The fight against the new coronavirus has entered a phase of attack, and in the face of a huge gap in the demand for epidemic prevention materials, especially the demand for masks is real. In order to be able to fight this anti-epidemic war, to be able to support the maximum possible supplies, a part of the conditions of the car companies quickly transformed into the production of masks. From building a steel body of the car, how to change the production of soft masks? And seemingly two completely unrelated industries, can occur at this time of intersection? This sounds a bit incredible, but also aroused the curiosity of many friends.
In order to better answer this question, we can first look at what processes are involved in the production of masks.
Generally speaking, the production of masks requires raw materials such as meltblown cloth and nonwoven fabric. And then first slit into small rolls, put on the production line, through high-frequency welding pressed into masks, and then after finishing inspection, manual bagging, 16 hours of sterilization, analysis of the library volatilization of sterilizing gases for two weeks after the masks to meet the quality standards and then through the logistics, sales links into the market.
In the mask production of the whole process, the need to be in a dust-free environment, this is particularly important, but also one of the core conditions of the car companies can produce masks.
Car companies have an inherent advantage in this regard. In order to spray paint uniform and beautiful, the process of vehicle production in the "painting link" has a very high dust-free requirements, which is precisely in line with the conditions of the mask production. Therefore, automotive companies want to produce masks, only need to purchase the relevant raw materials, equipment can be.
But then again, although the production conditions meet the requirements, but these car companies are not medical equipment specialists, so the production of masks reliable? This brings us to the question of relevant qualifications and so on.
We take BYD as an example, after all, people put out an average daily production of 5 million masks words. In fact, compared with other car companies, BYD has an inherent foundation, that is, its "BYD ninth division". This is not a mysterious organization, but a department set up by BYD to research cell phones, computers, car electronics and other products, and it is also certified to produce medical devices. Therefore, in terms of infrastructure as well as the skills of the relevant personnel, BYD is an enterprise with the relevant qualifications. Thus, the process of qualification application and approval is directly eliminated, and therefore, Division 9 is now able to quickly adjust and put to new use in such a situation.
In addition to this, SAIC-GM-Wuling is also a more typical example. Strictly speaking, making masks is certainly not a specialty, but Wuling has contacted a supplier that provides it with acoustic cotton for vehicles - Guangxi DeFuot. Here I need to popularize a little knowledge with you, that is, the raw materials needed for car acoustic foam are the same as masks, both are polypropylene. Therefore, in the procurement of raw materials, storage, DeFuTe has a natural advantage, the rest only need two strong joint, one side of the material, one side of the workshop and manpower, can be converted to production masks.
And like Guangzhou Automobile Group is "from scratch", equipment, suppliers, production conditions need to be resolved one by one, within a short period of time to gather the strength of many parties. It is understood that on February 11, Guangzhou Automobile first mask production equipment successfully installed and entered into the debugging stage, at the same time, the Guangzhou Automobile Group plans to make their own equipment 30 to 50 units, will be scrambling, sleep and food into the mask equipment related technology and production process research.
Through the above several examples, we can see that although some automotive companies have no experience in manufacturing masks, but through cooperation and other means, quickly and efficiently complete the seamless transition to production. Furthermore, with the mature management of processes and procedures in car manufacturing, the masks produced are also able to meet industry standards and satisfy the corresponding needs.
Of course, the line is like a mountain, the car companies to switch to the production of masks or to objectively assess their own conditions. In fact, in addition to automotive companies, there are many other industries also have the ability to produce masks, and even more suitable for masks, such as diaper factories, underwear factories, shoe factories and other textile-based enterprises can also achieve rapid transformation.
Here, we sincerely thank those who work overtime and stay up late to produce masks business, it is because of your existence, to ensure that more people's health and safety.
This article comes from the author of the automobile home car family number, does not represent the views of the automobile home position.