Welcome to bd3T

Patrick Eaton trading as bd3T has proven capabilities to commercialise research. These activities have helped businesses to develop, either as aspiring engineering companies seeking to update and advance their products or research technologists seeking a market for their inventions and discoveries. By taking advantage of emerging technology breakthroughs and transferring them into high margin sectors an innovative transfer process takes place that benefits business development activities, in short … business development Through Technology Transfer, bd3T

"Patrick has an extensive view and appreciation of UK engineering research projects and how these new techniques apply in different circumstances. He is always looking for alternative methods to solve problems and ways that companies can work together to benefit from best engineering research." Mike Reilly, MD, Weiss Gallenkamp

Enabling technologies in manufacturing applications are a passion of bd3T, so that the boundaries of what is achievable are stretched. Technology applications include

• New Product Developments have arisen from commercialised research and emerging technologies. First orders won by bd3T for a research spin-out company were achieved through
  • the establishment of relations with multinational customers
  • the co-ordination of Supply Chains and across various industrial sectors
  • validation and product quality approvals and Quality Management System (QMS) compliance
• Collaborative developments in Advanced Manufacturing have improved throughputs and production efficiencies via engagement activities organised by bd3T.
• Creativity in design led to the
  • origination of an MNT Awareness pack for the Dti’s MNT Network.
  • development of an automatic vegetable processing machine provided practical outcomes from creative ideas and resulted in 800 food miles saved by a team project managed by bd3T including mixed cultural technologies and interests.
  • use of TRIZ as a problem solving tool and breakthroughs in design.
• Creativity techniques leading to business opportunities to exploit predictable trends of product, process and service evolution.
  
  

bd3T assist supply chains to gain strength from joint business developments and the successful adoption of inventions and ideas. The resources required to achieve this can often be supported by regional and national initiatives and bd3T has source access to these opportunities as an approved consultant with Business Link.
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