WCA September 2020

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Wire manufacturer helps with ventilator production

Mark Venables, managing director of Alloy Wire. “The COVID-19 pandemic has brought this sharply into view and ... we have been busy manufacturing a range of wire for companies that are playing a crucial role in supporting the frontline.” The company supplied wire to a customer who had to remake springs destined for ventilator production due to an untimely power cut, while another client made a 280-mile round trip to collect an order. AWI manufactures round, flat and profile wire, with its range featuring a number of medically suitable materials including Phynox, MP35N, stainless 316LVM, nickel 200 and 201 and Inconel. The company’s staff worked around the clock to meet the requirements of existing and new customers, with material available from 0.025 to 21mm (0.001" to 0.827") in small batches or medium/large volumes. In addition to the projects for ventilator production, AWI provided wire for electric heating elements used for medical plastic forming and for the critical sterilisation of vital equipment. Alloy Wire International www.alloywire.com

WIRE manufactured in the UK’s West Midlands is helping support the country’s unprecedented drive to build more medical ventilators. Alloy Wire International (AWI) was commissioned to produce more than 5 km of material to be used in the production of crucial parts for use in life-saving equipment destined for the Nightingale Hospital in London. The company, which holds more than 200 tonnes of EU/DFARS-compliant stock, put its Emergency Manufacturing Service (EMS) into action to meet the urgent requirements of a spring maker that was supplying into the VentilatorChallengeUK Consortium to assist in the ramp-up of Smiths and Penlon Rapidly Manufactured Ventilator Systems. Interest also came from North America and South Korea, with AWI supplying urgent quantities of custom-made Inconel spring wire and 316V stainless steel to a spring maker in Wisconsin and a major medical centre in Seoul, respectively. “We work with over 5,000 customers every year and we knew a lot of them supplied into critical sectors that deliver essential services,” explained

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❍ The AWI team helped with the effort to support the NHS

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