VPI MANUFACTURES FACE MASKS AND VENTILATOR PARTS

Following its switch from manufacturing turntables to hand sanitiser, VPI has now also started producing face masks and supplying 3D printed parts for ventilators. To create the face masks, the team took the clear plastic covers from VPI brochures to use as visors and then applied packaging foam as forehead strips. Ingeniously, VPI’s designers have used turntable drive belts as headbands. Over 100 face masks have been delivered to local hospitals. VPI turntables are renowned for their 3D printed tonearms and the company has now turned to its local 3D printing partner to create specialist parts for hospital ventilators. However, …