Indian firm Raghu Vamsi Aerospace Group develops economical ventilators using aluminium plates

Raghu Vamsi Aerospace Group, based in Hyderabad, India, has been manufacturing aerospace parts and sub-assembly components. The firm has developed a fully functional advanced portable ventilator — ‘Telangana Economical Ventilator-TEV 100’.

The group companies Raghu Vamsi Aerospace, Sigma Micro Systems and Comprotech, an Adani and Raghu Vamsi joint venture have jointly developed the ventilator.

Vamsi Vikas Ganesula, MD, Raghu Vamsi Aerospace Group, said: It took 10 days to design, test and manufacture the ventilators.”

The design was examined with the Research & Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH) and was approved by the US FDA. The team after discussing with the doctors who were treating COVID-19 patients in the USA and UK, they decided to add advanced features.

The group used all the available materials in its facilities such as aluminium plates for the body, stainless steel for gears and panel, composite for arms and electrical items for movement to manufacture it quickly and at the lowest cost. The metal machined parts, assembly and testing were done at Raghu Vamsi Aerospace, composite moulding in comprotech and electronics in Sigma Micro Systems. All the three facilities are located at Hardware Park near Hyderabad International Airport.

The MD said: “We tried to keep it as economical as possible so that we can manufacture the ventilators in large volumes. As of now, we can make 2,500 units per month at full capacity. We would like to further take the support from the State government for creating supply chain.”

The company has also developed face shields that cover the full face and it will be delivered to the frontline workers like police, doctors and other healthcare staffs.