John Eiler Email & Phone Number

Vicksburg, MI, US

Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States

Responsible for Advanced Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, & Maintenance.Oversee design of Tooling and GaugingDesign of custom cutting toolsInstallation of equipment & automation

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

- Managing electrical and mechanical engineering of pour and debridge equipment.- Implemented Modeling & drawing best practices (Solidworks).- Implemented PDM system (Solidworks PDM Pro)- Lead a ground up re-design of Lancing machine- Evaluated overall pouring equipment for cost reduction opportunities and functional improvements.- Created a unique 4axis.

Northern Indiana And Southern Michigan

• Responsible for all engineering activities, but focused on R&D
• Lead a clean sheet bagger re-design (LX8), incorporating many new technologies (safety over Ethernet, linear motors, the latest A.B. PLC and HMI's). This included a modular electrical and mechanical design that allows.
• Lead an updated design of the bulk packaging system (LS-133). This design carried over many of the designs and technologies from the LX8.
• Interface with customers to understand requirements of new equipment.
• Perform onsite trouble shooting and corrective actions.
• Oversee the quality department.

Northern Indiana And Southern Michigan

Independent research & consulting examples: A scientific study in the grindability of a refractory metal and a unique refractory alloy. Data pointed out a type, grit and harness of grinding wheel along with running parameters that offered up to 3 times the metal removal rate and 2/3 the heat generation then the current wheel, while still meeting surface.

Angola IN

Full time faculty in the Design Engineering Technology department.Advisor to the Trine chapter of SAEETD273 Electrical FundamentalsETD313 Design for Manufacturing & AssemblyETD433 CNC fundamentalsEGR143 Engineering Graphics (NX modeling)ETD103 Basic Technical drawing (2D AutoCAD)ETD163 Environmental Health & Safety

Coldwater MI

• Develop and/or improve manufacturing processes across plants worldwide (several projects in Taicang China).
• Manage new product launches, including locations worldwide while complying with ITAR regulations.
• Visit customers to review technical and commercial requirements
• Visit vendors to review capabilities & requirements.
• Capital & capacity analysis

• Develop and/or improve manufacturing processes
• Design tooling to improve processing of exotic materials (Molybdenum & alloys, Tungsten & alloys, Niobium, NiCr, Ni based super alloys, & more)
• Visit customers to review technical and commercial requirements
• Visit vendors to review capabilities & requirements, and to supervise high dollar processing.
• Identify capital equipment needs & write capital requests (including buisness case) (100% success rate)
• Wrote work instructions, operating procedures, and inspection sheets.

• Worked in the Center for Advanced Vehicle Development and Simulation, “CAViDS”
• Supervisor of instrumentation, coordinated with other graduate and undergraduate students to install of over 130 channels of high speed data acquisition on a tractor trailer

Triple "E" Manufacturing Inc was small family run business with 20-25 employees. It's primary product was medium to high volume machined parts. Product were produced with screw machines, CNC, centerless grinding, broaching, and more. We also had an extensive tool room. We designed and built the "Parma Broach" line of broaching machines, automation and.

• Conducted friction and wear tests using specialized machines
• Wrote custom data acquisition software using “C”, LabView and Excel
• Designed improvements to test machinery, used the university machine shop to manufacture needed components

M.S., Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: I spent my first year in graduate school as a graduate assistant. I was involved in research through the CAViDS.

B.S., Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: I was one of the early members of "Bronco Motorsports", a student club at WMU. We successfully campaigned a 1981.