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Expert Witness #255238
This expert is an independent consultant in the safe use and design of construction, industrial, and agricultural equipment. This expert's experience includes the evaluation of product design, warnings development and safety and operational training. This expert served as a delegate on various ISO and ANSI subcommittees and is as a noted authority on lifting equipment safety.
Start Cranes Expert SearchExpert Witness #254280
This expert has been a drive systems engineer, specializing in gear technology, for many years and has been deeply involved in the development of gear technology and active in national and international standards writing. This expert has designed gearing for fixed wing aircraft and rotorcraft propulsion and actuation, and turbo-machinery. Failure analysis and problem solving for problematic gearing components is a large part of this expert's overall expertise in gearing systems. This expert has been involved in all aspects of gear technology including materials and metallurgy, heat treatment, manufacturing processing and inspection, lubrication, stress analysis, rotor-dynamics and testing. This expert has performed failure investigations on gearing in mass transit vehicles, commercial and military aircraft; military and commercial ship propulsion, bridge machinery, cranes and hoists; industrial and power generation machinery; missile systems; and space based gear systems. This expert's experience in the inspection of various types of drive systems is extensive. This expert's experience includes shop testing and inspection of parallel shaft and planetary speed reducers. Field-testing and life expectancy studies of gearing components are also part of this expert's extensive experience in gearing technology. This expert has capability and experience in developing gear quality specifications and procedures for drive system applications ranging from aerospace actuators and missile systems to mining equipment and heavy movable structures. This includes material requirements and conformance, gear geometry and component dimensional accuracy and system performance. Services include evaluation of testing and measurement procedures, and evaluation of test and measurement results. This expert has provided consulting and forensic engineering services to the legal profession on numerous occasions and has served as an expert witness in litigation with claims over 20 million dollars. This expert has provided deposition testimony.
Start Cranes Expert SearchExpert Witness #254474
This expert is an electrical engineering expert with many years of hands-on experience in industrial controls, automation, machinery, equipment, industrial safety and machine safeguarding. This expert applies expertise to forensic casework involving industrial controls, machine safeguarding, workplace safety, industrial/commercial/residential electric power systems, electrical related fires, electric shocks, and electrocutions. This expert is proficient in the National Electrical Code, National Electrical Safety Code, Electrical Safety in the Workplace, OSHA Standards for General Industry, and OSHA Electrical Safety Standards.
For many years this expert was a controls engineer for a control system integrator, where this expert was involved in control panel design, industrial automation, machine control, electrical design, software programming, installation, electrical contractor supervision, machine safeguarding, commissioning, project management, electrical power distribution and workplace safety. This expert was a corporate engineer performing electrical engineering in 4 different manufacturing facilities, including industrial controls, automation, process control, process engineering, quality control, robotics, industrial safety, machine safeguarding manufacturing supervision, and product development.
This expert is a licensed Professional Engineer in more than 20 states and a member of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE), National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), American Association of Safety Engineers (ASSE) as well as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
This expert provides technical investigations, analysis, reports, and testimony toward the resolution of commercial and personal injury litigation involving design, construction, operation, maintenance and training of electrical systems, equipment and devices.
This expert’s areas of expertise include:
Automation, controls, automated manufacturing, automated assembly lines, conveyors, robotics, material handling, packaging, robotic cells, automated storage and retrieval systems (ASRS), test cells, gantries, cranes, elevators, conveyors, lifts, turn tables, pumps, fans, scales, instrumentation, motion control, process control, boiler control, steam control, speed control, industrial controls, HVAC systems, air conditioners, air handling, boilers, compressed air, exhaust, centrifugal and absorption chillers, heaters, ovens, presses, grinders, cutting, broaching, stamping presses, hydraulics, pneumatics, vision, inspection, weighing, RFID, barcode, RF Radios, recipe/batch management, gas analyzers, motor controls, motion control, electrical control panels, control panel design/build (UL certified), PLC, HMI, MES, SCADA and software development, industrial communications (wired and wireless), information systems, data collection, data reporting, alarming, and industrial safety.
This expert’s expertise also extends to:
Industrial control software, programmable logic controllers (PLC), human machine interface (HMI), graphical user interface (GUI), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA). Other software Visual Basic, C++, Microsoft SQL. PLC Software, Allen Bradley/Rockwell RSLogix/5/500/5000/IPDS, Siemens S5/S7/TIA Portal, Mitsubishi MEDOC/GX Developer/GX Works, Omron, Telemechanique, Modicon,B+R, Opto22, Steeplechase VLC, PC Worx, Wago, Automation Direct, Koyo HMI / GUI / SCADA Software, Rockwell RSView, Rockwell FactoryTalk, Allen Bradley Panelbuilder, Siemens WinCC, Mitsubishi GOT, Mitsubishi GX Worx, Wonderware, Intellution, Iconics, Cimplicity, Proficy iFix, Indusoft, Automation Direct C-more, Industrial Communication Networks, Ethernet, Profibus, Profinet, Ethernet I/P, DeviceNet, ControlNet, Interbus, and ASi-Bus.
Start Cranes Expert SearchExpert Witness #256963
This mechanical engineering expert holds MSME, MBA, PE, and CSP credentials and is a licensed professional engineer and certified safety professional. This expert has experience in the design and analysis of trailers and components for RVs and motor homes, and is familiar with the design, principles of operation, and components typically used in hydraulic leveling systems.
This expert has also designed multiple sets of outriggers and stabilizers for cranes and bucket trucks. This expert is experienced in writing expert reports and providing testimony through deposition or at trial, and is an experienced witness and litigation consultant.
Start Cranes Expert SearchExpert Witness #264815
This heavy machinery expert specializes in safety issues involving heavy equipment operation, including forklifts and cranes, as well as commercial vehicles. This expert has past employment experience with equipment rental companies and has testified on many occasions.
Start Cranes Expert SearchExpert Witness #277657
This mechanical and metallurgical engineering expert holds a PE credential and is a registered Professional Engineer in multiple states, with experience spanning mechanical and metallurgical engineering, including plastics. This expert provides forensic and consulting engineering services to attorneys, insurance professionals, and manufacturing companies. Experience includes over 30 years in manufacturing in the metals-processing industries, over 30 years performing failure analyses, and over 25 years investigating claims.
This expert has experience with plastic furniture claims, including plastic rolling office chair matters involving personal injury, failure analyses involving plastic materials, burn-injury matters involving polypropylene products, and failure-analysis education through a professional plastics engineering association.
This expert is an experienced expert witness and litigation consultant. Testimony experience includes a wide variety of matters involving personal injury and property damage in both state and federal court. Expert opinions have never been excluded. This expert has testified by deposition more than 150 times and in court more than 15 times, and testimony has never been excluded.
Start Cranes Expert SearchExpert Witness #277657
This mechanical engineering, cable, boiler, and pipe expert is a mechanical and metallurgical engineer with experience investigating stranded wire cable failures involving cranes and winches in marine, industrial, and oilfield applications. These investigations were mainly associated with insurance companies and subrogation. This expert previously worked at a manufacturing plant making pneumatic hoists and winches and served in quality engineering management and heat-treating supervision.
This expert also has boiler-related experience from work investigating claims involving personal injury and property damage for over 10 years. This expert has testified in matters involving fires and explosions and multiple times in claims involving OSHA requirements. This expert is familiar with various methods for cutting pipes and can address mechanical or metallurgical issues, as well as requirements for warnings and instructions.
This expert has testified by deposition over 150 times and in court over 15 times, with no testimony excluded. This expert has testified in state and federal court in both property damage and personal injury cases, including matters involving fatalities and damages in the multi-millions of dollars.
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