How to get involved

[ajlennon]

Starter for ten... For discussion... please edit here...

On DoES

• DoES is a collaboration of local Liverpool and region people from a diverse set of backgrounds including engineers, creatives, makers, hobbyists.

• DoES has been around a long time - 9 years+

• DoES exists as a framework for the community to contribute to the social good. It is incorporated as a community interest company (or CIC) is a special form of non-charitable limited company, which exists primarily to benefit a community or with a view to pursuing a social purpose, rather than to make a profit for shareholders.

• We have excellent local and national networks and are widely respected.

On the PPE project

• We have a team of 20+ people working 24/7 on this to help the NHS and community workers (social care, GP surgeries, dentists, opthalmists, food delivery, shopkeepers)

• We're working locally, engaging nationally and internationally during this crisis

• NHS trusts have signed off on what we are doing, have ordered, and our team are manufacturing PPE visors NOW

"We currently have teams working with 7 laser cutting machines in the Liverpool area. Our expectation is we can provide 10,000 PPE visors a week. If you know a business with a laser cutter standing idle please ask them to contact us at covid@doesliverpool.com so we can increase that number. We need tens of millions nationally"

• We are actively pursuing official approvals for our designs.

• All the knowledge we have captured on PPE manufacture from medical professionals is OpenSource and available here. This enables other groups to shortcut the spin-up process which has taken us two weeks.

• You can download and use our 3D printer designs and Laser Cuttable designs NOW and get started .See here

• You can use our "issues" sections for information on the design process and where to source materials for manufacture. See here

• We are actively engaged with the Design and Technology Association to enable the education sector to join us in this effort

• We are working locally and engaging nationally (such as with 3DCrowd.uk and their logistics network with DHL)

On actions

• We are reaching out to people with 3D printing and laser cutting capability to work with our "blueprint" to fulfil orders

• If you are in any business or charitable networking group such as breakfast clubs or the rotary please reach out and ask if they can help

[ajlennon]

Might be nice to add a human face to this. I was thinking of a team photo then realised we can't do that :smile: What about we take head shots of each of us and somebody artistic puts them together. Could feed those into the nice who is who organogram too https://github.com/DoESLiverpool/covid19/issues/47

[afroleft]

@ajlennon @zarino peeps likely gonna be stretched for time, so liking the idea of keeping it all in bullets.

What do you think of this?

DoES PPE Springboard

ppe.doesliverpool.com/springboard

Who is this for?

If you have a laser cutter and want to produce virors to help tackle the covid 19 epidemics—this is for you.

Who are the people behind DoES PPE?

• We are a team that has spun out of DoES Liverpool—a 9+ year old community maker space based in central Liverpool, UK.
• We are a mixture of; designers, software engineers, Internet of Things hobbyists, 3D printers, laser cutters operations bods and more.

What are we doing to help with the PPE Shortage?

• We have taken the 3D printed Prusa designs from Czech Ministry of Health
• We have collaborated with a number of different NHS doctors from different specialities to design a laser cut version of the mask
• The key benefit of laser cutting is that we can produce one visor every 2 minutes vs. 40 minutes to 3D print. Near on x20 more output
• Big teaching hospitals such as, Liverpool Royal, Aintree Hospital and Manchester Royal Infirmary have accepted the visors and have placed orders.
• We are actively pursuing official approvals for our designs.
• We are working locally and engaging nationally (such as with 3DCrowd.uk and their logistics network with DHL)
• We are actively engaged with the Design and Technology Association to enable the education sector to join us in this effort

Get started

• All the knowledge we have captured on PPE manufacture from medical professionals is OpenSource and available here Link.
• Use this as a shortcut to spin-up process which has taken us 2 weeks.
• You can use our “issues" sections for information on the design process and where to source materials for manufacture. Link
• We have an end to end manufacturing flow. See how we’ve organised here. Link

Our availability is limited, but if you need extra assistance, you can contact us.

[Contact Us](PPE Can you help?)

[ajlennon]

Love it !!! #DoESSpringBoard !!