Dale Jones | Consultant Product Design Mechanical Engineer

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Kinneir Dufort

Dale Jones

Company Name: Kinneir Dufort

Website: http://www.kinneirdufort.com/

Job Title: Mechanical Design Engineer (Contract)

Dates: November 2013 - August 2014

Location: Bristol, UK.

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"Kinneir Dufort is an award-winning integrated research, innovation, design and product development company with over 30 years’ experience helping companies discover, create, develop and realise tangible new products, brands and experiences. 

We operate globally across many different sectors with some of the world’s largest brands and corporations, as well as SMEs and start ups, creating winning solutions in healthcare, consumer, business-to-business, defence and security.  We have a multi-disciplined team with ISO 9001 and 13845 accreditation, allowing us to work at the forefront  global medical device development.

Combining user-understanding with technical know-how, the expertise areas we offer encompass research, creative innovation, strategic branding, product design and development, prototyping, electronics & software and low volume manufacture."

Source: http://www.kinneirdufort.com/about

Working on site at both their Host Street office and Tech Centre in the north of Bristol I had the pleasure of working with some of the companies most talented designers and engineers, on a revolutionary smoking cessation portable electronic device for a global healthcare and medical devices company. 

My role involved support of the product development process by providing the team with analytical data to back up the design and engineering decisions, including but not limited to;

  • Stress analysis of mechanical assemblies including non-linear spring & catch components.

  • Thermal analysis of composite micro heating element for maximum performance & efficiency.

  • Fluid flow analysis of multiple device configurations focusing on internal pressure for operation & optimal drug delivery.

  • Conjugate heat transfer analysis of multiple device configurations reducing design, build & test cycles leading on to PK (pharmacokinetics) study.

  • Development of test and validation system capable of quantifying the performance of microfluidic dosing mechanism.

  • Design and prototype LED optics suitable for injection moulding in line with industrial design concepts.

  • Performance testing of drug delivery system to meet vapor droplet specification.