2020-04-04_Techlife_News

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TheymetwithNovantHealth,whichserves
medicalfacilitiesinNorthCarolina,South
CarolinaandVirginia.


Nowtheprintersarerunning 18 hoursa
daywithapproximatelyeightengineers
volunteeringtheirtimetooverseeproduction
fromapproximately7 a.m.untilmidnightevery
day.Thenewestprinter,aboutthesizeofan
outdoorshed,canprintthreefaceshieldsevery
2½hours.


“That’stheonewetrytokeeprunning
almostnonstop,”EricJacuzzi,seniordirector
ofNASCAR’saerodynamicsandvehicle
performance,toldTheAssociatedPress.“We
havepeoplethatareactuallyhavingtheir
teenagechildrenhelpwithcuttingtheclear
facialpartaspartoftheirvolunteerworkat
home,sixofusrunningthemachines,andmore
peoplereachingouttohelp.”


NASCARis donatingthefaceshieldsaspartof
thecharitablecommunityactstheseriesdoes
everyyear.Thesanctioningbodyhasfollowed
Ford,ChevroletandToyota—NASCAR’s
threemanufacturers—ascompaniesfrom
theautomotiveindustrythathavepivoted
productiontoPPEduringtheglobalcrisis.


FordthisweeksaidbeginninginAprilit will
workwithGEHealthcaretobuildair-pressured
ventilators,witha targetofmanufacturing
50,000unitsinthenext 100 daysfroma
Michigancomponentsplant.Fordis also
providingengineersandfacilitiestoassist3M’s
productionorair-purifyingrespirators.


GeneralMotorspartneredwithVentecLife
Systemstobuildventilatorsandhasvowedto
producemorethan50,000facemasksperday.


Image: Charlotte Smith
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