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Expert in High Performance Gear Design
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert is an expert with over twenty-five years of experience in research, development, and design of mechanical motion and power transmission. He is the developer of a gear design method and software. This method allows him to significantly maximize gear transmission technical and market performance including: increased load capacity; reduced size and weight; higher efficiency; lower noise and vibration; increased reliability and lifetime; reduced cost, and more. Expert is the author of a unique methodology for the design of gears with asymmetric tooth profiles that provides additional performance enhancement for gear drives with unidirectional load transmission. He applies the Finite Element Method (FEM) for stress analysis of gears resulting in accurate bending and contact stress definition for load sharing calculations.
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Expert is involved in the design of many types of gears, including external, internal, rack and pinion, spur, helical, bevel, face, worm, other involute gear drives. He provides optimal solutions for complex multi-stage gear systems such as planetary, orbital, and differential drives and their combinations.
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A significant portion of Expert's work involves plastic molded and powder metal gear transmissions. He is one of developers of the molding solution method of the mold cavity profile definition for plastic and metal injection molding, and powder metal processing of the gears and other precision parts.
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Expert has completed dozens of successful gearing arrangement projects in the following areas: aerospace, agriculture, automotive, aviation, consumer products, defense, food processing, medical instruments and equipment, printing machines, small engines, tool industry and many others. A fundamental part of his service is providing cost reduction solutions for existing gear drives. Some of these projects resulted in a 30 to 70% cost reduction in comparison with the initial design. He is the author of a number of technical publications and patents in this area.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Saint Paul, Minnesota;
Rochester, Minnesota;
Burnsville, Minnesota;
Saint Cloud, Minnesota;
Eden Prairie, Minnesota;
Minnetonka, Minnesota;
and Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
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1984
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Ph.D.
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Mechanical Engineering
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Moscow Technical University
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1976
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Master Degree
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Mechanical Engineering
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Moscow Aviation Institute
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2003 to
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(Expert's Firm)
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President
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Expert is owner of the company and does gear design, marketing, sales, subcontracting other services, and more.
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2001 to 2003
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K Gears, Inc.
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Principal Engineer
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He designed gears.
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1996 to 2001
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Graco, Inc.
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Senior Engineer
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Expert performed gear design.
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1994 to 1996
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Kurt Manufacturing, Inc.
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Design Engineer
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He performed gear design.
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1976 to 1993
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CIAM, Moscow, Russia
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Senior Recearch Scientist
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He was involved in gear design, research and development, and management.
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Associations/Societies
Although not a formal member of AGMA and SME, Expert is closely affiliated with both organizations. He was a speaker at an AGMA technical meeting, published one paper with AGMA. He is actively attending the AGMA's Aerospace and Plastic gearing committee meetings. He was a speaker at an SME conference last year and published one paper with SME. He is also building his relationship with SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers).
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Awards/Recognition
He was awarded a silver medal for his design of a gearbox with asymmetric teeth for the TV7-117S turbo-prop engine for the Ilyushin-114 airplane at a U.S.S.R. State exhibition.
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Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has 14 publications and seven patents in gear design.
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Application of his gear design method for the Sikorsky Corporation allowed Expert to reduce the maximum bending stress of high performance helicopter gears by 10-15%.
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In an engagement with the AeroVironment Company, he developed gear actuators for miniature surveillance aircraft which resulted in significant size and cost reduction, and higher reliability.
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As a result of Expert's consulting for the John Deere Company's Seeding Group, old style metal chain drives were replaced by direct-designed crossed helical plastic gear drives allowing increased reliability and safety, and reduced cost.
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In a consulting engagement for Pacifica Group Technologies Propriety Limited, Australia, he developed an extremely compact and inexpensive planetary gearbox for automotive electronic brake system.
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Expert's redesign of the cam for General Mills' yogurt filling machine allowed them to increase the machine's productivity by 65%.
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Recent Client Requests:
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Expert in Power Transmission Services.
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Expert for consulting on on a new differential design project.
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Gear expert for consulting on Rack and pinion system.
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Expert in small plastic gear box design for consulting on current design prior to multicavitation tooling launch.
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Gear design expert for consulting on gear design for large wind turbine.
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Aerodynamics expert for consulting on inserter binding application for magazine production.
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Expert in Activateable Adhesive.
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Expert in worm gear design for consulting on troubleshooting swing drive gearbox on boom applications.
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Worm gear design expert for consulting on design of worm gear set.
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Expert in mechanical engineering for consulting on fire risk product analysis.
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1976 to 1994
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Russia
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Expert lived in Russia and was involved in design, research, and development of gear transmissions for a number of jet engines and aircrafts.
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2003 to
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Australia
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He is consulting for Pacifica Group Technologies Pty. Ltd., Australia, working on the development of a series of gearboxes for automotive electronic brake systems.
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Russian
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Expert is fluent in Russian, his native language.
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