3-D printers help in combating coronavirus in Italy – Gulf Today

3-D printers help in combating coronavirus in Italy – Gulf Today

Italian engineer Alessandro Romaioli wearing a common snorkeling mask transformed into an emergency respiratory mask with 3D-printed respirator valve parts.. Into the unfolding disaster stepped Alessandro Romaioli, a young engineer from an Italian company called Isinnova, which specialises in 3-D printing.. Italian engineers Alessandro Romaioli (L) and Christian Fracassi showing 3D-printed respirator valve.. "Our respirator valves had run out and we no longer knew how to give oxygen to our patients," Romaioli said.. Tesla CEO Elon Musk donates 50,000 N95 masks to US hospital.