Is it to the process design department of the design institute or the factory design department?
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Dear sea friends: I am a graduate student in chemical engineering; I worked in a manufacturing company for one year after completing my bachelor’s degree. I have just graduated with a master’s degree and started working at a design institute. I was wondering whether it is more promising to work in the process design department or in the factory design department? As far as I know, the tasks involved in factory design include the overall process design of the factory, feasibility studies, and energy efficiency reports; I’m not aware of any other tasks. I would appreciate everyone’s suggestions. Thank you.
People always ask this kind of question; the information you provide is simply not enough – what about the size of the design institute? What is the size of the factory design office? Benefits for design institutes, benefits for factory design departments? Generally speaking, I think the process engineering departments in design institutes are better, as after all, design institutes are specialized in design work. The factory design office doesn’t seem to be a proper place for carrying out design work. However, it needs to be considered separately: if the factory is large, has strong backing, and continues to expand, then a factory design department might be a good option.
Agree with what was said above; under equal conditions, it is recommended to give priority to design firms, Hel
For design work, design institutes come first, after all they are specialized in this field. Factories are often primarily focused on production, with design playing a secondary role. Better to be the leader of a flock of chickens than the tail of a phoenix – think it over carefully!
Well, that’s right; it’s better to go to the process department in the design institute. In a company, production is the most important, and all other departments exist to serve it. At least that’s what the leader thinks. . . . . .
It seems that based on the suggestions from those upstairs, the factory design department I’m referring to is also part of the design institute. What I’m comparing here is the development paths of the factory design departments and the process design departments within such design institutes. Factory design involves covering the entire production process; it covers a wide range of aspects, but doesn’t delve deeply into any single aspect, and there are many things that need to be coordinated. Process design, on the other hand, focuses on specific technical designs, requiring a high level of detail
It’s obvious that the people upstairs don’t understand what a factory design department is. In China, aside from larger design institutes, smaller ones do not have such departments. Generally, the factory designers in larger design institutes are former process engineers. As a factory designer, one should be very familiar with all the equipment in the plant, including the design of the supporting utility systems; they must be able to estimate the space required by each piece of equipment as well as understand the relationships between different devices. Therefore, only an experienced process designer can become a good plant designer.