McLaren Racing is one of the members in the consortium of high-tech engineering companies, including Airbus, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, as well other Formula One teams, that have come together to meet the UK Government’s VentilatorChallengeUK.

The aim is to develop and build as many ventilators as possible for the NHS and beyond. To assist in meeting this challenge McLaren Racing has enlisted the expertise and cutting tool technology on offer from Ceratizit UK & Ireland.

The consortium has been awarded a significant order to produce 10,000+ ventilators, made up of two models currently manufactured by Smiths Medical of Luton and Oxfordshire-based Penlon. As part of the supply chain, Ceratizit UK & Ireland is being called upon to step-up and support this endeavour.

The company had already announced a series of measures to support these activities and was happy to contribute when approached by McLaren Racing. Initial tooling requirements have been from the Ceratizit drilling range, with high performance drills provided to produce accurate holes, up to 16 x D in both aluminium and steel. These have been supported with technical input from Ceratizit’s industry solutions engineer Michael May and technical sales engineer Bob Thompson.

“McLaren Racing is one of several customers that we have been working with on the ventilator initiative, where we are able to help by ensuring they have the right tools when they need them, along with support and expertise we can provide,” Michael May commented.

“While the initial requirement was for drilling tools, we have made many recommendations across a series of approximately 15 components to help improve production of these vital parts. The situation is one that is constantly changing; we will be supplying whatever is required, such as our AluLine end mills, PCR-AL plunge milling cutters, CCR-AL CircularLine end mills, alongside the WTX-AL and WTX-Ti drills.”

Ceratizit UK & Ireland is happy to report an excellent response to its offer to any company manufacturing ventilators and associated components in support of the fight against Coronavirus. “We are in a position to provide what help we can and also assist in raising the awareness of VentilatorChallengeUK, highlighting the magnificent work that is being done to support the frontline healthcare professionals who are doing a magnificent job in such difficult times,” Bob Thompson added.

The Ceratizit UK & Ireland offering comprises: 

• Full technical support with additional support from projects team and applications team
• Free test tools for cutting trials on ventilator projects
• Priority handling of orders
• Free delivery no matter what the value of order is
• 70% Discount on tools used in the manufacture of ventilators until 31st August 2020
• 180 days for returns instead of the usual 30 days to allow for freedom of ordering different tools

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