Ontario Drive and Gear
I worked as a Program Management, Engineering Assistant at Ontario Drive and Gear (ODG). ODG is a designer, and manufacturer of gears and vehicles.
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At ODG I designed and modified gear drawings in Inventor to consistently meet dynamic customer requirements
I designed cost efficient storage for gears on new incoming projects. This involved stress calculations and making physical demos to realize effective models.
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I performed 8D's and PPAPs to ensure parts were processed successfully
I managed quotes for customers and communicated their requirements to the engineering team.
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I assessed department needs for a new bar code system, communicated requirements to senior management and worked with the IT team to program and implement it.
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Note that all projects displayed are non-proprietary and I have been give permission to use them.
Gear Storage
I designed storage for the launch of a new multi-million dollar project name DEKA. The gears of this project would be used in an automatic wheelchair. ​
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The storage had to be as cost efficient as possible and not break under stress. ​I went through several design iterations and decided on two different designs. One would be used for in process storage and the other would be used for finished product storage.
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Finished product storage would be put into a polymer bin with dividers in them. This would minimize storage space, ensure they did not hit each other and be convenient for transport.
Work in process product storage would be put in a rack using trays with holes cut in. These holes were spaced to accommodate the largest gear diameter while still taking into consideration shaft diameter. Basically, the gear diameters must not hit each other and the shafts cannot shake too much to their holes.
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After the dunnage type was decided, I worked with another engineer to create several tray prototypes to decide what tray material to use. Since the gears had just gone through a heating process, it would be important to select material that would not deform under heat.
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I ended up decididng to use aluminum, as it was the cheapest material available that still met all the safety requirements. Afterwords I performed a basic stress analysis to ensure that it would not break under maximum loading. Pictures of the WIP storage and the finished storage that I presented can be seen below
New Barcode System
I worked across multiple departments to implement a barcode system. This was a multi-step process and involved 2 major components. The first was to setup meetings with all the department heads to agree on a inventory layout that was efficient, simple and robust. I setup meetings and worked with the shop floor manager to get all the inventory moved around to the appropriate location (see figure below). The second step was to work with our IT department and setup the barcode system in our ERP system (Syspro).
