Printscape makes 500,000 face shields for health care workers
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A custom jig designed by Printscape to assemble face shields.
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Printscape Inc. is making face shields for a plastics company. The shields will be distributed to local medical facilities for use by health care workers and employees.
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Completed face shields are boxed and ready for pickup. Printscape Inc. was contracted by a plastics manufacturing company to make the shields for local health care workers.
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A face shield that will be used by health care workers for protection amid the Covid-19 pandemic during the assembly process. The shield is made of plexiglass.
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Nick Herrnberger demonstrates one of the face shields assembled by Printscape Inc. The shields will be distributed to health care workers.
Printscape Inc., a printing company in Robinson Township, recently began making face shields to help equip health-care workers responding to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Printscape was tapped to assemble 500,000 face shields for a plastics manufacturer that is producing more than 5 million face shields.
The plexiglass shields cover the front of the face and are designed to provide an extra layer of protection when worn with face masks by health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Printscape general manager Darin Smith, a Washington resident, said, “Once we figured out we could assemble the masks at our facility, there was no question we wanted to help.”
“We want to do our part. We’re trying to help the people on the front lines stay safe,” said Smith.
It also enables the company’s employees to continue earning a paycheck. Volunteers also are helping to assemble the face shields.
The company adheres to social distancing measures throughout the assembly process.
Printscape is set to produce about 7,500 face shields a day.
The shields will be distributed to health-care workers in area hospitals, nursing homes and long-term care facilities.