Author Topic: Ford using F-150 parts to design respirators for coronavirus fight  (Read 385 times)

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Offline EdinVA

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The new device incorporates a fan normally used to for ventilated F-150 seats, 3M HEPA filters and power tool batteries for portability. Ford is looking into the feasibility of manufacturing them at an initial rate of 1,000 units per month at the Advanced Manufacturing Center, where it currently 3D-prints brake parts for the Mustang Shelby GT500, with plans to quickly expand production beyond that number.
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Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford told "Today," “We’re doing it on our own. Obviously the White House has put a call out for companies to help but, frankly, we were doing this, getting all this in motion before that. We're so happy to help and we're going to do absolutely everything we can...We haven't talked to anybody about any kind of reimbursement or anything like that."

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/ford-f-150-respirators-coronavirus

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Re: Ford using F-150 parts to design respirators for coronavirus fight
« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2020, 04:37:12 pm »
Great to see Ford (The company that didn't take Obama handouts) step up like this.
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