Mechanical Designer Sheet Metal

NORMAN K. WRENSCH

W**** Timberline CT.

Watertown WI 53094

920-***-**** ********@*****.***

DESIGN ENGINEER

Skilled and experienced Professional with a record of creating, developing, checking and detailed work on mechanical designs and drawings, incorporating a range of applications and functions. Recognized as a quick learner and an articulate communicator. Able to work individually or as part of a team. Regularly and successfully revised documents and drawings for commercial turf and food processing equipment.

Awarded US patent # D436823 for a Universal Board Removal Tool

Awarded US patent # 8,919,813 for a Tractor Weight Transfer Mechanism

Contributor to one more patent pending.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Checking • Sheet Metal • Weldments • Machined Parts • Detailing • Manufacturability • Assembly Drawings • Design • Static • Structural Loads • Stress Calculations • Lathes • Mills • Surface Grinders • Drills • 2D Modifications • Prototypes • Mechanical • Geometric Dimension and Tolerancing • Bills of Materials • Transmission • Cross-Sections • Electrical • Hydraulic • Solid Models • CAD Conversions • Problem Solving DESIGN SOFTWARE

AutoCAD

3D Mechanical Desktop

Inventor (very similar to Revit)

Solid Works

EMPLOYMENT

MPI Products Deerfield, WI 2/8/2016 – 12/23/22

Manufacturing Engineer

Designed fixtures, Automated Equipment, Automated Inspection equipment, and do whatever else needed to manufacture Automatic transmission, and other automotive parts, Using Inventor GARDNER MANUFACTURING Horicon, WI 7/2015 – 10/2015 Contract Manufacturing Engineer

Designed Fixtures, updated customer drawings and models to make them manufacturable at our facility. Using SolidWorks

WRENSCH CONSULTING Watertown, WI 9/2/2013 - Present Design Engineer

Designing for a couple different clients, most of the work has been skid-steer attachments and packaging equipment. Using Solid works, which I have my own seat of. EMTEQ New Berlin, WI 3/25/2013 - 6/21/2013

Contract Mechanical Designer

Designing aircraft lighting using SolidWorks

HYDRO COMPONENT SYSTEMS Watertown, WI 6/18/2012 – 10/31/2012 Design & Sales Engineer

Successfully designed made quote and submittal drawings for trash rakers and trash racks for Hydroelectric Plants using SolidWorks.

SCHILLER GROUNDS CARE, INC. Johnson Creek, WI 7/15/1996 – 6/18/2012 Design Engineer

Successfully designed and enhanced the manufacturability of commercial turf equipment using 3D versions of AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop and Solid Works. Respected internal resource skilled in working with sheet metal, weldments, and machined parts. “Go-To” resource that successfully analyzes and resolves assembly line issues, electrical, hydraulic and mechanical challenges.

Professional technical asset who ensured the full development of multiple new quality products from concept and design to production and the end of the life cycle

Drove static, structural, load and highly accurate stress calculations to verify strength, punch and shear tonnage

Highly accomplished at generating Bills of Materials and Engineering Change Notices KUSEL EQUIPMENT CO. Watertown, WI 1995 - 1996

Engineering Designer

Accurately designed food processing equipment using AutoCAD R12 WRENSCH’S REPAIR SERVICE Helenville, WI 1979 - 1993 Owner, Service and Sales Manager

Transmission Technician and Machinist

Rebuilt automatic transmissions, engines along with other occasional associated auto repairs. Designed and fabricated various tools and pieces of equipment for customers and my own shop A high degree of mechanical aptitude led to the proficient and consistent operation of lathes, mills, surface grinders, and drills as well as arc and mig welding operations. EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and CERTIFICATIONS Associate of Science, Mechanical Design Technology Madison Area Technical College

Solid Works Training 2007 & 2009

Unigraphics Training 2003

Auto-Cad 3D Mechanical Desktop Training 1998

Certified by National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence

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