Essentium, Inc., announced that the Essentium High Speed Extrusion 3D Printing Platform and industrial materials were used to conceptualize, design, prototype, and manufacture ten functional Worlds Protect COVID-19 breathalyzer kiosks in an accelerated time frame. The Worlds Protect team, a collaboration between The Texas A&M University System, Worlds Inc., and the U.S. Air Force, developed the kiosks to provide quick, convenient, and accurate breathalyzer tests suitable for on-site screening of large groups of people. Due to the tight timeline and an unpredictable supply chain caused by the pandemic, the Worlds Protect team required a solution to manufacture complex part designs and increase prototyping speed without sacrificing mechanical properties. With the military deployed in hot and dry regions, the Worlds Protect kiosk must be robust enough to function in harsh environments. The Worlds Protect team was also able to reduce costs by up to 90% in some instances. During part design, the team used low-cost Essentium PLA to iterate. The team chose Essentium PA-CF due to its exceptional strength, temperature resistance, and printability.

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