to meet the requirements of
existing and new customers,
with material available from
0.025mm (.001”) to 21mm
(.827”) in small batches or
medium/large volumes.
In addition to the projects
it is completing for ventilator
production, AWI’s wire
goes into electric heating
elements used for medical
plastic forming, in the
critical sterilisation of vital
medical equipment and in
portable power generators
at London’s Nightingale
hospital – the latter because
of its ability to perform
continuously at very high
temperatures.
Other customers still
placing orders are involved
in the detection of gases
for hospital incubators,
dental products and power
generation.
Mark concluded: “We
are very proud of the heroic
actions of frontline NHS,
social care staff and key
workers - this is our own
small way of supporting them
to help save lives.
“Our staff have been
fantastic and really
embraced our role as a key
manufacturer, adopting
the Government’s social
distancing policies whilst still
delivering wire that is going
to be used in increasing the
number of ventilators in the
UK and supporting other
crucial medical equipment.
“AWI is ‘at the source’ of
many first steps in creating
life-saving equipment and we
are committed to maintaining
this supply throughout the
pandemic.”
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“There’s a whole host of additional
services we offer to our customers from
our technical and metallurgical team,
who will talk through requirements,
material applications and the conditions
the end application will be used in”
crucial parts for use in lifesaving
equipment destined
for the groundbreaking
Nightingale Hospital in
London.
The company, which holds
more than 200 tonnes of EU/
DFARS compliant stock at any
one time, put its Emergency
Manufacturing Service (EMS)
into action to meet the urgent
requirements of a spring
maker that is supplying into
the VentilatorChallengeUK
Consortium to assist in
the ramp-up of Smiths and
Penlon Rapidly Manufactured
Ventilator Systems.
Interest has also come
from Australia, North America
and South Korea, with AWI
supplying urgent quantities of
custom-made Inconel spring
wire and 316LVM Stainless
Steel to spring makers.
“We work with over 5000
customers every year and we
knew a lot of them supplied
into critical sectors that
deliver essential services,”
explained Mark.
“The Covid-19 pandemic
has brought this sharply
into view and, over the last
few weeks, we have been
busy manufacturing a range
of wire for companies that
are playing a crucial role in
supporting the frontline, often
meeting extremely demanding
timelines in the process.”
He continued: “This
has included supplying a
customer that had to remake
springs destined for ventilator
production due to an untimely
power cut, whilst another
client made a 280-mile round
trip to collect the order from
us. In both cases, we did our
bit by making the wire in just
2 days.”
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