Hampshire-based BEC Group has responded rapidly to help manufacturers combat the coronavirus epidemic, designing and manufacturing essential tooling to make personal protective equipment (PPE) destined for health workers on the frontline. Approached by two British companies in the last few weeks, BEC have quickly applied its design, tooling and moulding capabilities to critical PPE production.
BEC’s marketing manager Clare Elvy said: “The scale of this pandemic has weighed heavily on us all and as experienced UK manufacturers we were keen to step up. So, when we were approached by Capit to engineer their clip-on visor shields, and by Protecting Heroes to assist them in the large scale manufacture of NHS protective face shields, we didn’t hesitate.”
Working closely with Capit on the tooling for their protective visor system, ensuring its suitability for mass production in a short time frame, BEC have been working round the clock taking the project from idea to final drawings in a matter of hours, and first-off samples delivered in days.
Simultaneously, BEC Group has been working with Protecting Heroes, conducting rapid and efficient design for manufacture, tool manufacture and material selection, with prototypes tested by the critical care team at the Royal London Hospital, and wasting little time getting into production.