Problem Solver
Leonard Baker
I am well known for creative (often elegantly simple) solutions to manufacturing challenges and can often have a proposed concept modeled in SolidWorks within a day or two of receipt of a project.
Areas Leonard Baker is Knowledgeable in:
Manufacturing equipment, conveyors, fixtures, lifts, rotators, stackers, etc.
Techniques Leonard Baker Uses:
Brainstorming, 5-whys, up and down stream review to see if the sequence of events is causing the problem of offers a potential alternative approach to solving it, research of similar processes in other applications and industry, 3D modeling of various solutions.
Leonard Baker's Problem Solving Skills:
- SolidWorks 3D Modeling
- AutoCAD
- Equipment Design (mechanical)
- Project Management
- Out of the box solutions to common problems
Leonard Baker's Problem Solving Experience:
- I have designed large, hydraulically actuated equipment rotators to flip a three down weldment end over end and/or side over side for ergonimic access during assembly.
- I have designed a 50' long x 9' wide hydraulically actuated fixture that locates components for assembly, drills fastening holes; the entire structure tiles 85° for ergonomic access.
- I have designed an 360' long conveyor system for conveying 12,000# products up to 53' long, on dunnage that was automatically returned below the main working elevation which was less than 36" tall and the entire apparatus was installed above ground with no trenching required.
- I have designed numerous clamps and lifting attachments for hoisting and lifting various products.
- I have designed I have designed vacuum stacker/destackers for various products, using robust, low-cost construction techniques that yield high reliability.
- I have designed belt conveyors with quick change framework that allows changing of the belt with no tools in less than one minute (compared to over an hour for the purchased conveyors the replaced).
- I have designed a process that allows punching to sheet metal components from one side and folding and crimping the two together with the entire mechanism (except for die), all on the top side of the joint.