The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Fight against COVID-19




Univerzitet Crne Gore
Univerzitet Crne Gore

Group of engineers and students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering together with volunteers, producers, designers, photographers, artists and also doctors have gathered around the same idea to help health workers in Montenegro in a way with the help of 3D printer make protection visors and deliver them to Montenegrin institutions of health.

Teachers and students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering for a longer string of years use technology of 3D printer within their faculty projects and actively cooperate with 3D printer shops in Montenegro, giving their labor power, experience and knowledge. Within the study program Mechatronics, The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering has allocated substantial funds in procurement of this characteristic equipment, of both printers and specialized 3D scanners that serve primarily for scientific and educational purposes and for many projects implemented on the Faculty.  

The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering together with other economic and social entities, with its capacities in forms of equipment and human resources, gives full support to companies in these hard times for our society and state in the field of their competences and possibilities. Yesterday, together with other partners and usage of our two 3D printers, there has been delivery of more than 200 pieces of visors to Montenegrin health institutions that we are very proud of. Procedure of crafting is composed of computer generating of 3D model on the computer and later connecting to the printer the making is performed, and finally the product made is completed with transparent foils. After the control, visors are delivered to our health workers. Next to the printer, as part of the equipment, great help in making medical material is given by our students who can use this technology. Since the demand for this equipment is high, the greater human help is needed, so the Faculty in forthcoming days will engage more students and teachers in this important job.

Our objective, as socially responsible entity, is to help in this moment to the most exposed and most important ones in fighting against the virus, COVID-19, that is our medical staff. We think that in this way we may substantially cut costs of procurement of medical material and by perceiving other needs of health system to help in other ways. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Montenegro is at disposal to all national institutions and entities in days ahead to help with its capacities in overcoming the predicament we found ourselves in with the entire world.

 

Picture 1. Student of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Luka Radunovic on the assignment

 

Picture 3. 3D printer for making medical equipment

 

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