With Ukraine still under siege by Russian forces, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry has called for wound-bandaging tourniquets to be shipped into the country, triggering initiatives across the 3D printing industry. Now Automation Alley’s Project DIAMOnD has added to these efforts, by mobilizing every 3D printer in its network to create tourniquet clips, which it plans to ship to Makershelp for assembly.
“The specific part the Ukrainian government needed was a tourniquet clip that cannot be easily produced using conventional means quickly because of turnaround times in mold making,” explains Pavan Muzumdar, COO of Automation Alley. “The 3D printers and the Onyx material we have available through Project DIAMOnD was a perfect fit for this application.”
“WE ARE GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE IN SOME WAY.”
Automation Alley’s Project DIAMOnD
Launched by Automation Alley, a World Economic Forum Advanced Manufacturing Hub (AMHUB), Project DIAMOnD was initially established as a PPE production network amid the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Since then, however, the organization says its initiative has grown into the USA’s “largest distributed 3D printing network.”
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