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MACHINE BUILDING

VENTILATORS GO MOBILE

DRIVES & CONTROL SYSTEMS

STOBER HAS COLLABORATED IN
THE DRIVE TO MAKE MORE
MOBILE VENTILATORS IN
RESPONSE TO THE COVID CRISIS

n a multi-company collaboration with student design
office FF Maschinen GmbH, mechanical
transmissions manufacturer Stober has supplied
Icomponents for use in the production of manually
operated mobile ventilators in the battle against
coronavirus. Following increased demand for ventilators,
managing director of FF Maschinen, Felix Theurer, had the
idea to expand the capability of mobile ventilators in such
a way that they can also be used for patients with corona-
related breathing difficulties.
In order to create a reliably functioning prototype from
a concept developed with various doctors and intensive
care physicians, Theurer turned to special machine
manufacturer SOGA Gallenbach. SOGA is a long standing-
customer and close partner of
Stober, who immediately
agreed to support this initiative.
Together with NAST
Automation, whose managing
director Dennis Nagel is a
former Stober employee, the
students of FF Maschinen
developed the technical
implementation. In just seven Stober CEO Patrick Stober sponsored Theurer and his team in a mechanical
days they created an easy-to- Stöber says: “It’s great engineering project by supplying electronic hardware and
operate ventilator device that to be part of this software.
uses Stober’s EZ302 excellent network and to Martin Preece, head of Stober Drives in the UK, adds:
synchronous servo motor in be able to make a small “We are living in exceptional times and we will do
combination with a SC6A062 drive controller, which contribution in these difficult times. We have increased everything we can as a company to help beat this
enables the ventilators to ‘breathe’. It meets all required our stock and are able to provide the required motors and global pandemic.”
ventilation modes and operates stably. drive controllers at any time.” In December last year, MORE INFORMATION: www.stober.co.uk