India, May 26 -- The COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense pressure on the healthcare systems around the world. Hospitals faced unprecedented requirements for personal protective equipment, ventilators, masks, and other critical medical supplies. When traditional supply chains face difficulty meeting the rising demand for medical supplies, 3D printing helped reduce the pressure.

What is 3D printing?

Three dimensional (3D) printing is also known as additive manufacturing. It enables creating 3D objects from digital files layered upon each other. 3D printing helps create prototypes of the final product using plastic and metal. In the times of the current crisis, 3D printing has proved immensely useful. It has helped produce medical equipme...