Thanks to the ingenuity and hard work of its production team, HWM is able to support local hospitals by donating life-saving PPE equipment that it has designed and manufactured in South Wales.
Having learned that his local hospital was short of visors, HWM’s production engineer Marc quickly designed a visor using a 3D printed headband, an elastic cord, some foam tape and an acetate A4 file divider!
Marc’s design allows for the acetate to be easily sanitised for re-use or quickly replaced should this be preferred.
So far HWM have been able to produce around 30 of these visors, but with a small redesign the company has been able to cut the production time in half. HWM now have capacity to produce up to 90 a week which it will continue to donate to hospitals in Bridgend, Cardiff, Swansea and the new Nightingale Hospital being opened at the Principality Stadium.
As part of the Halma Group, HWM has been able to share the design and 3D printing details with group members in the hope that they will be able to help their local hospitals also.
