Engineer Design

ALEXANDER GIMMEL

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Tel: (203) 248 - 5019; cell: 203-***-****; email: ********@***.***; US

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PERSONAL PROFILE

TOP MECHANICAL ENGINEER designing unique MACHINE TOOLS, AUTOMATION,

PACKAGING and HANDLING EQUIPMENT with uncommon manufacturability.

Determining customer and company needs, increasing efficiency and reducing

costs. Inventive, meticulous, highly motivated and result oriented with

excellent interpersonal, organizational skills. Effective communicator with

all team levels, performing well under pressure.

CAREER SUMMARY

. Proficient in SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, FEA, CadKEY, HP ME-

10, Microsoft Office.

. Amassed a unique blend of hands-on expertise encompassing complete

product life-cycles of machine tools, assembly and converting equipment,

and automation systems with hydraulic, pneumatic, electric, electronic and

cam controls.

. Developed ultimately simple and reliable structures with uncommon

manufacturability, ranging from several thousands pounds to miniature

assemblies with micron accuracy.

. Specified system components to meet process requirements and maximize

productivity.

. Designed a wide variety of machines, spindles, slides, rotary tables,

power drives, feed units, tool changers, part loaders, palletizers,

fixtures, test jigs, tools, large castings and weldments, and sheet metal

enclosures.

. Provided kinematical, material, stress, deflection and stiffness analysis

and knowledge of the best engineering practices.

. Created, checked drawings for conformity of dimensions and tolerances to

ASME Y14.5M, ANSI and ISO standards.

. Issued proposals, instructions, specifications and user manuals.

. Adept in technical management, resulting in completion of all engineering

activities on time and within the budget.

WORK EXPERIENCE

TEMPORARY POSITIONS: TOMTEC, INC., CT; US MACHINE TOOLS CORP., CT; SHOCK

SYSTEM, INC., CT

SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER

06/2009 - Present

MOORE TOOL COMPANY, Bridgeport, CT

SENIOR MECHANICAL MACHINE DESIGN ENGINEER 12/1999

- 02/2004; 11/2004-05/2009

. Redesigned the largest bridge type CNC jig grinder, added an aesthetic

enclosure and a tool changer to meet the mould industry's ever increasing

demand for higher accuracy and productivity by applying heavy duty roller

guide ways and ball screws, the most accurate linear scales and matching

the moving masses' inertia.

. Designed bridge type machine to cut slots with up to 8 super-abrasive

cutters simultaneously in hardened stainless steel moulds used to produce

ceramic filters for automotive industry. The machine increased

productivity 30 times.

. Conceptualized and manufactured 71" stroke I.D. and 37" stroke O.D.

spindle CNC vertical grinder with hydrostatic rotary table to produce

hollow steel shafts with inconel plating up to 100 inches long used by

shipbuilding industry.

. Redesigned and managed the rebuild of large horizontal lathe at the

customer's facility, upgrading its capacity to handle up to 200-ton parts

by spindle with a 900,000 in.-lbs. of torque drive and hydrostatic steady

rests. Used for climb milling groves with high rate of chip removal by set

of up to 8 saw cutters on power generation rotors.

. Engineered and designed machine for facing, milling and drilling radial

and axial holes on up to 120" diameter root sections of fiberglass

windmill blades for wind power generation.

. Invented and designed electromechanical mini-broach with high speed and

load capacity planetary roller screw driven by a 150 Nm servomotor for

finishing hard to machine aircraft engine blade roots in flexible

manufacturing cells.

. Created a dual spindle slicing/dicing machine performing cleaner, more

precise climb cutting in ceramics in all directions, eliminating wasted

non-cutting moves. Record 37 machines were made for the semiconductor

industry

. Designed compact 12" diameter trunnion-type and robust 80" diameter zero

backlash rotary tables with split worm drives, roller bearings and glass

encoders to assure 1 arc second repeatability for jig grinders and

machining centers.

EDWARD SEGAL INC., Thomaston, CT

SENIOR MECHANICAL MACHINE DESIGN ENGINEER

03/2004 - 11/2004

. Designed a high speed indexing dial type door lock assembly machine..

EDGETEK MACHINE CORPORATION, Meriden, CT

SENIOR MECHANICAL MACHINE DESIGN ENGINEER

03/1998 - 12/1999

. Designed and manufactured 5-axis super-abrasive machine with 24" cube

work area for large turbine components requiring radial machining such as

nozzle segments and blade roots for aerospace and power generation

industries.

PRODUCTO MACHINE COMPANY, Bridgeport, CT

SENIOR MECHANICAL MACHINE DESIGN ENGINEER

09/1995 - 02/1998

. Created from conception to completion at the customer's site the world's

largest glass polishing machine with a 168" diameter granite table. Four

machines were produced to polish glass for lasers and telescopes.

THE BODINE CORPORATION, Bridgeport, CT

SENIOR MECHANICAL MACHINE DESIGN ENGINEER

08/1992 - 09/1995

. Designed tooling and fixtures for automated assembly machines for

consumer products, electronics and automotive.

. Conceptualized and designed 7-point stake station to stake the lid and

body of a fuel pump by advancing tooling with 7 fingers. After initial

contact a tapered ring kept moving closing the pivoting 7 fingers

simultaneously.

. Designed large capacity hopper for storing and distributing straws for

insertion into containers. The distributor was made from a hard anodized

tapered ring replacing some 12 assembled components and assuring reliable

operation.

. Designed large capacity magazine based on 12 position cam driven indexer

for plastic fuel pump impellers. Some 600 impellers were packed into

single 24" tall tubes.

. Designed palletizer for evacuating final product. It used rugged chassis,

guided rodless air cylinders for pallet handling, pick-and-place units and

conveyor or vibratory feeder.

INTERNATIONAL TOOL MACHINES, INC., Stratford, CT

MECHANICAL MACHINE DESIGN ENGINEER

08/1991 - 08/1992

. Designed high rigidity work heads, tailstocks and 2-axis CNC dresser for

ultra precision CNC tool grinding machines.

SHERWOOD TOOL, INC., Kensington, CT

MECHANICAL PRODUCT/TOOL DESIGN ENGINEER

08/1989 - 08/1991

. Designed tooling and fixtures for high speed indexing dial type paper cup

machines.

. Conceptualized and designed insulated cup machine to produce

environmentally friendly microwaveable containers and cups for hot

liquids. The machine applies corrugated cardboard insulation to the

paperboard laminate cups.

. Analyzed the process, laid out the sequence of operations and designed

cardboard box making machine and nail polish bottle loading, conveying and

carton box closing system.

TRANSACT INTERNATIONAL, INC., Darien, CT

DESIGN ENGINEER

07/1988 - 07/1989

. Designed air-cargo handling equipment.

MACHINE TOOL COMPANY, Mukachevo, Ukraine

PRINCIPAL MECHANICAL MACHINE DESIGN ENGINEER

01/1978 - 03/1988

. Initiated, designed and implemented production of gantry robots. Invented

a line of single bore dual-piston grippers.

. Designed and managed production of tool grinding machines, jigs and

fixtures for machining, assembly and testing.

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE, Beregovo, Ukraine

DESIGN ENGINEER

03/1975 - 01/1978

. Designed hoist and test equipment for automobiles.

EDUCATION

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, St. Petersburg, Russia

09/1969 - 03/1975

MAJOR: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

GRADUATED: MSME 1975

OTHER: Fluent in English, Russian, Hungarian, German (read only).

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