In recent times, in response to the continuing global spread of the New Crown Pneumonia epidemic, a number of automotive companies, including Tesla, Ford, and Volkswagen, have joined the production of medical supplies and equipment, including masks and respirators, including Volkswagen Group's high-performance sports car brand, Lamborghini.
To combat the new Crown pneumonia epidemic, Automobili Lamborghini used the resources and equipment of its R&D department to provide assistance to Siare?Engineering International Group, Italy's top respirator manufacturer, for the ****same design and production of respiratory simulators. According to officials, in less than two weeks, Lamborghini used its 3D printing lab to design, produce and test the simulator, optimize components, and bring the simulator's production to 18 units per week. Lamborghini also utilized the HP Jet?Fusion?3D?4200 printer and its Multi-Jet Fusion (MJF) technology, which prints to an accuracy of up to 0.08 millimeters, to 3D print the production of a polycarbonate medical protective mask.
I believe we all know a lot about respirators lately, but I'm afraid this is the first time I've heard of a respiratory simulator, right? Simply put, a respiratory simulator allows inspectors to make an initial assessment of a respirator's performance; during the final inspection phase, the respirator will undergo a comprehensive test performed by certified equipment.
Doesn't that sound a little unclear? In fact, specializing in automated mass production of automotive companies, has a fairly strong equipment design integration integration capabilities, although the respiratory machine belongs to the medical equipment, but from the perspective of electromechanical hydraulic control integration, and the traditional automotive industry has the inevitable engineering and technology of the interconnectivity. Especially in today's automation, intelligence, integration, digital today, the automotive industry is relatively more capable of undertaking the research and development and manufacturing of respiratory and other medical equipment.
It's not hard to note that ventilators, after all, are medical devices that are subject to strict quality controls in various countries, with rigorous testing processes for developing and manufacturing tooling and calibration processes. Although automotive companies do not have the "whole beard, whole tail" of the production of respiratory machines, but the general use of outsourcing the production of some parts of the respiratory machine, to slow down the production pressure of respiratory machine manufacturers. The cooperation between Lamborghini and Siare, in fact, is also the whole car production almost all stagnant situation, so that idle production capacity and workers can be put to good use, but also demonstrates the Italian companies in this difficult period of solidarity, **** resistance to the epidemic sense of responsibility and cohesion.
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