duwayne cookman

automation engineer

About

Gear design: Spur, Worm, Spiroid / Helicon, Hob design / CAD design Transmission design Automation and Robotic: Fanuc and ABB

Country

united states

City

fergus falls

Industry

mechanical or industrial engineering

Skill

mechanical engineering, machine tools, machining, manufacturing, automation, manufacturing engineering, lean manufacturing, robotics, 5s, design for manufacturing, product development, cnc, testing, cad, hydraulic systems, solidworks, design for assembly, value stream mapping, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, machinery

Experience

automation engineer

wcco belting, inc.

2018-2 - Present · 8 yrs 8 mos

Automating systems to reduce repetitive motion. Help with machine loading.

director of automation

team industries

1987-6 - 2006-5 · 19 yrs

* Design ATV transmissions * Design tooling for manufacturing transmissions and clutches * Intergrate robotics cells, loading CNC machine tools and die casting machines. * Design pressure testing limits / parameters, to pressure test die castings, transmissions, (based on the fluid being used and pressures) * In-line processes to reduce inventory and cost per part (clutch cells: machining, assembly, balancing).

senior engineer

endeavor analysis

2012-10 - 2018-1 · 5 yrs 4 mos

Sensors intergration, Mechanical design, Gear / gear box design

senior project engineer

itw spiroid

2006-6 - 2012-9 · 6 yrs 4 mos

Design Spiroid and Helicon gear sets, custom gear boxes. Design and built testing fixtures to test the custom gear boxes. (from fishing reels to power generation to wind power) Programmed Fanuc robots for ITW Heartland gear checkers.