At present, although the epidemic situation has been contained to a certain extent, the production capacity of the original protective masks, which are mainly used for medical care and life, is once again stretched. Under such circumstances, BYD, Wuling, GAC and other car companies have invested in the "assist" team. Now, together with Changan Automobile, Changan Automobile gathered resources and decided to make its own masks until the epidemic ended.
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How many grades are there in the country now?
The relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission said that as of February 1 1, the national mask capacity utilization rate has reached 94%. Among them, especially the medical N95 mask urgently needed for first-line prevention and treatment has reached128%; The national capacity utilization rate of medical non-N95 masks reached 106%. For example, in Hubei, where the epidemic is concentrated, the daily output has increased from 45,000 on February 2 to158,000.
In my opinion, even if the national mask production capacity can reach100%-according to the data of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the production capacity of masks in China is about 20 million a day (including 2.2 million surgical masks and only about 600,000 N95 masks), but due to human resources, transportation, raw materials, facilities and equipment, policies and other factors, its actual production capacity is still limited, which is not enough to meet the market demand.
According to the current situation, the epidemic has almost spread to the whole country. What is the population of our country? It has exceeded1400 million! Even if everyone has it, how long will it take to prepare? The actual situation is far from so optimistic, because masks should not be reused, and people mostly hold the idea of "buy more for backup" when buying. In the hardest hit areas, especially in the front line of "war epidemic", people are changing at any time. Therefore, the existing production capacity seems to be far from enough.
Some people say there is still stock?
Judging from the current situation, due to the sudden outbreak of the epidemic and the validity period of masks (the validity period of gas masks in GB2890-2009 is generally 3 years), the number of masks in stock is bound to be limited; Secondly, the phenomenon of "one mask is hard to find" has both objective reasons such as the Spring Festival holiday, the sudden increase in demand, and the overall deployment order by region, as well as "subjective" factors such as the unsuitability of reuse of masks (strictly speaking, N95 masks cannot be used for more than 4 hours at a time).
Some people also said, can't you buy it from abroad?
According to statistics, there are as many as 16594 enterprises related to masks and respiratory protection in China, which is the largest producer and exporter of masks in the world, accounting for 50% of the global annual output. In addition, at present, there has also been an epidemic abroad, and everyone has begun to "plan ahead" for medical substances such as masks. Therefore, the number of masks purchased from abroad is limited at present.
Therefore, as the relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission hoped on February 1 1, "enterprises with conditions can actively implement technological transformation, production transformation and expansion of production". Therefore, Changan Automobile's "production assistance" can also be said to be a positive response to the call of the state and the courage to provoke the responsibility of state-owned enterprises and large enterprises for technological transformation of production lines, from "building cars" to "making masks".
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What are the functions of the Transform mask?
In my impression, BYD should be the first car company to make masks in this epidemic. In fact, BYD has a complete industrial system besides making cars. Therefore, it is not particularly difficult for BYD to make masks across borders. Moreover, when BYD decided to build masks, it also issued a "military order"-design drawings within 3 days, design equipment within 1 week, and produce products within 10 days. It is reported that since the "mask making" was put forward on February 8, 17 achieved mass production around February. And by the end of February, the number of "BYD" brand masks that can be produced every day will reach 5 million.
The first mask production equipment of Guangzhou Automobile Group was also installed and commissioned on February 1 1. It is estimated that the installation of 12 sets of equipment will be completed on February 22nd, reaching 30 sets by the end of February, some of which will be used in the production system of Guangzhou Automobile Group and some will be provided to other enterprises in Guangzhou. If all these equipments are put into production, the daily output can reach 6.5438+0.8 million.
Although SAIC-GM-Wuling is not the first automobile enterprise to make masks, it is the first automobile enterprise that has obtained the Medical Device Business License and passed the professional inspection, and has the qualifications related to mask R&D, production and operation. At present, Wuling * * * has built a mask production line 14, including 4 N95 masks and 10 general medical protective masks. After all production, the daily output is expected to reach 1.7 million or more. The first batch of 1 10,000 "Wuling" brand masks went offline as early as February 13. It took only three days from putting forward the idea to the product going offline, which once again refreshed the "Wuling speed".
Written at the end: With more and more automobile enterprises, China Petroleum, garment factories and other enterprises involved in the production of medical materials such as masks and protective clothing, should there be an overall control mechanism to prevent overcapacity? After all, the epidemic is only temporary.
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