multiple functions are not in Mali and can cost several hundred thousand dollars. In a crisis, when all countries need medical materials, Mali may find itself unable to order essential equipment including masks but also many other medical and protective equipment.
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