Could Dyson and Rolls Royce REALLY make ventilators to treat coronavirus victims? Experts warn converting production lines to build life-saving equipment will take ‘many months’

British manufacturing giants such as Dyson and JCB face months of arduous preparation before they can turn their hands to building ventilators. Experts warn the appeal of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for businesses to turn their factory production lines into ventilator conveyor belts may not be realistic. The firms may need to overhaul their entire supply chain and have to hastily train their staff to make and check the critical life-support devices. Today’s ventilators include a computer-electronic control system with valves, regulators, filters, oxygen and exhalation sensors, flow meters. Reports suggest that British companies may soon be ordered rather than asked to manufacture ventilators much like firms 80 years ago during the Second World War. Robert Harrison, a professor of engineering at Warwick Manufacturing Group, thinks that firms like JCB and Rolls Royce could, in theory, manufacture ventilators. Mr Harrison says sourcing the parts required would be difficult, while training staff to build and test the life-saving apparatus is also fraught with difficulties. ‘They have relevant skills and capabilities, but given that all the design and manufacturing related information could be supplied to them, getting the parts and the tooling to manufacture such a thing will be a significant… Read full this story

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