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Press Release13 July 2020Siemens AGMunich
Siemens South Africa joins forces with the National Ventilator project community in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
The ventilators will be provided to state
hospitals who are in dire need due to the lack of unavailability of medical
equipment. The initial
requirement was for the design and manufacture of 10 000 ventilator
devices and 20 000 patient circuits during July and August.
“We are proud to have
been the technology partner on this project with CSIR to provide the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software support’’, explains Sabine Dall’Omo, Chief Executive Officer for Siemens (Southern and
Eastern Africa). Using a digital product life cycle
design methodology also ensures that the product can be manufactured in
multiple factories in the industry and in large volumes. We are currently collaborating
on a number of other initiatives simultaneously in response to help fight COVID-19. Beyond the company, we also consider it our duty to
act responsibly and to do our part to help and contribute to society.”
More than 8 million Rand has been made available by Siemens Digital Industries Software, which includes Teamcenter as well as Opcenter to manage the design and
engineering process to ensure regulatory requirements traceability according to
ISO13485. Siemens NX is employed for 3D Design of the device, fully integrated
and managed by Siemens Teamcenter.
Ralf Leinen, Senior Vice president
for Siemens Digital Industries (Southern and Eastern Africa) adds, “The Corona pandemic has accelerated the pace
of digitalization. Digital
and automated solutions will help ensure that companies can respond more
flexibly and faster to crisis situations and changing market demands. Globally, Digital Industries has opened the Siemens
Additive Manufacturing Network for hospitals and health organizations and provided the
Mendix development platform free of charge so customers can quickly and easily
develop apps without a programmer.”
The Software included components for systems engineering processes, computer aided design
tools, manufacturing execution tools as well as quality management solutions
that would ensure compliance to health product regulations for certification. Simera
was a key deployment partner to facilitate the process of technology rollout to
the wider National Ventilator Project consortium.
According to Martin Sanne, Executive Manager CSIR Future Production:
Manufacturing, “The clinical requirement from the National Ventilator Project
was for the rapid development and distributed production of a non-invasive
pre-intubation ventilation solution that could be used for most hospitalised
COVID-19 patients as part of government’s response plan to the pandemic.”
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