Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Plastics People Technical skills continue to be in demand
Plastic people -or those persons associated with manufacturing utilising polymer plastics such as PET continue to be in demand in the medical device manufacturing industry.
Positions for catagories such as Moulding Engineer, Manufacturing Engineer, or Production Manager with knowledge of injection moulding are keenly saught after by companies such as KCI, Vistakon and Mergon as these professionals are at the heart of their R&D and CIP stratagies which require cutting edge technology and High Value Added Knowledge and expertise that place Ireland at the same levels of Quality and New Product Development as Singapore, Germany and the US.
Our only weakness it would seem is there just are not enough qualified engineers and managers with plastic knowledge- perhaps we need to stretch our educational resources further to meet the demands of this increasingly lucrative sector?
Tags: CIP, injection, Injection Moulding, KCI, Manufacturing Engineer, Medical Device Manufacturing, Mergon, Moulding, Moulding Engineer, PET, Plastic people, Polymer plastics, production manager, R&D, vistakon
Posted in Manufacturing Engineering, Medical Device Manufacture, Moulding | Comments Off
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Polymer applications appear to be limited only by our imagination
Polymer Engineering is one of the more exotic engineering disciplines which has expanded and developed a critical function within the medical device manufacturing sector in the past 15 years.
What is polymer engineering? Polymer Engineering is a field of engineering that deals with the analysis, design and modification of polymer materials and involves aspects of a variety of the pertochem industry including structure and characterisation as well as compounding, properties and processing of polymers and their applications.
These are then divide into thermoplastics and thermosets, the latter being consisting of resins and polyesters which can be used in composite materials which have applications in aerospace and automotive products etc.
Thermoplastics tend to have low density characteristics including transparencywhich makes them ideal for medical devices such as blood bags, syringes or contact lenses (PET or polypropylene).
Elastomers are ploymers with low tensile moduli and are excellent for vibration absorbtion and damping and have applications in areas of products such as Tyres.
Recruitment prospects then for polymer engineers are quiet good even despite the economic downturn as several industries have considerable demand in their manufacturing processes for polymer or process engineers who are key to the manufacture of advanced medical devices or automotive components or indeed for further scientific Research and Development.
Tags: aerospace, applications, automotive, compounding, elastomers, Injection Moulding, Manufacturing Engineer, materials engineer, Moulding, Moulding Engineer, PET, Plastics, polymer scientist, QA Engineer, Quality Manager, R&D, Research and Development, Syringe Manufacture, Thermoplastics, Tooling Engineer
Posted in Medical Science, Moulding, Polymer Processing | Comments Off
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Sonographer carrying out an Ultrasound
Welcome to Mysciencejobs where today we are looking at imaging technology as applied to the fields of medical science . In particular we will look at Radiology and ultrasonics, both similar but distinct branches of diagnostic medicine undertaken specifically by Radiologists and Sonographers.
Radiologists direct an array of imaging technologies such as (CT) computed tomography, (PET) Positron Emission Tomograph, Nuclear Medicine and (MRI) Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Radiology is amongst the most competitive branches of medicine with further advances in computer technology leading to rapid expansion in the field.
Sonographers are another specialist branch of diagnostic medical professionals who utilse ultrasound to diagnose various medical conditions though the use of ultrasonics by producing imaging via scans, 3D, and Video. Sonographers require an indepth understanding of ultrasound physics, cross sectional anatomy, physiology, pathology and communication skills.
Career opportunities for medical professionals in these fields have grown considerably in Ireland despite current economic conditions and as a result Irish recruitment agencies such as Jackie Brown Medical have found themselves in great demand from clients seeking both radiologists and sonographers.
Tags: 3D, career, computed tomography, computer technology, CT, daignostic medical professional, diagnose, Diagnostic Medicine, imaging, Imaging Technology, Irish recruitment agencies, Jackie Brown Medical, medical diagnostics, Medical Jobs, medicine, MRI, myscience, Mysciencejobs, Nuclear Medicine, patholgy, PET, physiology, positron emission tomograph, radiographer, radiologist, radiologists, recruitment agencies, scans, Sonographer, sonographers, sonography, technology, ultrasonics, ultrasound, ultrasound physics
Posted in Computer Science, Diagnostic Medicine, Imaging Technology | Comments Off
