Although epidemic prevention and control is still the focus of attention at present, orderly resumption of work is also in a critical period and cannot be ignored. In the post-epidemic era, how to ensure the normal operation of production and life under healthy conditions is an urgent problem.
On February 1 1, the State Council held a press conference on prevention and control work in novel coronavirus. Ou Xiaoli, director of the Social Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, revealed that the demand for protective materials has increased sharply due to the promotion of the resumption of work in various industries.
Roughly speaking, the population of China is 654.38+0.4 billion. If the mask is changed every four hours as recommended by experts, the daily demand in China will be at least 2.8 billion.
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. However, due to the epidemic situation, the current production capacity is less than 70%, and most of them are ordinary masks and dust-proof and smog-proof masks with various protection levels. The production capacity of N95 medical protective mask urgently needed in the front line is only about 600,000.
With a huge gap, the situation is urgent. I'm afraid it's impossible to rely on the existing mask manufacturers for such a huge demand.
We need more people to come forward.
For the huge mask gap caused by the surge in the tide of returning to work, many large car companies such as SAIC-GM-Wuling, Guangzhou Automobile Group and BYD have joined the mask production team.
The first one to step out of this step is the Wuling car. As early as June+10/October 3 1 day in 5438, SAIC-GM-Wuling got the relevant requirements of the Party Committee and government of Guangxi Autonomous Region on epidemic prevention and control. The company urgently purchased and shipped 20,000 medical protective masks from Indonesia and India to support the front line of prevention and control.
However, with the continuous development of the epidemic, many countries, including Indonesia, have listed masks as strategic reserve materials, and it is impossible to continuously purchase them from abroad and transport them back to China. This also gave them the idea of "making their own masks".
With the strong support of Guangxi, Liuzhou and Laibin governments, SAIC-GM-Wuling joint suppliers transformed the production line into masks.
As of February 9, the first batch of 200,000 masks produced by the joint supplier of Wuling factory has been off the assembly line. Its clean workshop has 14 mask production lines, including 4 N95 mask production lines and 10 general medical protective mask production lines, and the daily output is expected to further reach 1.7 million.
BYD, a domestic new energy giant, has donated100000 yuan and100000 yuan of medical materials, and has also joined the queue of changing masks. According to BYD's official information, it is announced that it will be produced on February 17, with a daily output of about 5 million and about 50,000 bottles of disinfectant a day. These two items are aimed at the current situation of "ten thousand people grabbing the air" in society.
It is understood that the specific division of labor of this production matter is that BYD Academia Sinica is responsible for the production of disinfectants, and BYD Electronics Group 9 is responsible for the production of masks. Disinfectant is produced in Shanwei BYD Industrial Co., Ltd., and mask is produced in Shenzhen Baolong Industrial Park BYD Nine Branch.
On February 6th, Zeng Qinghong, Party Secretary and Chairman of Guangzhou Automobile Group, led a team to Dongguan Kuaiyuda, a manufacturer of mask production equipment, to learn about the manufacturing, assembly and debugging technology of mask production equipment, and to study the technical feasibility of building a new mask production line.
After full investigation, Guangzhou Automobile Group officially announced the production plan of protective materials including masks, which will be handed over to the Parts Division of Guangzhou Automobile Group, and will not affect the main vehicle manufacturing business of Guangzhou Automobile Group.
After several days of processing and sprinting, five mask production lines of Guangzhou Automobile Group were installed, and their homemade masks were officially mass-produced today.
It is reported that the masks made by GAC will be co-ordinated by the Guangzhou Municipal Government and will not be retailed. Priority should be given to front-line personnel such as medical care, public transportation, taxis and subways to prevent and control the epidemic and provide public services. It will also be provided to employees of Guangzhou Automobile Group, car owners and upstream and downstream partners of Guangzhou Automobile's automobile brands. After the production line is fully started, the daily output of self-made masks of Guangzhou Automobile Group will reach 6.5438+0 million.
Faced with the shortage of masks all over the country, Changan Automobile joined the ranks.
Recently, Changan Automobile announced that in order to fight against the pneumonia epidemic in COVID-19, it will conduct emergency procurement in conjunction with R&D centers, overseas bases and dealer partners in Italy, Japan, Britain, the United States and Germany. In addition, Changan Automobile also began to raise resources and equipment with its partners to assist in the production of masks, thus alleviating the urgent need for masks.
Just today, ZF Group, an auto parts company, announced the addition of a mask production line after donating materials worth 4 million yuan, fully supporting the epidemic prevention and control, and striving to do its bit to fight the epidemic.
Regardless of the price for the time being, this kind of action that can solve the country's urgent needs is very valuable. After the praise, most people may have such a question: Why can car companies produce masks? Are they qualified for production? Can I use the "car" mask?
Don't worry, the "car brand" mask is very reliable.
Before answering the above questions, let's first understand the production process and standards of masks.
General medical masks are mainly composed of three layers. The outermost layer, the innermost layer and the skin contact layer are all non-woven fabrics, and a composite material called "polypropylene fiber" is sandwiched between them. The official explanation of this material is to produce polypropylene products with melt mass flow rate of 33-4 1g/min, which can meet the standards of sanitary polypropylene melt-blown nonwoven fabrics and can be used in medical and surgical supplies, civil and sanitary supplies and other fields.
This material is the main component of sound insulation cotton in the production of automobile industry, and is widely used in wheel arches, door panels, engine rear firewalls and so on.
In addition, the dust-free standard of painting workshop in automobile enterprises is very high, which is very similar to some working equipment and processes in the production of medical masks. The dust-free environment in the painting workshop and employees' familiarity with the operation process of the dust-free workshop provide convenience for the cross-border production of masks.
Therefore, in terms of raw material preparation and production technology, car companies have great advantages in producing masks, and the production line can be put into production quickly after professional transformation. It is not difficult to switch to masks in an emergency as long as the corresponding debugging is carried out on the production line and the product specifications are redefined.
The sound-absorbing cotton of some products of SAIC-GM-Wuling Company adopts high-standard polypropylene. In the supply chain of raw materials, the supplier of sound-absorbing cotton can provide full guarantee for it. The BYD factory, which is responsible for producing masks, is the ninth branch of BYD. It is understood that this branch itself has a factory with medical device system certification, so there is no need to worry about professionalism.
Therefore, it is advantageous for car companies to manufacture masks from the manufacturing process to the introduction of production equipment and raw materials, as well as downstream packaging. Compared with other cross-border enterprises, the production process of masks by car companies is not only shortened by at least two to three months, but also the masks produced are very reliable professionally. This is why car companies can achieve mass production in a short time.
Unity is strength, and * * * overcomes difficulties.
"Customer-centered" is a corporate philosophy that car companies often mention in their propaganda.
After the "epidemic" of this war, we have seen countless "retrograde" figures, both medical staff fighting the epidemic at the front line and countless enterprises like SAIC-GM-Wuling, BYD and Guangzhou Automobile Group silently providing support behind the scenes. We are glad to see that these car companies have thoroughly implemented the people-oriented concept.
It is these people's persistence that gives people the courage to look forward to spring.
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.