Expert Details
Machine Design of Unusual and Complex High-speed Machines; Pneumatics; Packaging Machines
ID: 724155
India
He has designed and proven a fully automatic 21st century teeth cutting line for engineers' files, modernizing a machine whose design never progressed beyond eary 20th century technology and design. He had designed world's very first symmetric 3-face hot-rolling machine to roll the points on the blanks for triangular engineers' files. He has designed and proven world's first off-line Mylar balloon folding machine.He has designed and proven world's first parts accumulator for collapsible tubes which has no drive of its own.He has designed and proven world's first machine to manufacture a mosquito-coil of a newly patented design - made from cardboard and paper.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1976 | Degree: B. Tech. | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: IIT Bombay |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1981 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Director and Chief Designer | Department: Design |
Responsibilities:He is responsible for designing new and unusual machines from concept to prototypes, often in areas where no previous designs exist. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1978 to 1981 | Employer: Electronica Machine Tools Ltd. | Title: Design Executive | Department: Design |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for designing the company's next-generation products (spark-erosion machines) |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1976 to 1978 | Employer: Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | Title: Design Engineer | Department: Design Centre, Plant 11 |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for developing manual typewriter mechanisms. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Owner of the very popular LinkedIn group: Machine Designers Forum, with over 5,500 members. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| A Special Jury's Mention in the Manus competition for innovative use of plastic bearings, conducted in Germany among 300+ entries from all over the world. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has 31 articles and 5 patents to his credit |
Fields of Expertise
machine design, machine design review, pneumatics, special machine design, design training, packaging automation, cam design, dimension, bayonet coupling, case packing, film handling, pneumatic actuator, bearing design, design for cost, form/fill/seal packaging machine, engineering design, food packaging equipment, industrial machine design, new product design, filling machine, packaging machine, precision machine design, design review, pneumatic circuit, fluid power circuit, assembly machine design, materials handling, design for assembly, new product development, design for manufacture and assembly, product design, automated machine design, packaging equipment, design engineering, design process, dimension limit, electropneumatic valve, pneumatic valve, pneumatic logic, paper handling, electropneumatics technology