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Selected Engineering Experience

Representative machinery, automation and mechanical design work.

Examples of the types of engineering challenges and equipment behind the experience available through LZ DesignWorks.

Note: The examples below represent prior professional engineering experience. Client names and proprietary project details are intentionally omitted.
Representative Work

Experience with real equipment and practical engineering challenges.

These examples illustrate the breadth of machinery and automation work behind our current engineering services. They are not presented as a complete project history.

Robotics & Automation

Robotic Machine Tending & EOAT

Mechanical engineering for robotic applications including CNC machine tending, loading/unloading, palletizing and robotic process equipment.

Representative Engineering Scope
  • 3D robotic cell layouts
  • Reach and cycle-time studies
  • EOAT design
  • Purchased component selection
  • Associated automation and conveyors
  • FEA of support structures
Material Handling

High-Performance Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor

Design of a multi-position vertical reciprocating conveyor for an automated warehouse application.

Representative Engineering Scope
  • 2,000 lb load capacity
  • 250 FPM vertical linear speed
  • 40 ft vertical travel
  • Mechanical system and equipment design
Specialized Equipment

Pipeline Inline Inspection Equipment

Design and development work on automated equipment used for gas and oil pipeline inspection.

Representative Engineering Scope
  • Mechanical assemblies and components
  • SolidWorks 3D design
  • SolidWorks Simulation / FEA
  • SolidWorks Flow Simulation
  • Design development and technical support
High-Speed Automation

Turnkey Automation & Packaging Equipment

Concept and mechanical design work for high-speed automated machinery serving specialized processing, packaging, labeling and product-handling applications.

Representative Engineering Scope
  • Equipment and layout concepts
  • Cycle-time optimization
  • Mechanical assemblies and parts
  • SolidWorks and FEA
  • Commissioning support
Material Handling & Packaging

Conveyor & Product Handling Systems

Development of automated material-handling and packaging equipment across food, beverage, pharmaceutical and industrial applications.

Representative Engineering Scope
  • Tabletop, mat-top, belt and roller conveyors
  • Air and pallet conveyors
  • Elevators / lowerators
  • Palletizers / depalletizers
  • Sorters, turners and product handling devices
  • Conceptual layouts
Custom Machinery & Robotics

Glass Handling Machinery & EOAT

Mechanical design and project engineering for automated flat-glass handling, heavy custom machinery, robotic packaging and conveying systems.

Representative Engineering Scope
  • Robotic glass-handling EOAT
  • Pressure and vacuum circuits
  • Strength, force and motion calculations
  • Component selection
  • Manufacturing oversight
  • Installation support
What This Experience Brings

More than familiarity with a particular machine type.

Ability to move from an initial requirement to a practical mechanical concept.
Experience integrating mechanisms, tooling, drives, structures, purchased components and automation.
Understanding of how design decisions affect manufacturing, assembly, installation and commissioning.
Experience reviewing designs from both an engineering-analysis and practical machine-building perspective.
Broad exposure to different industries makes it easier to adapt proven ideas to new applications.

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