Siemens opens additive manufacturing network to help produce medical equipment for COVID-19 pandemic

Siemens is making its Additive Manufacturing (AM) Network along with its 3D printers available to the global medical community to speed design and production of medical components during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The AM Network connects users, designers, and 3D-print service providers to enable faster and less complicated production of spare parts for machines like ventilators. The network is available globally and covers the entire value chain, from upload and simulation to checking the design up to the printing process and associated services.

Doctors, hospitals, and organizations in need of medical devices as well as designers and service providers with medically certified printing capacities can register for free access to the Siemens AM Network.

Siemens’ designers and engineers are a part of the AM Network so they can answer design requests and help convert designs into printable files. Afterwards, these components can be printed via medically certified 3D printers of partner companies that are also part of the AM Network.