Ronald — Senior Mechanical Designer
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Mechanical Design
About Me
I am an adaptable Mechanical Design Engineer with 38 years of experience creating cost efficient designs. I can coordinate design activities from concept to completion and into production.
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24 years experience designing with Autodesk Inventor, currently using Autodesk Inventor Professional 2017 CAD Design software. Currently learning SolidWorks 2023 Prior to Inventor, I designed using Mechanical Desktop.
Designed strength and durability test equipment for hydraulic automated fixtures, including front and rear suspension, rack and pinion, vibration, body torsion, Federal Motor Vehicle 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.
Experience on mill, lathe, shaper, grinder, welding, robotics, torching, plasma cutting
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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.
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Develop mechanical design concepts, design layout, and detail drawings
Direct fabrication and shop assembly of automation equipment. Facilitate floor plan layouts for test equipment and environmental chamber placement at Nissan.
Spec out mechanical parts for pneumatics, hydraulics
Work Experience(4)
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.
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- Ronald is a Senior Mechanical Designer on Automate America, the global professional marketplace for skilled talent across industrial, commercial, and residential work.
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- Ronald is based in Highland, Michigan.
- What does Ronald specialize in?
- Ronald works with Faro, Polyworks, Autodesk, CAD design, Mechanical Design Engineer as a Senior Mechanical Designer on Automate America, the global professional marketplace for skilled talent across industrial, commercial, and residential work.
- Is Ronald available for work?
- Ronald stated on Apr 13, 2023 that they are available Apr 14, 2023 – Jan 1, 2035.
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