Colleagues in analytical testing design, come and take a look

It seems there aren’t many peers in this community either

There are those who do analytical testing, but the design for such analytical testing is too complex; it’s not something that can be connected to what you’re working on

This post was last edited by qugd on 2017-8-27 20:49. Why is design in analysis and testing particularly important? Can analytical testing bring direct profits to the factory? Can analytical testing design enable enterprises to improve or enhance the level of their process operations? In engineering design, analytical and testing design is just one of the specialized fields; it belongs to the category of auxiliary services distinct from process production, electrical equipment, and automatic control. Most of the guidelines followed in this field are based on established standards and specifications, so there is little room for innovation or any particularly outstanding contributions. In engineering design projects, each specialty has its own particularities, but it cannot be said that analysis and testing are of paramount importance. Project design is a comprehensive whole, rather than one that emphasizes or highlights any single specialty. Unless you are better than anyone else at this specialty, and that specialty accounts for a very large proportion of the project’s costs. After about 10 years of thoroughly understanding and mastering all aspects related to design, configuration, standard methods, as well as laboratory construction and management in the field of analytical laboratory design, your career goals will naturally have been achieved.

Actually, I’m a bit confused; I want to know how to carry out proper analysis and laboratory design. Lately I’ve been looking into process-related aspects, but I’m not sure how to get started with process engineering

Work in research and development, in the fields of chemistry or instrumentation – it depends on your interests. It is not very suitable for manufacturing enterprises, as products have standard specifications and all that needs to be done is to follow those standards; even if there are analysis tasks to be carried out, they are still constrained by the conditions of the enterprise.

Thank you. I had considered working in a pharmaceutical company before, but after going through the interviews I realized that my educational background wasn’t sufficient; to work in research and development one needs a doctorate degree. So I ended up working at a design institute. It seems that with a master’s or bachelor’s degree, one is usually limited to working as an operator in pharmaceutical companies, and since a doctorate is required for R&D roles, I didn’t pursue that path.

Design firms are also fine; I’ve worked on three newly established companies, and in the designs provided, the laboratories were shown as just empty rooms without even utilities installed. When requests were made to make changes, the contractors put up all sorts of obstacles, resulting in shortcomings and regrets in the end. The person who posted this definitely has a good understanding of analysis methods and instruments; if they invested more effort in the design aspects (taking the kitchen as an example), their work would be very popular.

I want to ask why analytical testing is considered unimportant; if it’s not important, then why is it still necessary to conduct such tests? In contrast to us, **we simply do not place enough emphasis on analysis and testing; in some developed countries, the proportion of staff dedicated to such tasks in ordinary companies is nearly 20%, with at least 10% in many cases.** Without analytical testing, how can product quality be ensured, process levels improved, and what are the sources of data for optimizing process design? How can production be regulated without analytical testing? Is it just based on experience and intuition? How can innovation progress from repeated pilot tests without analytical testing to industrial application? The benefits generated by analytical testing are indirect and not immediately apparent; this does not mean that they bring no profit at all. If it really wasn’t important, as you say, then it could be eliminated. If every business leader holds such thoughts, then the competitiveness of our **products will only widen the gap with that of developed** countries.