Our 3D printer has been put to good use over the past week in the creation of ear savers for surgical masks worn by NHS staff at St Mary's Children's Hospital in Manchester.
An ear saver is worn at the back of the head and provides pressure relief for the surgical mask wearers' ears; elastic can often rub if worn for long periods causing discomfort and requiring constant adjustment. The use of the ear saver also aims to improve mask fitting.
We created a custom lightweight ergonomic design that can be easily 3D printed in large numbers, and so far we have supplied over 150.
We hope our very small contribution helps and we would like to share our appreciation for everyone working for the NHS at this challenging time.
If you have 3D printing capacity and would like to use our latest design then please get in touch.
New Starter - Toby Tyas
Toby is a new addition to Cerberus Nuclear but he has worked with us on many projects over the last few years in various roles. He is a valuable addition to Cerberus Nuclear's criticality safety team and brings with him a great deal of experience, particularly in decommissioning criticality safety, having delivered assessments for a number of high-profile decommissioning projects in the UK.
He is proficient in the use of MCNP and MONK for criticality safety and is a knowledgeable user of Visual Basic. Toby is also a skilled trainer and mentor, drawing on his experience from a previous career as a schoolteacher.
COVID-19 update
These past few weeks have been a strange time for all of us, we are adjusting to a new reality and in accordance with the government advice on social distancing, since last week we have all been working at home. We are pleased to report that everyone is well and our company and capabilities remain fully functioning, being unaffected by the physical separation.
During these uncertain times our priorities are clear:
maintaining the health and safety of our team and their families;
providing a smooth, reliable service for our clients.
We are thankfully currently on track with both of these. Our IT networks, communications infrastructure, computing capability and company culture was always set up to allow for flexible and remote working as the norm. If there are any small businesses that would like some help and advice with this, then please get in touch and we’d be more than happy to assist.
Hope you all stay safe out there! Best wishes from the Cerberus Nuclear team.
(Pete’s plant has been rescued from the office today)
New Starter - Peter Evans
Peter started with us back in November 2019 as a Principal Shielding Assessor. He brings with him a wealth of Sellafield Limited experience having worked there for the last 11 years, leading delivery of the shielding support for a number of key projects. He has hit the ground running at Cerberus, delivering assessments for a number of clients and has made valuable contributions to some of our in-house software development projects.
New Starter - Sam Hilton
It's been a busy few months at Cerberus. We're pleased to announce that Sam Hilton has recently* joined us as a graduate consultant, building on his university project experience of radiation shielding in fusion reactor design.
