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• Management, development, optimization and validation of new processes, including tests and feasibility studies execution for new products and technologies.• Project management: stages, objectives, tasks, schedule, resources, costs, and milestones.• Implementation of new methodologies, materials, equipments, and processes to bring concept to market, including essential product and process documentation.• Contact with customers and suppliers of equipment/materials in new projects.• Design and flow simulations to check parts design and processing conditions. Definition of appropriate design tolerances, functional dimensions, acceptance criteria and control plans.• Monitoring prototype and production injection moulds trials, ultrassonic welding tests and carrying out functional tests to approve product and process for industrialization.• Automation lines subcontracting: definition of product specifications, requirements and necessary control methods for the equipment to ensure good product performance.• Approval of automation line: preparation and execution of FAT and SAT processes.• Execution of validation plans, validation reports and verification of test methods based on customer and regulatory requirements for the product.• Qualification processes execution to define best product production conditions.• Participation as an exhibitor at Medica/Compamed trade fair: 2022 and 2023, Düsseldorf

"Development of an IV check valve with alternative materials to silicone for hospital medical sector."Product analysis:• Possible functionalities and application study areas;• Market analysis of existing check valves and their characteristics;• Market study: main competitors, existing patents and costs/consumptions estimation;• Product requirements/specifications definition;Raw Materials Analysis:• Silicone essential characteristics analysis for the considered application;• Analysis of alternative materials to silicone;• Materials selection to be tested on all valve components;Design:• Part project;• Valve components 3D drawing;• Parts critical dimensions and tolerances definition;Product simulation:• Parts filling simulation and critical points analysis;• Mechanical simulation of elastomeric part performance;Production tools design:• Participation/follow-up of valve components prototype molds execution;• Execution of an initial tool to aid valve assembly;• Dimensional control definition of the molding elements and product components;• Control plans definition and tools creation to aid parts dimensional/quality control during production;Injection trials:• Monitoring of prototype injection molds tests;• Quality and dimensional analysis of the injected parts in all tested materials;• Validation of injection molded parts for production;Validation tests:• Initial valve assembly tests analysis and process variables optimization;• ISO 8536-12 validation tests analysis;• Normative tests adaptation to the final product requirements;• Validation tests sampling and conditions definition;• Tests execution and results analysis;• Comparison between alternative material results and silicone results;

"Development and simulation of PVC components for hospital medical sector"• Study of PVC characteristics and degradation process variables definition, as well as its consequences in the final part under study;• Filling simulation analysis of a 32-cavity injection mold parts/feeding system;• Parts and feeding system critical points definition;• Study and analysis of suitable process conditions;• Analysis of new materials/stabilizers or new temperature-stable PVC grades;• Results comparison between filling simulations and real results after part processing, through first injection mold validation tests;• Improvement points definition in the part, imold feeding system, and raw materials used.

Polymer Engineering Students Core at Minho University

Polymer Engineering Students Core at Minho University