DC Swiss UK has provided threading solutions for the production of medical devices used by the NHS to fight Covid-19.
A continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device has been developed by engineers at Mercedes-AMG and UCL, and clinicians at UCLH, working at UCL’s engineering hub MechSpace.
Ventilator Challenge UK, a consortium of industry giants including Airbus and Rolls-Royce, is also helping to scale up production of two medical ventilators by Smiths Group and Penlon.
DC Swiss UK has provided threading solutions for both of these projects. A spokesperson for the company said: “We are happy to share this information with end user machine shops and our competitors to maximise the efficiency of our countries response to this urgent demand.
“This will allow us all to share the application requirements i.e. programming data, cutting data, best machining techniques & thread tolerances plus the actual tooling itself of course.
“The thread demand on these components are now without difficulty so if you would like further information on the solutions we arrived at please do not hesitate to contact either of the people below. Our tooling stock is limited so we welcome support from our friendly competitors to tackle this problem together.”
