Bosch puts fully automated mask-production lines into operation

Firm makes design plans for specialist production line available to other companies free of charge

Bosch puts fully automated mask-production lines into operation

In the fight against coronavirus, Bosch has now turned its hand to the fully automated production of face masks.

Dr. Volkmar Denner, chairman of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH, has launched the first special production line for face masks at the Bosch plant in Stuttgart-Feuerbach.

Dinner said: “Containing coronavirus is a challenge for society as a whole.

“By equipping our associates with masks we make ourselves, we are helping to relieve the burden on the market.

“Moreover, we are doing the groundwork that will enable us to safely resume operations and protect our associates.”

Following a coordinated ramp-up that will run until the end of June, the company will make over half a million masks a day on five production lines at four locations worldwide.

The lines were designed by Bosch’s special-purpose machinery unit.

Bosch is making the design plans available to interested companies free of charge.

Bosch has already received inquiries from over 30 companies regarding the designs of the special production line.Bosch designs a production line for face masks

In combination with other hygiene measures, face masks are an effective means of reducing the risk of new COVID-19 infections.

Developed by Bosch’s special-purpose machinery unit in just a few weeks, identical, fully automated production lines for face masks are now being set up at several company locations.

In addition to the lead plant for Industry 4.0 in Stuttgart-Feuerbach, where two lines are planned, mask production will be ramped up at the Bosch locations in Naganathapura, India, and Juárez, Mexico, in successive weeks.

A facility at the Rexroth plant in Erbach, Germany, will round off the manufacturing network. Overall, by the end of June, the production volume of the five lines is set to exceed ten million masks a month.

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