"The ventilators are operating to the maximum. It is believed that the equipment was overloaded"
IDK if something was lost in translation or non-technical writers, but this doesn't make sense. Ventilators don't "strain harder" or get overloaded by normal use. Their motors should be spec'd as continuous duty at maximum load and temperature. There might be a design flaw or shoddy construction at play, but the notion that they were "overloaded" doesn't make engineering sense.
the notion that they were "overloaded" doesn't make engineering sense.
Engineers and other knowledgeable people were not the target audience. This was intended for the "lay" person, and was an attempt to push blame away from the machine defects and to politics by inferring that high demand overwhelmed the machine.
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1264208/pg1
Russian-made ventilators catch fire, kill Covid-positive patients