Ronald — Senior Mechanical Designer

Mechanical Design

38 years experience in creating cost efficient designs. Designed strength and durability test equipment for hydraulic automated fixtures, including front and rear suspension, rack and pinion, vibration, body torsion, Federal Motor Vehicke Safety Standard (FMVSS). Also, pneumatic automated equipment to test doors, hood, hatch, slide door, etc. Designed windshield wiper force/torsion angle test equipment. I have a US patent on a Pedestrian Head Impact test machine, US 8567230 B2. Designed test equipment and fixtures for Nissan's calibration test lab. Mechanical design concept, design layout, and detail drawings for robot welders, pick and place robots, end of arm tooling, part automation.

Experienced in Finite Element Analysis

38 years experience

Floor plan layout from material entering building to final product shipment.

Responsible for mechanical design concept, design layout, and detail drawings, including robot welders, pick and place robots, end of arm tooling, and part automation. Spec out mechanical parts, including hydraulics, pneumatics, part indicating switches. Perform mechanical feasibility studies including Finite Element Analysis. Work with customers for design approval. Direct fabrication and shop assembly of automation equipment.

Design strength and durability test equipment for hydraulic automated fixtures, including front and rear suspension, rack and pinion, vibration, body torsion, Federal Motor Vehicke Safety Standard. Also designed pneumatic automated equipment to test door, hatch, hood, slide door, windows, sun roof, etc. Designed windshield wiper force/torsion angle test equipment and a test machine for a new government spec for Side Curtain Airbag, Ejection Mitigation. I have a U.S. patent on a Pedestrian Head Impact test machine, US 8567230 B2. Responsible for overseeing outside fabrication of Nissan test equipment when it couldn't be fabricated in-house. Purchased equipment needed for in-house testing. Designed test equipment and fixtures for Nissan's calibration test lab. Facility floor plan layouts for equipment and environmental chamber placement. Incorporated strain gauges into design for precise forces, torques, and tensions.

Design special machines, fixtures, parts handling, CNC grinding, walking beams, pusher dog transfers, scanners and related industrial equipment (including pneumatics, hydraulics, lube and water systems), industrial furnace design. I oversaw and helped with assembly and installation of equipment.