News: Materialise work on life saving product
Engineers from Materialise UK on the Advanced Manufacturing Park (AMP) in Rotherham have helped to bring to reality a concept that will help to make sterile drinking water available to some of the world's most remote locations.
LIFESAVER systems, a British company founded by Michael Pritchard in 2007, produced the first water bottle to remove all bacteria, viruses, cysts, parasites, fungi and all other microbiological waterborne pathogens without the aid of any foul tasting chemicals.
With around six thousand LIFESAVER Ultra Filtration jerrycans already distributed in the Malaysian Peninsular and Sarawak, feedback came in that a larger community-centered system would be of great benefit to the region.
So began the LIFESAVER M1 project, a joint venture between LIFESAVER systems Ltd. and H20 Saver SDN BHD. Then when, at short notice, a visual prototype was required for LIFESAVER M1's official launch in Malaysia, Materialise helped Michael make it happen. There was less than a month to get a visual prototype of the LIFESAVER M1 3D printed, assembled, finished, and ready for the launch event in Malaysia.
The Materialise UK team based at the AMP worked with Michael and his colleagues to ensure that changes were made to the original CAD files, to make certain that not only could the parts be built on Materialise's Mammoth Machines in Belgium, the only machines large enough to take a project such as this, but that after production the parts could also be quickly and accurately assembled.
The manufactured parts were re-enforced during the production process, before being sent to a team of finishers who completed the project in time for shipping to Malaysia.
The event included a visit by UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, and the reception for the LIFESAVER M1 has been so positive that full production of the units should commence in late summer 2012.
When it is up and running, it is estimated that the project will provide up to 2 million litres of sterile drinking water to over 42,000 people in rural Malaysia.
Philip Hudson, managing director of Materialise UK, said: "It was great to be involved in this project and to work with Michael and his team. Michael is really inspirational when you meet him and it's clear that the LIFESAVER products are making a big difference for some of the world's poorest and most isolated communities."
Materialise website
LIFESAVER website
Images: lifesaversystems.com
LIFESAVER systems, a British company founded by Michael Pritchard in 2007, produced the first water bottle to remove all bacteria, viruses, cysts, parasites, fungi and all other microbiological waterborne pathogens without the aid of any foul tasting chemicals.
With around six thousand LIFESAVER Ultra Filtration jerrycans already distributed in the Malaysian Peninsular and Sarawak, feedback came in that a larger community-centered system would be of great benefit to the region.
So began the LIFESAVER M1 project, a joint venture between LIFESAVER systems Ltd. and H20 Saver SDN BHD. Then when, at short notice, a visual prototype was required for LIFESAVER M1's official launch in Malaysia, Materialise helped Michael make it happen. There was less than a month to get a visual prototype of the LIFESAVER M1 3D printed, assembled, finished, and ready for the launch event in Malaysia.
The Materialise UK team based at the AMP worked with Michael and his colleagues to ensure that changes were made to the original CAD files, to make certain that not only could the parts be built on Materialise's Mammoth Machines in Belgium, the only machines large enough to take a project such as this, but that after production the parts could also be quickly and accurately assembled.
The manufactured parts were re-enforced during the production process, before being sent to a team of finishers who completed the project in time for shipping to Malaysia.
The event included a visit by UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, and the reception for the LIFESAVER M1 has been so positive that full production of the units should commence in late summer 2012.
When it is up and running, it is estimated that the project will provide up to 2 million litres of sterile drinking water to over 42,000 people in rural Malaysia.
Philip Hudson, managing director of Materialise UK, said: "It was great to be involved in this project and to work with Michael and his team. Michael is really inspirational when you meet him and it's clear that the LIFESAVER products are making a big difference for some of the world's poorest and most isolated communities."
Materialise website
LIFESAVER website
Images: lifesaversystems.com
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