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Expert in Machine Design, Media Feed Systems, Cutting Tools, Machine Shop Management, Ink-Jet Printers, etc.
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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automated machine design expert
automated machinery expert
automated manufacturing expert
design engineering expert
design for manufacturability expert
machine expert
machine design expert
machine design review expert
mechanical engineering expert
precision machine design expert
special machine design expert
mechanical device design expert |
Expert is a Mechanical Engineer who has designed machines for a couple of decades. Most of his efforts involved designing new concept machines that pushed the limits of existing knowledge. He has designed many types of machines from robots used to repair nuclear power plants to photolithography machines for the silicon chip manufacturing process. The machines ranged from one off to thousands. Some design tolerances were measured in millionths of an inch. Because Expert is a Journeyman Machinist, he automatically designs manufacturability into his work. As a Manufacturing Engineer, he has intimate knowledge of manufacturing and assembly plants and factory automation is a natural for him. His designs successfully competed against companies from all over the world including China. He designed one ton printers with ink jetting from a 20 pound carriage with thousands of nozzles located within one thousandth of and inch. The precision required for the position calculations was so great and because of the extreme thermal, vibration, and dynamic environment adjustments had to be designed into the machines. These adjustments were made using laser inferometers and microscopes. The engineering calculations were not useful because the solutions were hidden is the error range. He also developed vendors of parts including motors, manufactured parts and control boards. The group designed most of our control boards. He also worked with ink companies to develop formulations that are both jet able and provide the proper color balance. He designed the mechanical portion of an innovative prototype photolithography machine. He cannot go into much detail about this machine because it has not yet been introduced into the market. I believe the company is still waiting for the industry to develop the proper substrates. The critical platform of this machine was held stable within 3 thousandths of an inch while intense light flashes were firing constantly. Thermal system management was so critical that the machine had to be thermally tuned by adding mass to the structure. This machine required better than a class 10 environment so the machine was installed in its own portable clean room within the customers clean room. He designed robotic tools used to repair nuclear power plants. These tools had to be designed so they could be lowered by cables into the water through the small spaces of the shut down reactors. He cannot go into any more detail due to secrecy concerns. He managed the integration and design of modifications to military vehicles. He redesigned the Bradley Fighting Vehicles for manufacturability. As an Engineering Group Leader, He was required to add a missile launcher to an existing vehicle. He managed the project from that point through the presenting to the final drawing package to the Defense Department. He performed the concept design to nuclear harden an existing vehicle. As a Manufacturing Engineer, he was responsible for a portion of the introduction of the Bradley Fighting Vehicles into production. He was charged with the design for manufacturability of the vehicle hulls. He processed the 30 ton welded hulls through a 200 foot long five access milling machine. When he changed the design so the pieces fit, the mounting provisions for the hundreds of parts including the engine did not fit. It took a year to complete a tolerance study of the weldment and all the mounting provisions while at the same time making thousands of drawing changes and designing welding and machining fixtures. After the first 10 vehicles, the line was producing one vehicle every two months. The line was producing one vehicle every six hour a year later.
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assembly machine design expert
manufacturing automation expert
automated test equipment design expert
assembly machine expert
medical device manufacturing automation expert |
Expert has designed many types of assembly machines. He has used vibratory hoppers and custom orientation devises to positions parts. He has designed robots and pick and place tools as well as sourced them for assembly machines. He has worked on the mechanical design of robotic assembly lines and robotic work cells with multiple robots. Some of his projects prepared parts for the next operation, some packaged parts and some assembled final products. He designed automated equipment for many industries from computer media assembly machines to envelop sorters for the Post Office. He worked for a company ESD that consisted of many small teams that would design and build low volume automated machines for a wide variety of industries. He worked on the design for the first 3.5 inch floppy disk assembly machine which consisted of vibratory hoppers, air slides, PLC's and motors. He designed a class 10 clean room robotic cell that placed rigid disks into a sputtering machine. He also worked on the large envelop sorters that the Post Office uses today. These machines depended on proximity and contact sensors as well as teaching positions to computers. |
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heat-set ink expert
ink-jet printer expert
ink-jet printing expert
ink-jet printing ink expert
web handling system expert |
Expert developed many of the concepts and managed the development of industrial inkjet printers for 7 years. This was a new industry when he started. His machines are still in use today. The design of an inkjet machine is dependant on both the ink and the printing media to be used. He has experience in balancing these 3 items to develop the best system for the market demand. He has developed inks along with ink companies to maximize performance of his machines. He attended the IMI Inkjet Printing Development Conference Europe 2002. He knows most of the players in the industry and more importantly their abilities. He designed one of the first UV cured inkjet machines. He has worked with mostly solvent and UV inks. He has 3 patents related to the transportation and curing of inks. The three patents are listed below.
