A 3D printer in Manchester Central Library is producing personal protective equipment (PPE) for health and social care workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
Before the lockdown the high-tech equipment in the Business and Intellectual Property Centre (BIPC) could be used by local businesses.
But staff are now using it to make protective face shields as part of a national effort to donate hundreds of thousands of PPE to those at the frontline of the crisis through the ShieldNHS scheme.
A single mask takes around 90 minutes to print, and the simple design is being used around the world. Around 40 headbands have already been made which are ready to be attached to acetate sheets.