On February 13, the first batch of masks produced by SAIC-GM-Wuling completed batch shipments. According to SAIC-GM-Wuling's WeChat, they are the first automotive company to obtain a medical device business license and pass a professional inspection, and have the relevant qualifications for the research, development, production and operation of masks.
The first batch of masks are general medical protective masks, with "what the people need, what Wuling makes" printed on the outer box.
One week ago, on February 6, SAIC-GM-Wuling decided to join forces with its suppliers to rebuild its production line to produce masks. Guangxi Construction Group is responsible for the reconstruction of the dust-free workshop,*** set 14 mask production lines, of which 4 for the N95 mask production line, 10 for the general medical protection mask production line, the daily production capacity is expected to reach more than 1.7 million.
Not only has SAIC-GM-Wuling altered the production line like this, the automobile enterprises also have their own production of related products, such as BYD, BYD's staff told the water drop automobile APP: "BYD Baolong Nine is an EMS factory with its own plant, with medical device system certification, and usually has been for some brand agents to produce a number of medical device products."
February 8, BYD Auto also announced the aid production masks and disinfectant, is expected to be around February 17 mass production shipments, mask production capacity at the end of February to reach 5 million / day, disinfectant production capacity of 50,000 bottles / day.
GAC is more flexible in its thinking and has decided to be self-reliant, choosing to make its own equipment on the one hand and sending technicians to learn from mask makers on the other. According to the plan, GAC plans to cooperate with suppliers to make 30 to 50 sets of self-made equipments. on February 11, the first mask production equipment of GAC began to be installed and debugged, and it is expected to complete 12 sets of self-made equipments on February 22, and 30 sets by the end of February.
For automotive companies, the production of masks and other protective products is not very difficult, and can even be said to be a piece of cake, the car is the most complex products in industrial production, in accordance with the Six Sigma quality management system, automotive car regulation standards to achieve Six Sigma, a million opportunities to allow only 3.4 errors, which is basically equivalent to the military-grade requirements.
We usually use 3C digital products only require to do four sigma, a million times the opportunity to allow 6210 errors. Automotive companies producing masks, to give an inappropriate example, is like a PhD student taking an elementary school exam.
From the point of view of complexity, cell phones are more complex than masks, and automotive component processes are much more complex and precise than masks. From the personnel point of view, the automobile industry's stringent quality and management training system has trained a large number of high-quality industrial workers. And then from the production environment point of view, the automobile factory dust-free anti-static workshop, electronic electrification technology, safety standards are also much higher than other industries.
The facts have also proved to be so, February 7, Guangzhou Automotive Parts Technology Center sent engineers to Dongguan to learn, to master the technology and production processes related to mask equipment originally required two weeks of training time, Guangzhou Automotive Parts engineers mastered in just a few hours.
At present, many of China's mask producers are private small and medium-sized enterprises, and even a household factory "family workshop", from whatever point of view, the Wuling brand, BYD brand, Guangzhou Automobile brand mask quality is not a problem. If just producing masks isn't enough to bring out the capabilities of automotive companies, GAC Group has sent 2 batches of 18 technicians to mask production plants since Feb. 9 to help them improve efficiency and production capacity in terms of technology, quality, and on-site management.
Automobile companies have also supported airplanes and tanks during special times. After Pearl Harbor in World War II, U.S. President Roosevelt put forward the theory of "strong democratic arsenal", announced that the U.S. will "implant the seeds of military engineering in the world's most advanced manufacturing industry", requiring everyone to take out the spirit of patriotism and dedication.
Roosevelt set a goal for the U.S. at the time: to produce 6,000 airplanes a year and double that number the following year. Immediately following the shutdown of all private automobiles in the U.S., Ford promised to produce an airplane an hour, and eventually Ford delivered on that promise, delivering 650 bombers a month, with factories outside of airplanes producing military items, tanks, armored vehicles and more.
Cadillac's plant was used to produce the M5 tank, hence the name Cadillac brand tanks (the M5 was a modified version of the familiar Sherman tank) Buick was added to the development and design of the M18?Hellcat.
Water drop view:
Epidemic is also a battle, the most important thing to fight the war is to fight the consumption, consumption requires a steady stream of industrial production support, China's maximum production capacity of masks is 20 million per day, as of February 11, the national capacity utilization rate of masks has reached 94%, in addition to the above enterprises, Foxconn's Shenzhen Longhua Park also introduced medical mask production line, now there are support from the automobile industry, which is undoubtedly a blessing.
Wen/Cui Jianwei
This article comes from the author of the automotive home car family number, does not represent the views of the automotive home position.