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Cummins, DuPont Supplying Critical Material for N95 Respirator Masks

The first masks featuring the filter technology are being used as part of a project to supply masks to Minnesota’s M Health Fairview network.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the globe, Cummins Inc. and DuPont are helping address the nation’s shortage of N95 respirator masks.    Cummins’ NanoNet and NanoForce Media technology, which uses DuPont’s Hybrid Membrane Technology (HMT), can typically be found in air, fuel and lube filtration products used in heavy-duty diesel engines to prevent long-term engine wear, but also can be used in the N95 respirator masks worn by healthcare professionals to filter harmful airborne partic...

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