The most effective ways to mitigate the diffusion of the COVID-19 pandemic are social distancing and the use of face masks as barrier to avoid droplets and to filtrate exhalations coming from infected subjects. Currently used face masks are products developed to be used by workers, both in health care and other contexts, where their use is limited in time and the disposal scenario is properly managed. Their use in a pandemic situation can be thus considered a remedial action due to the emergency. New masks or mask families are needed based on the desirable requirements retrieved by the analysis of the current worldwide situation and covering the gap observed in the market. The present paper aims to describe the complete product development process of a new facial mask (or mask family) for a daily use on a pandemic situation. It challenges the time constraint of the COVID-19 pandemic by adopting a four-step approach and concurrent development of the first phases (definition of requirements and functional derivation). The engineering design process allows to derive two different solutions able to fulfil all the requirements (demands and wishes) of final users, by assuring high ergonomic performance, as well as environmental, economic, and social sustainability.

Challenging the engineering design process for the development of facial masks in the constraint of the COVID-19 pandemic / Formentini, G.; Rodriguez, N. B.; Favi, C.; Marconi, M.. - ELETTRONICO. - 100:(2021), pp. 660-665. (Intervento presentato al convegno 31st CIRP Design Conference 2021, CIRP Design 2021 tenutosi a De Horst (Building 20), Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB, nld nel 2021) [10.1016/j.procir.2021.05.140].

Challenging the engineering design process for the development of facial masks in the constraint of the COVID-19 pandemic

Formentini G.
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Rodriguez N. B.;Favi C.;
2021-01-01

Abstract

The most effective ways to mitigate the diffusion of the COVID-19 pandemic are social distancing and the use of face masks as barrier to avoid droplets and to filtrate exhalations coming from infected subjects. Currently used face masks are products developed to be used by workers, both in health care and other contexts, where their use is limited in time and the disposal scenario is properly managed. Their use in a pandemic situation can be thus considered a remedial action due to the emergency. New masks or mask families are needed based on the desirable requirements retrieved by the analysis of the current worldwide situation and covering the gap observed in the market. The present paper aims to describe the complete product development process of a new facial mask (or mask family) for a daily use on a pandemic situation. It challenges the time constraint of the COVID-19 pandemic by adopting a four-step approach and concurrent development of the first phases (definition of requirements and functional derivation). The engineering design process allows to derive two different solutions able to fulfil all the requirements (demands and wishes) of final users, by assuring high ergonomic performance, as well as environmental, economic, and social sustainability.
2021
Challenging the engineering design process for the development of facial masks in the constraint of the COVID-19 pandemic / Formentini, G.; Rodriguez, N. B.; Favi, C.; Marconi, M.. - ELETTRONICO. - 100:(2021), pp. 660-665. (Intervento presentato al convegno 31st CIRP Design Conference 2021, CIRP Design 2021 tenutosi a De Horst (Building 20), Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB, nld nel 2021) [10.1016/j.procir.2021.05.140].
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