COVID-19 Emergency Response Archive

Choose your emergency-printing route

Use the routes below to navigate the collection by part rigidity and mechanical behavior in time-sensitive manufacturing contexts.

• Rapid manufacturing focus for emergency-response workflows.
• Stable part production with practical post-processing logic.
• Repeatable printing on common SLA, DLP and LCD/MSLA platforms.
• Coverage of rigid, semi-rigid, foldable and flexible mechanical routes.
• Suitable for decentralized production of urgent functional parts and prototypes.

Typical use scenarios across the collection

This collection is suitable for workflows where urgent manufacturing, functional deployment and rapid response are more important than long material-selection cycles.

• Emergency-related components: time-sensitive functional parts for urgent manufacturing contexts.
• Respirator-related parts: masks, semi-flexible structures, rigid subcomponents, turbines, fans and blades according to the selected grade.
• Healthcare and laboratory support: rapid-response parts for controlled technical environments.
• Decentralized additive manufacturing: urgent local production using common vat photopolymerization printers.
• Response-driven prototyping: fast development and evaluation of emergency-use concepts and functional components.

How to choose the right emergency-printing grade

Select the most suitable route according to whether the target part must be semi-rigid, foldable, flexible or highly rigid and ultra-hard.

• Need tough semi-rigid parts → choose 3Dresyn EP1 TD80
• Need semi-flexible and foldable parts → choose 3Dresyn EP2 TFD80
• Need flexible respirator-mask style parts → choose 3Dresyn EP3 TFD30 Black
• Need rigid, ultra-hard and very safe parts → choose 3Dresyn EP4 RTD90

• Prioritise dimensional stability with tough handling → start with EP1 TD80
• Prioritise controlled foldability → start with EP2 TFD80
• Prioritise flexible mask-style behavior → start with EP3 TFD30 Black
• Prioritise maximum rigidity and safety-oriented positioning → start with EP4 RTD90

Decision tree summary

Use this simplified logic before detailed emergency-part validation and printer qualification.

• Need tough semi-rigid emergency parts → EP1 TD80
• Need semi-flexible and foldable emergency parts → EP2 TFD80
• Need flexible emergency mask-type parts → EP3 TFD30 Black
• Need rigid fans, turbines, blades or other ultra-hard parts → EP4 RTD90
• Need final deployment confidence → validate the selected route under the exact printer, exposure, wash, post-cure and application-specific workflow

Then confirm the final route under the intended equipment, cure settings, part geometry and emergency-use manufacturing protocol.

Tough semi-rigid emergency-printing grade

For workflows requiring tough and semi-rigid parts such as masks, swabs and related urgent-use components.

Tough and foldable semi-flexible emergency-printing grade

For workflows requiring semi-flexible parts with foldability, especially for respirator-mask related concepts and similar urgent-use components.

Tough, flexible and foldable emergency-printing grade

For workflows requiring more flexible printed parts, especially flexible respirator-mask style applications.

Rigid, tough and ultra-hard emergency-printing grade

For workflows requiring rigid parts such as respirator turbines, fans, blades and other highly dimensionally stable urgent-use components.

A structured emergency-printing platform rather than a single material page

This collection is clearly structured around four mechanical routes so users can select the most suitable material according to part flexibility and urgent-use function.

• EP1 TD80 covers the tough semi-rigid route.
• EP2 TFD80 covers the tough and foldable semi-flexible route.
• EP3 TFD30 Black covers the tough, flexible and foldable route.
• EP4 RTD90 covers the rigid, tough and ultra-hard route.

The right emergency-printing result depends on the workflow, not only on the resin name

These materials are intended for emergency-response and rapid-manufacturing workflows, but final performance remains process-dependent. Print quality, dimensional accuracy and part behavior depend on the full manufacturing sequence rather than on the liquid resin alone.

In practice, the correct path is to define the target part function first, then validate the selected route under the exact printer, exposure settings, washing method, post-curing protocol and intended-use requirements.

The final suitability of printed parts for any healthcare, laboratory or emergency-related application must always be validated by the user according to the specific use case and applicable technical or regulatory requirements.

Documentation, technical selection help and workflow support

Use the resources below to move from material preselection to printer qualification, exposure calibration and broader technical support.

Select the right emergency-printing route and validate the final rapid-manufacturing workflow

Use the route-based navigation above to identify the most relevant mechanical route, compare candidates in the technical overview table, and move forward with application-specific validation for urgent additive manufacturing of functional emergency-related parts.