{"id":1428,"date":"2020-04-29T13:00:55","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-business-innovation\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2020-04-29T13:01:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T12:01:02","slug":"bristol-robotics-laboratory-manufacture-visors-for-nhs-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/bristol-robotics-laboratory-manufacture-visors-for-nhs-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol Robotics Laboratory manufacture visors for NHS staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Original post appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/info.uwe.ac.uk\/news\/UWENews\/news.aspx?id=4029\">UWE Bristol website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Technicians at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolroboticslab.com\/\">Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL)<\/a>\u00a0are using laser cutting technology to produce protective visors for NHS staff during the coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A team are manufacturing an initial batch of 200 for staff working at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP) NHS Trust. They plan to expand production with the support of 3D printing facilities and technicians across three UWE Bristol faculties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cleanable visors are being created using an approved design by University College London. The team also plans to manufacture surgical mask straps, which help prevent masks rubbing against the ears of clinical staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gareth Griffiths, a Senior Engineering Manager in BRL\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolroboticslab.com\/RIF-bristol\">Robotics Innovation Facility (RIF)<\/a>, said: \u201cThe trust approached us asking if we could supply PPE and we were very happy to use our facilities and expertise to help with their request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe visors can be made very quickly, with the manufacture process taking about two-and-a-half minutes for each visor. They are made from smooth laser-cut plastic so they can be easily cleaned and reused if necessary.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full post <a href=\"https:\/\/info.uwe.ac.uk\/news\/UWENews\/news.aspx?id=4029\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original post appeared on UWE Bristol website. Technicians at\u00a0Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL)\u00a0are using laser cutting technology to produce protective visors for NHS staff during the coronavirus pandemic. A team are manufacturing an initial batch of 200 for staff working at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP) NHS Trust. They plan to expand production with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/bristol-robotics-laboratory-manufacture-visors-for-nhs-staff\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Bristol Robotics Laboratory manufacture visors for NHS staff&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":1429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[96,343,341,55,349,350,74,75],"class_list":["post-1428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-business-innovation","tag-brl","tag-coronavirus","tag-cv-19","tag-nhs","tag-rif-bristol","tag-robotics-innovation-facility","tag-uwe","tag-uwe-bristol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1430,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1428\/revisions\/1430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/research-external-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}