Nordhouse Engineering, LLC is a Mid-Michigan based provider of Manufacturing Engineering and Industrial Engineering services. 

With 13 years of experience across a wide range of manufacturing disciplines, I am available to meet your needs.  Some of my areas of experience include: 

Conveyance:

• Overhead power & free systems
• Skid systems
• Flattop systems
• Geopallet systems
• Gravity systems
• Skillet systems
• Powered roller systems
• Shuttle systems
• Belt accumulators
• Slat accumulators

Tooling:

• Error-proofing (poka-yoke)
• PFMEA’s
• Pneumatic clamping & positioning
• Framing systems
• Manual workholding
• Robotic end-effectors
• GD&T, fixturing & datum strategies

Joining:

• Resistance spot welding
• Threaded fasteners
• Riveting
• Hemming
• Sealer & adhesive

Quality Control:

• Vision Systems (Perceptron, DVT, Banner)
• CMM Systems (LK & FARO)
• Laser gage systems
• Handheld (feeler, check, & go/no-go gages, calipers)
• Statistical Process Control
• Red-X (Shainin) Statistical Problem-Solving
• Manual inspection processes
• Process bypass management

Safety & Human Factors:

• SFMEA’s
• SOP’s
• Pre-Task Plans
• Incident investigation / countermeasures
• Ergonomic improvements
• Safety Contract Management

Maintenance:

• Preventative maintenance procedures
• Preventative & corrective maintenance workflow systems
• Predictive maintenance technologies
• Breakdown responsiveness, troubleshooting & group problem-solving
• Spare parts analysis, BOM development & inventory management
• Technical documentation, repair procedures & service bulletin development
• Maintenance process and equipment improvements to decrease MTTR and increase MTBF
• Development & implementation of reliability & maintainability best-practices
• Equipment decommissioning, disposal & reuse
• Planning & execution of downtime work
• Equipment inspection, repair & refurbishment campaigns
• Installation & debug of new equipment

Lean & Industrial Engineering:

• Teaching skilled & non-skilled labor lean principles
• Waste-elimination
• Throughput improvement
• Cost reduction
• Continuous improvement (kaizen) workshops
• 5-S / workplace organization
• Work cell layout & design
• Standardized work documentation development
• Man-machine analysis and operator scrolling improvements

 
I have worked with numerous OEM’s throughout my career.  I’ve included some below as examples:

• Material Handling / Conveyance – JB Webb / Daifuku, FATA Automation, Automatic Systems Incorporated, ADE, Lesco, Creform, Hokuto, Bleichert, Tunkers-Mastech, Easom Automation, QC Conveyors, Weiss, DMW
• Robotics – Fanuc, ATI
• Assembly System Integrators – KUKA, Comau, Hirotec, Paslin
• Lift Assists – Knight Global, Ergomatic, Henshaw
• Tooling / Workholding – Atlas Copco, BTM, Parker-Hannifin, Destaco
• Error-Proofing – Perceptron, Pepperl Fuchs, Banner, Turck, Siemens
• Power transmission – SEW, Gates, ContiTech, Optibelt, Tsubaki

Additionally, I am experienced with the following software:

• AutoCAD (R12 through 2020)
• MAXIMO
• Teamcenter
• MS Office
• MS Project
• Oracle & SAP

Please use the Contact Form to discuss how I may be of service to you.

Thank you,

Lee Ridenour

Manufacturing Engineer  |  Consultant

Nordhouse Engineering, LLC