Examples of my work while an employee at LANL

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I have been working at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) since August of 1987.

I am currently working as a Senior Mechanical Designer in The Automation and Robotics Team of the Applied Engineering Technologies group (ESA-AET) of The Engineering Sciences & Applications Division (ESA Division).

In addition to doing the design work, I also do the assembly, testing, and setup in preparation for delivery to the end-user. I interface directly with the machine shops. I also specify and procure the commercial components.

Many of the projects that I have worked on cannot be shown because of security issues.

Here are examples of projects that I have designed at LANL:



Magnetic Wheeled Crawler with Oscillating Brush Head
Used for Remotely Controlled Container Cleanout (see below)



Close-up of Brush Head



Magnetic Wheeled Crawler Shown Inside Container and Glovebox Line



Lab Testing of Magnetic Wheeled Crawler



First Version of the Magnetic Wheeled Crawler



Glass Crushing Machine
For size reduction of Rad contaminated glass jars in preparation for disposal



Glass Crushing Machine in Glovebox Location



Robotic System for USDA Automated Food Contamination Analysis



Robotic Lathe System in Glovebox
I designed various subsystems such as Pallet Carousel, Custom Workholding Chucks, Quick-Change Chuck System, Millhead Swingarm, and Cyclone Separator. See Below.



Lab Testing of Pallet Carousel
For robotic storage of up to 16 spindle mounted chucks and tools



Cyclone Separator and Modified Nilfisk Vacuum Unit
Used for the vacuum collection of machining chips. Chips are deposited in the Cyclone's cup before reaching the Nilfisk vacuum unit.



Millhead Swingarm
Used for manual placement of the Millhead on to the toolpost



Lab Testing of Millhead Swingarm



Tailstock Retrofit for Precitech Lathe



Tailstock Shown Mounted on Precitech Lathe



Positioning Device for Eddy Current Probe
Used for Automated Weld Inspection



Custom 3 Axis Machine



Sample Stacker Tool
Used for gluing layers of cylindrical samples



Double-Lock Lockout Device
Used to control access to glovebox



Lockout Device shown mounted to Airlock Door



Staubli Robot Work Cell
Used for development of automation devices
I setup the work cell and programmed the robot



Automated Density Measuring System



National Ignition Facility (NIF)
Conceptualization of robotic cleaning system for NIF target chamber



Robotic cleaning system shown inside NIF target chamber



 

 

 

 

 

 

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