Experience

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  Kern International

  • Design and Development Engineer

    • Jan 2010 - Sep 2015

    Involved with the development of Production High Speed Mail Insertion Equipment for the direct mail industry. Spearheaded design methodology infrastructure including materials selection, preferred practices and bearing selection. Devised improved bearing mounting scheme to reduce manufacturing c...

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  The Timken Company

  • Canton, Ohio

  • Principal Application Engineer

    • 2002 - 2009
    • Canton, Ohio

    Spearheaded design operations for multi-million dollar general industry, wind energy, and oil and gas projects using application analysis tools, analytic mathematical modeling, and bearing design programs. Consistently focused on cost reduction, quality control, and design improvements, meeting p...

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  The Timken Company

  • United States
  • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Senior Development Engineer

    • 1990 - 2001

    Performed the mechanical design and optimization of multiple precision products including automated assembly machines and multi-station machines, workpiece centering mechanisms, and testing machinery. Authored design, operation, and maintenance manuals for complex projects and products.o Mechanical design of an automatic assembly machine with custom designed dual arm servo robotic material handling for the insertion of anti-lock control cables into packed wheel bearing assemblies, and DOM manual. (2) machines in continuous operation since 2001 without significant downtime. Also produced Excel based tool calcs to automate tool design for new part nos., and used them to design the first (8) tool sets. Machine cycle time proved to be 20% faster than expected which saved production time and $. o Mechanical design of a 2-station raceway tape / stone superfinish machine with precision hydrostatic oscillator and a unique new design tape feed mechanism, and DOM manual. First (2) machines in continuous service since 1995. Plant very pleased with robustness of the machine and ordered (6) more machines for (8) machines total. Except for a controls upgrade, no redesign has been required.o Automatic Workpiece Centering mechanism: mechanical design/ electrical controls design/ Delta Tau Data Systems PMAC multi-axis DSP motion control single board computer programming/ and Discrete Fourier Transform mathematical theory derivation and summary Research Report. Control software ported to another custom in-house automated gage, with successful operation since 1992.o Design optimization of a Large Automated Quench Press, including cost analyses, co-ordination of contractors and electricians. Also performed thermal/ fluid mechanical analysis and final comprehensive project DOM manual.

  • Design Engineer

    • 1984 - 1990

  • Engineer

    • 1982 - 1984

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  Firestone Tire & Rubber, Steel Products Div...

  • Akron, Ohio

  • Engineer

    • 1977 - 1979
    • Akron, Ohio