Mechanical Engineering Engineer

Location:

Lebanon, PA

Posted:

December 10, 2017

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USA

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Barry Bross

Objective An engaging opportunity to use my creative experience, skills, and training. Work

experience

Estimator

2016 to 2017 – Aluminum Alloys Inc, Sinking Spring PA. Organizing incoming Request for Quotes to foundry manufacturing processes. Use and modification of Excel worksheets to estimate casting costs. Modeling and Finite Element Analysis for solidification simulations.

Master Patternmaker

2014 -2016 - Penn Pattern, Frackville PA. Solidworks modeling, sand casting patterns and tooling mainly large pump casings and impellers from drawings. AutoCAD layout for reverse engineering and machining drawings. Use of all available machinery and tools for fabrication of wood tooling.

2012- 2014 -Blatt's Pattern Shop, Meckville, PA. Use of Solidworks modeling for sand cast and investment cast tooling from prints, AutoCAD drafting for layouts of patterns, SurfCAM surfacing program for CNC tool paths. Hand/machine work for large wood patterns and core boxes.

2004 to present –Streamlined Windsurfing. Collaborated closely with the customer on design via the internet. Use of Solidworks modeling for product design and development. 3D models to 3D printing to active tooling.

2008 – 2012 – Pattern shop owner/operator/production, Jeffreys Bay, South Africa. Customers include Xmeco ferrous foundry, Xmeco non-ferrous foundry in Port Elizabeth & Ajax foundry in Capetown, RSA.

1997 - 2004 Newport Harbor Pattern Co. Newport Beach, CA Management of all phases of pattern shop operation: quotes, drawings, 3D computer modeling, wood/metal/plastic fabrication of tooling and jigs. Production of sand cast patterns and master patterns for the aerospace/transportation industries. Working from design to finished tools for vacuum formed plastic parts.

Patternmaker

1990 - 1997 Reeds Patterns and Molds, So. El Monte, CA Fabricating cast foam mold tooling from prints. Lay out and production of wood patterns for aluminum sand castings and foam tooling. Pattern/Gage Machinist

1986 – 1990 Kutztown Foundry Kutztown, PA

Fabrication of large high production steel foundry tooling (aluminum backed urethane). Maintenance and repairs of machines.

Business Management/Partnerships

2010 – 2012 – Lindie Bross Occupational Therapy Practice Accounts Manager. Manage accounts receivable for private medical practice using Excel and Word document programs.

2007 – 2012 – Consulting draughtsperson for Athol Hodkinson structural engineer. AutoCAD drafting for concrete reinforcements.

2005 - 2007 – registered with SACAP as a Professional Architectural Draughtsperson. Drafting and submission of residential drawings for municipal approval in the Republic of South Africa.

2002 – 2011 - AutoCAD drafting for the following clients: Endural Division of Hoover Materials Handling Group, John Clement & Assoc Engineers, Intertrade Ind. and The Ultimate Edge Diamond Sharpening Steels.

1990 – 2000 - Off the Wall Music co -owner – designed, manufactured and marketed musical instrument hangers. Created a unique fretted to fretless bass guitar neck working prototype.

Co-owner of two US patents through Off The Wall music products. Education

Harrisburg Community College currently enrolled in Associate Degree program Mechanical Engineering Technology, graduation in autumn 2018. 2002 Solidworks Corporation Newport Beach, CA

Solidworks Essentials 3D computer Modeling course

2000 Westech College Costa Mesa, CA

AutoCAD 2000 Basic certification.

1987 American Society For Quality Control Harrisburg, PA Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing certificate program. 1978 – 1986 Blatt’s Pattern Shop Inc. Fredricksburg, PA Patternmaker/Apprentice Acquired skills and knowledge of wood working applied to large foundry tooling

Interests

Windsurfing, Distance Running (first marathon completed Oct, 2015), Snowboarding, Triathlon

References:

Dave Dominy

Streamlined Corp

1043 Wotan Dr

Cardiff By Sea, CA

760-***-****

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Alan Hall

Newport Harbor Pattern Co

1147 Glenn Eagles Terrace