38. Bandages

This video shows how the bandages are made. With 1800 m. roll it can be done 1.8 million small bandages or 300,000 large bandages. A thin coating of glue is applied to one surface of the bandage. Then it goes into the oven which is heated to 49C it makes holes in the glue coating. Then they are cut into strips in different sizes. Then they have another roll of fabric the sharpened blades cut the fabric. These strips are ready to apply on the bandages. The bandages are wrapped so this protect the bandages. They make packaging it can be 300-1500 bandages in a minute. Cushion strips position in the center of ets bandages. They will be sterilized at the end of the fabric process. Roboting arms take the bandages between two wrapping papers. It can wrap 300 in a minute. Some bandages go several machines to be packed. The machines make holes which contribute air circulation and they also promote healing. They are sterilized 10,000 at a time. They are automatically counted and falls into the packaging box. In whole year they make 4 billion bandages in 65 different tyoes. The number of production in product and type of bandages was the most interesting point.