Ford and UAW fight Covid-19.
Ford Motor Company and the UAW are working with 3M, and GE Healthcare to produce Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PARP), ventilators, and face shields to meet the urgent demand of people facing the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ford plans on producing more than 100,000 face shields per week with 1,000 facemasks going into testing sometime this week.
The PARPs are made from F-150 cooled seat fans and 3M HEPA air filters, they use portable tool batteries that last 8 hours.
Ford and GE Healthcare are also expanding production on a simplified version of GE’s ventilators.
Ford’s collaboration not only lends its facilities but also its employees to fight the pandemic.Ford Motor Company and the UAW are collaborating with 3M, and GE Healthcare to fight the coronavirus by lending out their facilities and employees to help produce Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PARP), ventilators, and face shields.
The blue oval automaker plans on creating more than 100,000 face shields per week to assist medical professionals, factory workers and store clerks.
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