Are car companies, which specialize in the production of precision auto parts, really reliable in switching to mask production?
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Recently, I received a lot of private letters from fans asking whether car companies can switch to mask production when the current gap in mask production capacity is so large. Thus, for the country for the people in the difficult times to make greater contributions, so we should be asked to analyze the following:
One of the mask gap
As we all know, the current situation of the domestic epidemic is not optimistic, as of today 14:00, the official release of the data for the confirmed cases of 40,235, suspected cases of 23,589, and this data are still climbing rapidly. There have been a large number of medical workers, transportation, community, etc. into this battle without smoke, masks are all these people do their own protection necessities, but the current domestic production capacity of masks and other protective substances can not meet the demand, so in the current layout of the mask manufacturers based on the need to rapidly expand production capacity.
Two, the mask production process
Zixin Pharmaceuticals securities department has explained to reporters: "mask production process is not very complex, mainly on the production environment is very strict. So what is the specific production process?
Raw materials: 1. PP non-woven fabric, 2. Meltblown fabric, 3. Nose strip, 4. Ear strap and other materials.
Equipments: 1.Mouthpiece punching machine, 2.Mouthpiece ear strap spot welding machine, 3.Mouthpiece packing machine.
Production process: hang the non-woven raw materials in the mask slicing machine material frame, debugging after the machine automatically produces mask sheet, mask sheet transferred to the ear strap machine for point tape, the finished product appeared, sterilized and sterilized after the resolution (generally 14 days). Of course, N95 and KN95 level mask production process is more complex.
Three, the advantages of car companies
1.? Personnel quality
Car companies after years of rapid development, precipitated a large number of automation, quality control and other personnel, its quality assurance system and personnel quality after a long test. Because of the automotive parts itself on the precision, safety and other requirements are extremely high, in the quality control of the mature use of five tools:?APQP (Advanced?Product?Quality?Planning) product quality advance planning; PPAP (Production?Part?Approval?Process) production parts approval program; FMEA (Failure to produce); and the quality assurance system and personnel quality has been tested for a long time. Program; FMEA (Failure?Mode?and?Effect?Analysis) Failure Mode and Effect Analysis; SPC (Statistical?Process?Control) Statistical Process Control; MSA (Measurement?System?Analysis) Measurement System Analysis.
So under the control of a large number of automation talents, the product process can be quickly stabilized and realize the capacity to quickly climb, the quality of the product can also be effectively guaranteed.
2. Site
Automotive industry generally reserved part of the land, part of the automotive electronics industry itself has a lot of clean room, anti-static workshop, so to be transformed and rearranged, can be quickly put into use.
3. Equipment
Car companies have a wealth of experience in product procurement and supplier management, part of which is the control of equipment suppliers; as we all know, car companies have a large number of various robots in the plant, fully automated equipment, automated transportation equipment, etc., so the mask equipment should not be a problem for rapid procurement and installation in place.
According to China News Service, a company in Jincheng, Shanxi Province, completed negotiations on purchasing and transportation in 24 hours, and within 48 hours introduced and landed, resumed production of two medical mask production lines, which can produce 100,000 medical masks per day.
4.? Qualification
Although the production process of masks is not complex, but the medical production qualification is not easy to obtain; but in the current critical period of the anti-epidemic, in the case of product quality can really meet the relevant standards, I believe that a variety of qualification approval and review will be greatly accelerated.
Four, the car enterprise's concern and response
1.? Epidemic fades, spare capacity
In the just past 2019, a large number of automobile production capacity was surplus due to the automobile industry entering the winter. Car companies may worry that after a large investment in equipment and raw materials, once the epidemic fades will lead to overcapacity, affecting business efficiency. For this it is recommended that the local government as soon as possible to issue relevant policies to encourage and guide enterprises to switch to the production of masks, and according to the new capacity of enterprises in the period of epidemic prevention and control to give the overall business, including automobile production and other business tax breaks.
In addition, after the epidemic faded, the country will also learn from the lessons of this time, will be a large number of masks and other protective substances as an emergency strategic substances in the national treasury, which also means that the production of masks will not be with the end of the epidemic and the end of the immediate end of the order will still continue for quite a long time.
Moreover, because at present, many people have a small number of masks at home, can maintain the use of a very short period of time, so if the domestic mask production capacity can not be raised, due to the staff protection is not good enough to lead to mass infections, will have a devastating blow to the enterprise.
2. Site issues
Since the production of masks need a part of the clean room, so this part of the site, even after a year and a half past, even if the production equipment exclusively sold to the relevant professional manufacturers, with the electrification of the automotive industry, network connectivity, intelligence, the site can be quickly transformed for the production of automotive electronics and other related products.
3.? Personnel issues
The current mass production of masks also requires a high degree of automation, so the relevant personnel recruited for the conversion of masks can be quickly trained to enter the automotive industry; in addition, the automotive industry itself has a large number of automation personnel, so it can also be quickly arranged for this group of people to mask enterprises to receive relevant training.
So, car companies should act quickly, like the Vulcan Mountain, Thunder Mountain hospital construction in all aspects of the time, in order to strive in the shortest possible time will be the site, equipment, personnel, operating procedures and related standards and other arrangements in place.
Additionally, in the current *** with the war "epidemic" critical period, companies should not focus more on cost and profitability, the epidemic prevention and control to ease in order to truly promote the overall development of the automotive industry, otherwise the industry's previous inventory will continue to be high, while the development of new models and related experimental validation will also be greatly affected. The development of new models and related experimental verification will also be greatly affected. Of course, many car companies have already made donations before this, demonstrating a strong sense of social responsibility.
As of this writing, three car companies have announced that they have switched to mask production, and these three are SAIC-GM-Wuling, BYD, and GAC parts. Here to the three car companies dare to be the first to express heartfelt respect!
This article comes from the author of the automobile home car, does not represent the views of the automobile home position.