7,040,729 Systems, methods, and devices for controlling ink delivery to print heads
6,739,716 Systems and methods for curing a fluid
6,705,711 Methods, systems, and devices for controlling ink delivery to one or more prints heads His designs successfully competed against companies from all over the world including China. His manufacturing engineering and machinist background gave him the edge in designing these one ton printers. The ink on these machines is jetted from a 20 pound carriage with thousands of nozzles located within one thousandth of and inch. The precision required for the position calculations was so great and because of the extreme thermal, vibration, and dynamic environment adjustments had to be designed into the machines. These adjustments were made using laser inferometers and microscopes. The engineering calculations were not useful because the solutions were hidden is the error range. The carriage rides back and forth on 10 foot long rails while feeding 4x8 foot sheets of plastic or 6 foot wide rolls of vinyl through the machine. He also developed vendors of parts including motors, manufactured parts and control boards. The group designed most of our control boards. I also worked with ink companies to develop formulations that are both jet able and provide the proper color balance. One of Expert's most significant accomplishments in the inkjet industry was to design a media feed system that would transport rolls of media that weighed approximately 100 pounds through his web system. His system moves this larger media more accurately and faster than the competition. This system can easily be scaled up for larger rolls and faster speeds. Feed accuracy, roll size and speed are all important. Most printers sacrifice one or more of these factors. Many times companies will design machines that are very expensive to compensate for their design flaws. This media feed system was synchronize to the inkjet system using both servo and stepper motors. The media was stepped through the print zone accurately by media path adjustment and tension control. |
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machine shop expert
tool design expert
toolroom expert |
Expert was a Journeyman Machinist before he was a Mechanical Engineer. He has managed several machine shops as part of the engineering departments he was managing. As a Journeyman and later as a Manufacturing Engineer, he has designed, machined and sourced hundreds of cutting tools, fixtures and simple machines. He ran dozens of metal cutting and grinding machines making parts with tolerances down to 10 millionths of and inch. As a tool room machinist, he also learned most types of welding, heat treating and plating of metals. He had on site classes in GD&T, thermodynamics, tool design, time and motion study and many others for two years. Expert designed and patented a Movable Median Barrier for the Golden Gate Bridge. The patent name and number is "Movable Roadway Barrier – 4,632,598". This was done using what he learned as a Journeyman Machinist. This barrier moves automatically from lane to lane. This designed was later reviewed by San Jose State University and no improvements could be suggested. |
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machine shop management expert
machinery specialist expert |
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Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: San Jose, California; San Francisco, California; Sacramento, California; Oakland, California; Stockton, California; Fremont, California; Modesto, California; Salinas, California; Santa Rosa, California; and Hayward, California.
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1994
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Mechanical Engineering
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San Jose State University
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2006 to
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Emergency Substitute Teacher
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He is on call to teach all grades and classes when a last minute problem arises in a classroom.
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1997 to 2005
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Oce
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R&D Engineering Manager
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He managed the Engineering Department through the machine development cycle of new products. From concept through product launch, he managed mechanical electrical and firmware engineers in the design of complex industrial printers. He also managed the technicians, machinists and outside vendors.
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1995 to 1997
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Ultratech Stepper
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Senior Mechanical Engineer
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He designed a new concept photolithography machine.
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Associations/Societies
Eagle Scout & former Scout Commissioner • Social awareness-related volunteerism
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Licenses/Certifications
Journeyman Machinist • EIT
Bullet Proof Management Training
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Publications and Patents
He has 5 patents and 1 publication.
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As a member of the Intota consultant network,
Expert is a specialist who provides technical consulting to corporate, legal and government clients. Expert provides professional consulting as a Machine Design Consultant, Media Feed Systems Consultant, Cutting Tools Consultant, Machine Shop Management Consultant, Ink-Jet Printers Consultant, etc. Consultant. Expert may consult as an independent consultant or as a member of a consultancy, consulting company,
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He started at the beginning of the industrial digital inkjet printer industry in 1997. He knows all the players and a lot of their employees. He worked with most of the suppliers of inks, print heads and curing devises in the industry. He attended the worldwide conference on inks and curing devices in Amsterdam in 2000. He was a member of many competitor company buy out teams. He managed the design of some of the most competitive machines at the time.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection He has located hundreds of vendors and contractors related to the design and manufacture of the machines that he designs. He has hired engineers and technicians, and contracted engineering consultants, safety certification companies and prototype/production manufacturing companies.
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Other Skills and Services
I have a unique method of developing innovative concepts for successful machines. Most machines are minor improvements to existing equipment. He has years of success in designing machines that are totally new concepts. His ability to hire, manage and integrate employees into motivated teams is proven by success of the Oce machines he has launched. His ability to develop new concepts is proven in his patents.
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