CSIR-NAL develops personal protective suit to combat COVID-19

Bengaluru, Apt 17 () CSIR-National AerospaceLaboratories here along with MAF Clothing Private Limited hasdeveloped and certified polyproplylene spun laminatedmulti-layered non-woven fabric based Coverall to ensure thesafety of doctors, nurses, paramedical staff and health careworkers who are working round the clock to fight COVID-19.

CSIR-NAL and MAF, Bengaluru have plans to augment theproduction capacity to about 30000 units per day within fourweeks time, the CSIR-NAL said in a statement.

"The major advantages of these coveralls are thatthey are highly competitive in price as compared to othermanufacturers and the import content is negligible," JitendraJ Jadhav, Director, CSIR-NAL was quoted as saying.

He also stated that the South India Textile ResearchAssociation (SITRA) team worked round the clock for thisnational cause by accelerating the testing process.

"CSIR-NAL team lead by Dr Harish C Barshilia, ChiefScientist, Dr Hemant Kumar Shukla, M J Viju of MAF have formedquickly the solution to this problem by identifying suitableindigenous materials and innovative manufacturing processes,"the press release stated.

The coveralls have gone through stringent testing atSITRA, Coimbatore and have been qualified for use. GMS BNWELCOME BNWELCOME