Did you know that our high-temp PBHT Precision Board Urethane is a fast and easy to use tooling substrate that is excellent for use when forming plastics parts used in medical devices, face shields and other critical PPE? With 1 to 3 working day lead times on most standard size blocks, we can help you get your new tooling made in DAYS, not weeks.
Monster City Studios in Fresno, California, used our high-temp PBHT Precision Board to form a plastic face shield as part of a push to support hospitals and help alleviate the shortage of PPE (personal protective equipment). They shared photos with us and their process in creating a face shield prototype using Precision Board HDU.
UPDATE: Check out this story by the local Fresno, California ABC News station on their face shield efforts!
Monster City Studios forming plastic over the molds to make face shields / Courtesy ABC30 Action News Fresno.
From the Monster City Studios Instagram:
“Doing some prototyping after hours. Making a form for vacuum forming some hospital essential equipment. Let’s hope all goes well. We’ll see in the morning!”
Another update from their Instagram:
“Made some progress on this form today and started the next! Thanks again @coastalenterprises ! This needs just a touch of polishing before it is ready for the vacuum former.”
An update from their Facebook page:
“We now have PETG face shields with forehead protection in .030 and .060 thicknesses! Frame by PRUSA, cast by Monster City Studios.”
“We have vacuformed PETG face shields with forehead cover! Coastal Enterprises Company @healthdataengineering We can produce in quantity. Want info? info@monstercitystudios.com”
And just today (4/9/20), another update on the process on their Instagram:
“We are making face shields at MonsterCity Studios! These are vacuum formed with PETG on a mold made from @coastalenterprises 48lb precision board! First prototype came together quick. Now time to hone and speed up the process!”
Email us at hdu@precisionboard.com or contact our technical sales department at (800) 845-0745 to see how we can help and to answer any technical questions you might have about using Precision Board PBHT for forming plastic parts on PPE. We’ll update this post with Monster City Studios progress, so check back to see how it turns out!