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Designers create cardboard mask with replaceable filter

Shared by Ana Ribeiro on 2020-05-29 11:28

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Designers from Russia have developed a protective face mask that can be constructed out of cardboard and fitted with interchangeable filters.

The product is called the BUMASK and has a very simple design, consisting of a foldable pattern that can be printed at home. The idea behind the design is that it could be produced extremely fast, with readily available materials and without requiring any specialized tools or technical skills.

“We chose cardboard to make the production of the mask easy for any printing house or domestic [user]. It quickly folds into an ergonomic form. A special or accessible filter material is folded into several layers and inserted, filtering the incoming and outgoing air. The element is replaceable, the mask itself is designed for 2-3 cycles of filter change”, explained Evgeny Maslov, lead designer of the project.

This creation comes amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, with the World Health Organization advising citizens to cover their face with protective equipment, including homemade face masks. Like other homemade face masks, the BUMASK does not provide complete protection against infection. The degree of protection is determined by the type of filter inserted in the mask, which the team suggests that can be made out of cotton cloth, greenhouse cloth or HEPA filter. At the website, it is recommended that the filter be changed every 2 to 3 hours.

The designs for the mask, as well as a complete list of material, instruction and recommendation of use are available at the project’s website.

Official website for designs and more information: http://bumask.ru/eng

Adapted from: https://designyoutrust.com/2020/04/russian-designers-make-the-first-diy-...
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A team of Russian designer, lead by Evgeny Maslov, created a design for a protective face mask that can be made out of cardboard and fitted with a replaceable filter. The idea was to create a cheap and easy to made face mask so everyone could comply with the WHO recommendation for every citizen to wear a face masks in order to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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