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Through solid mechanical engineering experience and a high quality approach, my clients will manage to get the results they seek after from my consulting services.
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FAILURE ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE TRANSMISSION PLANET GEAR ASSEMBLY
Designed and developed tests through Six-Sigma methodologies to find the root cause of a slipping failure of the coupling of Off-Highway Vehicle Transmission Planet Gear Assembly and optimized parameters for improving its coupling capability.
VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF PLANET GEARS OF TWO DIFFERENT OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE (OHV) TRANSMISSIONS
In order to avoid resonance and reduce noise levels at certain speeds under working conditions on extra-large mining trucks, natural frequencies of planet gear assemblies were determined through a Vibration Analysis of Planet Gears of two different large Off- Highway Vehicle Transmissions.
MECHANICAL DESIGN, VALIDATION AND TESTING OF NEW EVOLUTION SERIES LOCOMOTIVE DYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEM
Conducted structural analysis and FEA, and mechanical tests such as noise, stress, vibration, air flow and thermal testing of New AC4400 Evolution Series locomotive dual blower single motor dynamic braking grid box for compliance of new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards, analyzing and comparing ANSYS FEA and CFD results with actual test results for validation of hand calculations of stress, deflections, noise reduction and temperature distribution across the resistance grids.
LARGE MOTOR REQUISITIONS
Lead mechanical engineer for multiple new customized synchronous machines up to 120000HP valued at more than $400MM+ for oil & gas and mining industry customers around the globe. Achieved 100% RK on all customer deliverables for every motor requisition.
Full mechanical design of novel large self-enclosed API-compliant reciprocating compressor motor (RCM) equipped with a self-contained stator that could be serviced without decoupling, built to withstand 186 mile per hour wind speeds and continuously operate on heavy seas.
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Enhanced shaft reliability of large mining motor rotor shafts by completing Ansys finite element analysis for torsion and bending on shaft's drive end bearing journal oil flinger, making more exact engineering design standards for rotor shafts and published a technical report with robust information about that important shaft design feature.
Lead mechanical design engineer for largest (11400HP) Quadratorque™ mining motor reaching and surpassing design and operating boundaries of any previously-designed custom large mining motor of its kind.
Enhancement and additional development of engineering program to perform fatigue calculations including the maximum allowable alternating per unit torque of a shaft using the distortion energy and Soderberg fatigue theories and comparing the results to API-546 standard specification and ANSI/ASME B106.1M (Design of Transmission Shafting) criteria.
Performed a finite element analysis on large custom motor standard keyways to obtain the stress concentration factors induced by this geometry and compare with the common industry stress concentration factors given by Peterson’s tables in order to use more accurate and reliable data in new shaft designs.
OIL & GAS RIG TUBULAR HANDLING EQUIPMENT (THE)
Full design engineering Implementation into production of lubrication-free Polygon™ greaseless bearings and robust Bondura® connecting pins on Torq-Matic™ wrench machines for extra heavy-duty oil and gas rig operation.
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American Petroleum Institute API- 4F specification compliance study for safe mechanical design and structural integrity assurance of PC catwalk products under operating wind conditions.
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Engineering analysis for major Root Cause Analyses (RCA) and Product Corrective Action Requests (PCAR) related to the existing legacy products of Torq-Matic™ Wrench Machines.
Creation and release of a Greaseless Composite Bearings Selection Guideline including supporting documents and instructional best practices for critical calculations and selection. Produced basic FEA practice guideline with instructional best practices used in critical finite element analysis (FEA) for Ansys and SolidWorks users.
Development of standard structural analysis best practice and engineering calculations and FEA for new adjustable catwalk ramp design and other catwalk cost reduction efforts.
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