@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ Rapid manufacturing of embossing tooling for permanently marking thin plastic.
## status
This project has been shelved as face shield mass manufacturing scaled up faster than expected. The method is still relevant for quick-turn pilot scale runs of thin plastic products.
## need
As part of our covid-19 face shield production efforts, we need to permanently mark units that end up in hospitals with a few basic identifiers: a manufacturing batch number and a shortened URL for assembly instructions. The Zund needs to spend its time cutting rather than marking, and doctors have complained about the smell of laser-engraved text.
