From the first charter flight for Wuhan Taiwanese businessmen returning to Taiwan, the disinfection of shuttle vehicles for the Diamond Princess passengers returning to Taiwan, to the increasingly severe pandemic situation, the MDS-106 Lightweight Disinfector has become a crucial weapon for the execution of disinfection tasks by Governments.

The government tasked with rapidly eliminating chemical warfare agents and toxic chemicals in war-torn nuclear and biochemical pollution areas, as well as enhancing disinfection, epidemic prevention, and decontamination capabilities in disaster-stricken areas during peacetime, commissioned the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology to undertake this project. MiTAC was invited to collaborate on the research and production of the "Lightweight Disinfector." A total of 598 units were procured over four years, from 2017 to 2019.

The MDS-106 Lightweight Disinfector features six main functions: high-pressure cold water, high-pressure hot water, 120-degree steam, 170-degree steam, siphon-type chemical spraying, and personnel bathing. Its major highlight is the ability to separate and operate the high-pressure and high-temperature devices. In other words, by using the high-pressure module alone, it can utilize high-pressure cold water. Compared to the past, where four people needed to transport the entire dual-module apparatus, this significantly reduces the loading volume and weight, enhances mobility, and meets the specific geographic and disaster response needs of Taiwan. This makes it a rare product in the market.

Dr. Lu Mingchu, the project's principal investigator and Senior Director of MiTAC, mentioned that the high-temperature boiler and high-pressure engine of the MDS-106 are placed in two specially designed independent shells. With features like a foldable handle, wheels, and buckles, it can be easily and securely placed on a Humvee. The water and electrical circuits are redesigned, allowing the pipelines to be connected or separated, providing greater flexibility in use. The curved spray gun can be used to spray in specific directions, such as the chassis of a vehicle, and can withstand strong alkaline substances when filled with decontamination agents. In standby mode, the water pressure of the lightweight disinfector is below 40 BAR, and it must automatically stop spraying and allow the pipeline water to flow back. Modifying this requires high technical difficulty and, as a result, consumed a considerable amount of time in research and development testing. The MiTAC team, leveraging their extensive retrofitting experience and professional integration, successfully overcome these challenges one by one.

Sammy Chiu, President of MiTAC Advance, expressed that MiTAC is committed to specialized equipment and modification projects, including satellite vehicles, microwave vehicles, wireless communication vehicles, command vehicles, network management vehicles, tactical navigation vehicles, and nuclear, biological, and chemical detection vehicles. With over 10 years of development experience and professional knowledge, the modification of the lightweight disinfectant, including its mobility, vehicle volume, and weight distribution, was meticulously simulated and calculated before being researched and developed.

This project aims to equip the national military with preparedness weapons, making epidemic prevention work more efficient. Simultaneously, it enhances the technical capabilities of the MiTAC team. The recently completed MiTAC Longtan Factory will also take on the maintenance and repair work for the MDS-106. In the future, MiTAC will continue to focus on research and development of the lightweight disinfectant with the goals of reducing volume and weight while improving the durability of components.