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“Innovation to Legacy Manufacturing”

Jennifer NockDecember 2009

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Engineering Product Design BSc HonsJuly 2007

May

2009

2.5 yrsJennifer Nock

Oct 2008 to

Oct 2010

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Agenda

1) About Becton Dickinson

2) Why KTP?

3) The KTP Project Aim

4) Progress & Achievements

5) Benefits

6) Conclusion

7) Question Time

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BD Plymouth

• Pre-analytical medical industry

• Manufacture a variety of evacuated blood collection systems – Vacutainer®

• Manufacture millions of units per week

• UK and European Market

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Plastic Tubes Injection Moulded

Additive added to tubes

Tubes evacuated & sealed with lids

Tubes Labelled

Tubes Packed & Sterilized

Tubes Dispatched Blood Sample Taken

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Why KTP?• Strong market position is maintained by

continuous production improvements

• Requirement to understand some specific manufacturing processes in order to improve them.

• BD lack experience and knowledge to fully understand these processes.

→These capabilities accessed through KTP

→Expertise and Resources from: School of Marine Science and Engineering

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The KTP Project Aim• To develop, embed and disseminate a culture of

applying technological innovation to advance manufacturing and efficiency improvements resulting in sophisticated production systems.

Projects Polymer Printing* CompleteAdditive Dispense In Progress

(*amendment from initial project plan)

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Polymer Printing Project Situation • Changes to manufacture of tubes could effect ability

to print on tubes.

Project Aim• Confirm business concerns. • Identify solution & develop solution to overcome

potential issue

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Tube Printing Project Progress Confirmed concerns

Business Case to Raise Capital

Ready for Implementation

New Surface Treatment Technology

Identified Potential Solutions

- Surface treatment best solution

Integration: Tube Handling Technology

Solution Costed

Completion Report

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Additive Dispense Project Situation • Additive to blood ratio critical!

• Require full understanding of process in order to improve them.

• Ultimate goal: Zero Defects

Project Aim• Understand Additive Dispense Process• Improve Additive Dispense Process

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Additive Dispense Project ProgressAdditive added to

tubes• Early stages of cause investigation

• Developing offline test rig– Further investigation– Evaluate possible solutions

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Exposure to operations of manufacturing plant & manufacturing issues faced by industry

Polymer Printing Research report

Potential case study for students

Raised awareness of surface treatment technologies

Benefits

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Formal training: KTP and BD

Improved skills: presentation, project management

Project Management Industrial Experience

New contacts in industry

Access to university test equipment

Additional resource to project engineering department

Specialist resource to assist with other projects

Solution to polymer printing

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Knowledge Transfer so far…

• Knowledge transfer limited due to project amendment.

• Knowledge base taken on more of a supportive role.

• Have been in the background assisting with ‘hot topic’ queries.

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Knowledge Transfer Future

• Knowledge base to be part of a team @ BD

• More involvement rather than just reporting to.

• Bring the University and BD together. • Culture change to BD with being able to

outsource information.

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Conclusion

• KTP & Projects Challenging• Improved skills • Developed a solution to safe guard

business activity. • Majority of benefits from next project• Focus is on Knowledge Transfer

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Acknowledgements

• Project Manager – Mandy Bowden

• Company Supervisor – Larry Stockman

• Academic Supervisors – Neill Hughes, and Dr Peter Dyson

• Colleagues at BD Plymouth

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Any Questions…?Plastic Tubes

Injection MouldedAdditive added to

tubesTubes evacuated &

sealed with lidsTubes Labelled

Tubes Packed & Sterilized

Tubes Dispatched Blood Sample Taken