I am the director of Mechanika Ltd (www.mechanika-ltd.com) and a consultant Stress Engineer. I have solid all-round engineering ability and I am a SQEP calculation checker/signatory and calculation... Read more

I am the director of Mechanika Ltd (www.mechanika-ltd.com) and a consultant Stress Engineer. I have solid all-round engineering ability and I am a SQEP calculation checker/signatory and calculation author. I have held stress signatory status for 8 years, whilst substantiating high integrity, safety critical equipment and structures. I can apply my expertise to metallic, polymer or composite structures and mechanisms in any industry. I have primary interests in remote handling, precision medical devices, fluidics, mechanism design, complex structures and heavy lifting equipment. I enjoy all areas of design; with specific expertise in mechanisms, traditional static and dynamic hand calculations, seismic assessment, FEA, classical mechanics on mechanisms and structures, fatigue and failure investigations and injection moulded product design. I am a good communicator and enjoy presenting to stake-holders. I am an expert user of ANSYS Workbench, RFEM/RSTAB, Solidworks and MathCAD with licenses for all of the aforementioned software. I can produce substantiation calculations to allowable stress and limit state methods and I have extensive experience in producing calculations to numerous codes – primarily BS EN 13001 (crane code), F.E.M Section I & II, Eurocodes, BS2573 parts 1 and 2, BS5950. I am a well-rounded individual with a proven track record in a number of diverse industries, including: cranes/heavy lifting equipment and mechanisms, remote handling, bulk materials handling, precision medical devices, aerospace actuators/valves, hydraulics and general consumer products. I regard analysis and mechanical design as integral entities and I offer design by substantiation services, where equipment is designed to be code compliant from it's inception. I have had several of my designs patented and I take pride in pioneering new engineering concepts and technology.

Experienced Design Engineer in Manufacturing for the Motorsport Industry. Specialising in fabrication of thin gauge sheet metal fabrications, involving precision welding. Experience includes the... Read more

Experienced Design Engineer in Manufacturing for the Motorsport Industry. Specialising in fabrication of thin gauge sheet metal fabrications, involving precision welding. Experience includes the design of parts for production and the tooling required for manufacturr, which involves solid modelling, complex surfacing and working with scanned parts. Exhaust design examples include Aston Martin Victor, DeTomaso P72, RML Ferrari 260 GTO and many others. Other clients include Mercedes AMG HPP, TGR-E WRC, M-Sport WRC, Ilmor Eng. (Indy Car), Cosworth and many others.