Primary Expertise Areas:
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abusive environment plastic gear expert
annular gear expert
backlash expert
computer numeric controlled wire electrical-discharge machining expert
computer numerical control expert
computer numerically controlled machine expert
computer-aided design and manufacturing expert
eccentric gear expert
gear expert
gear application expert
gear design expert
gear error expert
gear failure analysis expert
gear grinding expert
gear inspection expert
gear machining expert
gear manufacturing method expert
helical gear expert
helical gear design expert
internal gear expert
involute gear tooth expert
mold cavity design expert
molding device expert
planetary gear expert
plastic gear expert
plastic gear design expert
plastics inspection expert
powdered metal gear expert
powdered metal gear design expert
reduction gear expert
ring gear expert
spur gear expert
spur gear design expert
step-up gear expert
transmission gear expert
worm gear expert
worm gear design expert
mold maker expert |
PLASTIC AND POWDER METAL GEARS; HELICAL GEAR. The core of the expert's professional work has been in the design, testing, inspection, molding, and material selection for plastic and pressed metal gears. This includes mold cavity design, vendor selection, and quality control. He works primarily with spur and worm gears, but also designs and produces helical and bevel gears and splines. He can provide complete technical support of powder metal gearing from design through production, as well as plastic gearing. GENERAL GEAR DESIGN. A significant portion of his career has been in high reduction fine-pitch gear systems, including compound gears, worm drives, planetaries, and harmonic drives. His design focus includes low-cost, high-power, efficiency, low-noise, and high-accuracy gears. MOLD CAVITIES; COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL (CNC) AND WIRE ELECTRON DISCHARGE MACHINING (EDM) CUTTING PATHS. He develops efficient tool and wire cutting paths using successive arc approximations of polynomial curves. These curves can be anything from involutes and trochoids to a specialized cam shape or digitized curve. He also can mathematically generate arc approximations accurate to .000020 inches. PLASTIC GEAR INSPECTION; GEAR ERROR; GEAR FAILURE ANALYSIS. A fundamental part of the expert's service is providing specific inspection of plastic gears for shrinkage, involute form, warpage, eccentricity, and accuracy. He also provides specialized master gears for roll testing against plastic, and can do the roll testing himself at his own facility. Currently, his company has exclusive capability to directly measure shrinkage and related errors in plastic gears. The company also has a scanning coordinate measuring machine. PLASTIC GEAR DESIGN. A significant portion of his work involves plastic gears and transmissions. He designs, tests, and inspects transmissions and components for functionally related requirements such as low noise, high power, low cost, high tolerance, and rotational accuracy. From design through production tooling, he supervises and directs the development of plastic gear. He has all the necessary inspection equipment to analyze plastic and steel gears and gear mold cavities. COMPUTER-AIDED GEAR DESIGN, INSPECTION, AND TESTING. He has developed a new software approach to gear design that he uses in his own designs. The software he designed controls his scanning profilometer. He designs and builds PC-controlled data acquisition test equipment for customer's applications. PLASTIC GEARS FOR ABUSIVE ENVIRONMENTS. He offers a fundamental designing of transmissions expected to survive environmentally harsh conditions. He is familiar with the materials, geometry, and tolerances essential to withstand harsh design requirements. GEAR GRINDING AND DRESSING. He has developed curve-fitting algorithms to guide NC grinders and wire EDMs in cutting gears and cams. GEAR ROLL TESTING. His company designs unique master gears specifically to inspect gears for plastic gear roll testing. They own roll testing equipment and will perform these tests for clients and customers. GEAR INSPECTION. He owns a gear roll tester and some master gears as well as precision profile scanning involute inspection equipment. He routinely inspects plastic gears for both form and shrinkage.
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coordinate measuring machine expert |
He has developed specific measurement capabilities to inspect molded plastic gears for accuracy and shrink. |
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crossed helical gear expert |
He has designed numerous crossed axis helical gears. |
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crossed helical gear design expert |
He has designed and produced numerous crossed axis helical gears. |
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design for cost expert |
All molded plastic gears must be designed for cost. |
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design for environment expert |
All molded plastic gears must be designed for the expected environment. |
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design-for-quality expert |
All molded plastic gears must be designed for quality. |
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gear drive expert |
He has designed numerous molded gear drives. |
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gear noise expert |
He has developed numerous quieter transmissions through design and material selection. |
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gear train expert |
He has designed numerous gear trains. |
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gear wear expert |
He has researched and developed methods for reducing molded gear wear. |
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gearing arrangement expert |
He has developed many alternate arrangements for molded gear transmissions. |
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geometry expert |
He has developed new methods for designing involute geometry of gears. |
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injection mold expert |
He has injection molded gears for many years. |
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injection mold design expert |
He has developed injection molding routines and specified appropriate equipment for molding gears. |
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injection molded plastic expert |
He has injection molded many plastic gears. |
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injection molding expert |
He has injection molded many plastic gears |
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inspection expert |
He has developed unique inspection techniques for molded plastic gears. |
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mechanical power transmission expert |
He has developed many molded gears for power transmissions. |
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metrology expert |
He has developed precision metrology for molded plastic gears. |
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molded component expert |
He has developed and produced many molded gear components. |
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molding expert |
He has developed many mold processes for precision gears. |
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pinion expert |
He has designed and produced many pinions. |
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plastic molding expert |
He considers plastic molding to be one of his specific specialties. |
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plastic specification expert |
He has developed unique control specifications for molded gears. |
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plastic stability expert |
He has researched plastic stability with regards to molded gearing. |
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plastics quality control expert |
He considers one of his particular specialties to be in achieving the best quality control for molded gearing. |
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plastics thermal expansion expert |
All plastic molded gears must be designed with thermal expansion in mind. |
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polymer selection expert |
Polymer selection is critical in molded gearing. |
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precision gear manufacturing expert |
He has developed precision manufacturing capability for molded gears. |
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profilometry expert |
He has developed unique inspection profilometry for molded gears. |
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quality control expert |
He has developed a unique quality control system for molded gears. |
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rack expert |
He has designed numerous racks. |
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rack and pinion expert |
He has designed numerous racks and pinions |
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thermoplastic material expert |
He routinely designs and specifies thermoplastic materials. |
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wire electrical-discharge machining expert |
He has extensively used and developed wire EDM paths for molded gear cavities. |
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Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Saint Paul, Minnesota; Duluth, Minnesota; Burnsville, Minnesota; Saint Cloud, Minnesota; Eden Prairie, Minnesota; Minnetonka, Minnesota; and Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
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