As in wartime, automotive manufacturers could offer production capacity for medical equipment
Halewood-Liverpool, the Jaguar Land Rover factory
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Britain calls on car manufacturers for help in the fight against Covid-19 ventilators for breathing patients, to cope with the spread of Coronavirus in the country.
The Jaguar Land Rover group has confirmed that it has received the request for help – extended to about 60 local industrial companies – for the production of fans in the ongoing discussions with the Government. “As a British company, of course, we will do everything we can to support our communities in these unprecedented times,” said a company spokesman.
«Although it is unclear how an automobile manufacturer can produce specialized medical equipment, for which specific certifications and dedicated components are required. It could take months to find them, as well as to equip the production lines and train workers to assemble and test the product “, commented Rebert Harrison, professor of automation systems at the University in an interview with Autonews of Warwick in central England.
An option, according to the professor, could be to adopt the rules in force in the defense sector, which allow you to “order” certain factories to follow a project to quickly produce a required product.
“The British industry has the ability to do it but it is unlikely that it will also produce the electronic components that would be needed,” said Harrison. Who added: «Fans are sophisticated devices. It is essential that they function properly since they are critical equipment for people’s lives ».