COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC THE ENGINEERING RESPONSE
Rotec Engineering supports ventilator
component manufacturer with 24/7 working and
retooled machines diverted to the task.
www.is.gd/acutoj
Perfect Bore shows how it is keeping workers
safe, erecting barriers between machining
stations, while its personnel continue performing
machining operations side by side.
www.is.gd/zihihi
Velocetec: “Ventilator component order
received 19.00 hrs Friday. Material ordered
Saturday morning. Thanks to Thyssenkrupp for
fast-tracking the rst batch of material ready for us
to collect Monday morning. Today we dispatch the
rst 100 of 14,000 parts.” www.is.gd/esolow
Ventilator alternative (not requiring intubation)
being considered by Marshall Aerospace &
Defence Group. A modern-day ‘iron lung’, ‘exovent’
is a negative pressure ventilator – 5,000 exovents
per week is the target. www.is.gd/iridel
Boneham & Turner: “We are deep
into shift two with six of our CNCs
maxing out on ventilator parts. Our
terri c team have been exible,
committed and passionate
throughout.”
Boneham & Turner is part of the ventilator
component-making band of rms (above).
www.is.gd/ekopof
Inspire 3D is printing visors and says: “Another
day another 83 done, over 125 in total now.”
www.is.gd/udigoq
AE Aerospace celebrates making parts for the
VentilatorChallengeUK effort and highlights one
employee "who has entered the 12 weeks
isolation, due to family issues, but is busy
nishing ventilator parts at home."
www.is.gd/yugeba
Unicut Precision is participating with a
consortium of precision engineering companies,
producing components for the
VentilatorChallengeUK
VentilatorChallengeUK. www.is.gd/tazefu
Micron Workholding reports: “We have already
started to make parts for ventilators, we are here
to help and will switch from production of our
MicroLoc Workholding Systems for any urgent
ventilator parts.”
www.is.gd/evimuk
A weekend of work ahead, reports Vixen CNC,
making critical medical parts on the company’s
Star SR20R IV tted with high pressure coolant.
www.is.gd/uverad
UNITED. EXPERIENCED.
METAL CUTTING.
The Team Cutting Tools
from the CERATIZIT Group.
Nuneaton-based Reginson Engineering has
installed the UK's rst Citizen Cincom A320-VII
with LFV to support urgent critical component
manufacturing for VentilatorChallengeUK.
www.is.gd/esifoq
Cutwel offers free sample tooling to any
company making ventilators. www.is.gd/akedac
Maztech Precision: “So proud of team. In the
last two days, we have been changing over our
production to make critical ventilator components.
As of today, we are now running split shifts 24/7
to keep all of the machines running, so we can
keep up with demand.” www.is.gd/fexoco
HCM Engineering staff have designed and
3D-printed care worker face visors after viewing
video sent by company’s MD. www.is.gd/ehucag
Broadway Engineering is supporting the
VentillatorChallengeUK with the production of
components. www.is.gd/eyigax
Sub CNC Precision reports a busy week making
medical components. www.is.gd/oloqus
Intec Laser Services: “In a matter of
days, we will contribute to having
250 new ventilators sat by the
bedsides of Covid-19 patients; in a
matter of weeks we will have
contributed to a total of 3,750.”
Intec Laser Services says that after almost a
week of negotiations, it has been selected as one
of the companies to support the Ventilator-
ChallengeUK project (above). www.is.gd/ojewug
Leader CNC Technologies installs two horizontal
machining centres in Scotland in support or
ventilator parts' production. www.is.gd/epubal
For more information:
cuttingtools.ceratizit.com
JCB World Parts Centre has donated face
masks and 8,000 pairs of gloves to the Royal
Stoke Hospital. www.is.gd/hipivu
Cutting tool maker Quickgrind reports fast
turnaround of tooling for ventilator part
manufacture. www.is.gd/itikuz
JCB sets up food aid operations around
factories in the UK and India (below).
www.is.gd/kibeyo
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