Engineer Design

BRUCE F. CLARKE

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North Haven, CT 06473

C: 203-***-**** *******@***.***

Mechanical Design Engineer

Summary

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer with project leadership experience in

developing fully and semi-automated capital equipment assembly machinery.

Skilled in project management, concept development, analysis, concept

presentation, design, tracking and scheduling, along with fabricator /

assembler vendor selection. Recognized for designing precision equipment

and machinery that is easy to set up, operate and maintain. Competent

engineer with demonstrated ability to apply many engineering disciplines

and create solutions to unique and difficult problems.

Professional Skills

. Entrusted to determine systems requirements and to produce equipment

specifications used in the design of equipment to assemble medical

products.

. Ability to conceive concepts for manual, semi and fully automated

equipment / systems.

. Designed semi and fully automated equipment / systems to assemble

medical products.

. Performed design review of assembly process and equipment / machinery.

. Skilled in project management, supervising designers and engineers in

both concept development and the design of semi and fully automated

equipment / systems.

. Determined the necessary geometric tolerances required to produce

desired results and produced detailed and assembly drawings.

. Skilled in selecting fabricator / assembler vendors along with

scheduling and tracking.

. Determined the necessary requirements for CE marking and acquired the

CE mark for equipment and machinery used to assembly medical products.

. Skilled in hands on assembly / adjustment of precision machinery to

achieve desired results.

. Trained personnel to both operate and maintain assembly machines.

. Coproduced operation and maintenance manuals.

Achievements

. Selected as Machine Design Project leader responsible for the overall

development of the ACD (aseptic connecting device) assembly

machines and equipment.

. Conceptualized and designed automated equipment / systems which are

currently being used 24 hrs a day 5 days a week to assembly ACD

assembly components.

. Supervised both engineers and designers in designing ACD assembly

equipment.

. Tracked and scheduled all required tasks resulting in on time delivery

of production machinery.

. Selected fabricator / assembler vendor for ACD machinery resulting in

quality fabrication.

. Procured first CE certification for assembly machines in our machine

design engineering group.

. Coproduced maintenance and operations manuals for assembly machines

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. Developed spring loaded brim disk to replace non stick coating on heat

mandrels resulting in an annual savings of $50,000.

. Selected as Machine Design Project leader responsible for the overall

development of the LEA (specialty filter) assembly machine and

equipment.

. Supervised both engineers and designers in designing LEA assembly

machine and equipment.

. Conceptualized and designed a machine with dual spin cutting blades,

self leveling hydrophobic impulse welders housed inside the blades,

that cut two disks of media, transports them and impulse welds them to

a polycarbonate housing all in one continuous motion to meet the

unique assembly requirements of the LEA filter.

. Conceptualized a fully automated machine with a production rate of <

2.5 sec per assembly to assemble medical devices used to test for AIDS

while acting as a consultant.

. Selected off the shelf automation components where ever possible and

fully conceptualized all of the remaining component systems to carry

out assembly operations for the following tasks: Pick and place, part

holders, magazine loader / part feeder, part presence detection, media

payoff, cutting / insertion, ultrasonic welding, leak detection using

pressure decay equipment, coating and visual inspection.

. Formulated a series of equations for TK Solver to determine

optimum operating conditions resulting in the elimination of

unnecessary hard ward to produce a cost-effective media-handling

cart.

. Developed a unique right angle transfer device for under $1,000

capable of performing the same service as off-the-shelf

equipment costing over $13,000. Annual sales reached $24,500,000

for this 8-Up machine.

. Performed structural analysis of system components for the entire

engineering support group department and provided engineering support

for gas systems utilizing dry-air and argon.

. Derived my own equations for predetermining the volume of dry-air

required after air side enclosure maintenance resulting in an

efficient system with an acceptable start up time for production.

Employment History

CONTRACT ASSIGNMENTS

Mechanical Design Engineer, Integrated Industrial Systems (I2S) Yalesville,

CT - 6/2006-6/2009

Mechanical Design Engineer, US Engineering, Inc., Suffield, CT - 2/2006-

3/2006

Mechanical Design Consultant, Adaptive Manufacturing Technologies, NY

-5/2005 and 9/2005-12/2005

Engineer II, Raytheon, Sudbury, MA - 7/2004-9/2004

Machine Design Consultant, Pall Pharmaceutical, Pall Newquay, UK - 1/2004-

7/2004

PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, Pall Medical, East Hills, NY - 3/1993-

1/2004

EDUCATION

University of New Haven, West Haven, CT B.S. Mechanical

Engineering

AutoCAD and SolidWorks 2008

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