IMD | COVID-19 SOLUTIONS

The manufacturing industry wasted no time in responding to the needs of the American people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Equipment and service providers are responding to their end-users needs to remain productive in this new landscape. Many have helped their clients in modifying production lines to build ventilators, and others have been working to adapt processes for current workforce limitations.

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SKY HOOK Provides Manufacturers with Immediate Lifting Solution for Social Distancing Requirements With this growing pandemic, companies all over the world are calling on their employees and vendors alike to innovate and develop new strategies and processes to maintain operations that deliver their vital products to the masses. The Sky Hook is the ergonomic lifting device many companies are reaching for as it provides a safe, single operator lifting solution to meet today’s health and safety needs. As a customizable, lightweight lifting device, the Sky Hook can be an essential component in this endeavor that offers a much-needed solution to a variety of applications spanning countless industries. “We are currently waiving our production expedite charges on both custom and standard units so customers can obtain the lifting solution that they need in a timely and efficient manner to keep up with their current production demand,” says Dusty White, Technical Sales Manager.

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ABB To Make Digital Services Available Free Of Charge To Help Customers Maintain Production In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, ABB is working to help customers and partners keep production lines going and to enable businesses to continue to function while many are working from home. Many companies can benefit from digital solutions that enable them to manage their production lines remotely and to keep robot systems running at optimal performance with less human interaction, particularly given the current need for social distancing and remote work. Digital tools can also be used to help customers continue to work and prepare for projects that will be ready to go as soon as everyone returns to the workplace. ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business will make key software services available free of charge to its customers until December 31st, 2020.

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Hexagon Supports Manufacturing Professionals Working From Home With Access To Its Smart Manufacturing Solution Portfolio Home working options will be provided for Hexagon’s production software and metrology software offerings, as well as the MSC Software range of CAE solutions, at least until June 30, 2020. Manufacturers running metrology equipment in factories can remotely monitor and analyze how key assets are performing for free with HxGN SFx | Asset Management. Users will also have access to additional online learning resources. “The purpose of our smart manufacturing solutions is to improve quality and productivity and this challenge is especially acute during this time of extensive home working” said Paolo Guglielmini, President of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division. “So, to support the industries we serve, we’re offering special access to our software and learning tools for both current customers and non-customers who can benefit from our technology.”

Monaghan Tooling Rushes Custom Ventilator Tooling Project Custom tooling requests are not unusual at Monaghan Tooling Group, and each gets special attention. They are all important, however, when it’s a life-or-death situation you tend to pull out all the stops. That’s exactly the situation that the MTG team faced when they received a request for a burnishing tool to produce a very fine micro-finish on a flat surface of a ventilator component. New England’s Butler Bros., a Monaghan distributor, had a customer that needed custom tooling to produce 2500 ventilator components a week by mid-April. The team turned the project around – from purchase order to signed approval print for custom tooling in 5 hours and 15 minutes. While that breakneck is not the norm, Monaghan and their Elliott Tool Technologies partners were committed to help speed the production of critical ventilators to COVID-19 patients nationwide.

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Tolomatic Develops Open-Source, Low-Cost Ventilator Actuation Prototypes For COVID-19 Patients

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Tolomatic’s solution is a new type of ventilator that operates using an electric linear actuator. These prototypes automate a non-invasive, positive-pressure resuscitator (also self-inflating bag, bag valve mask or ‘AMBU’ bag/Artificial Manual Breathing Unit). The device, used primarily in emergency situations when traditional ventilators are not available, provides oxygen to patients requiring breathing assistance. An assistant manually squeezes the bag to provide airflow via a combination of ambient air and an oxygen cylinder and connecting tube. Squeezing the bag manually is workable for short durations, but not viable for longer term care. Tolomatic’s approach is to automate this traditionally manual process using their electric linear actuators and insure patients would continue to get air for days or weeks.

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