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University Machine Services

University Machine Services (UMS) is an ancillary service located in the Thompson Engineering Building at Western University. Our goal is to provide assistance to the institution and industry through the design and manufacture of specialized components and equipment.

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Western advanced manufacturing medical face shields for fight against COVID-19

Western University is supporting production of low-cost, substantively effective medical face shields that could be in hospitals for healthcare workers (HCW) within days if not hours.

Face shields are vitally important to the global fight against COVID-19 as they extend the duration of surgical masks used by HCW interacting with at-risk patients and they also help prevent potential spreading of the virus by HCW to others in the hospital environment.

The advanced manufacturing team at University Machine Services (UMS) – an ancillary service based in Western Engineering – is shearing and forming polycarbonate (PETG) to create the shield and attaching Velcro fasteners, which were designed and 3D-printed by the Western Physics and Astronomy Machine Shop, to the completed masks to allow for adjustable head placement.