CURRICULUM VITAE

DAVID LEWIS

 CURRENT POSITION: Mechanical Design Engineer/Director, Foodstream Pty Ltd

 David Lewis has tertiary qualifications in mechanical engineering and thirty years experience in product and process design and development in the food processing and materials handling industries. He has been responsible for special purpose mechanical system design and construction for Australian and International companies in industries as diverse as snow making and mining to drying and packaging.

 

Expertise includes:

• Process design and specification for processing systems
• Design & supervision of manufacture of a fluidised bed tea dryer
• Design, nonlinear finite element analysis and rapid prototyping of various new products
• Plant layout in 3D
• Design & supervision of manufacture of  materials handling/conveyors – vibratory, belt, modular, screw, elevating, and dense phase conveyors, screens, length graders, carton packers, pallet & crate handling systems
• Hygienic design, stainless steel machinery
• AQIS (Australian Quarantine & Inspection Service) & TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration) standard design
• Research & development, project management from design, manufacture to commissioning of  special purpose machinery.
• Cooker/mixers, ribbon mixer, screw feeders, tanks, washers
• Pressure piping and vessels, tanks, lifting attachments, factory cranes

 Qualifications

1.  Associate Diploma – Mechanical Engineering  (full time), Darling Downs Institute of  Advanced Education (1980).  Eligible Associate – The Institution of Engineers Australia.
2. Bachelor of Business – Human Resource Management (part-time), University of Southern Queensland.  Eight semesters successfully completed.
3. Computer Aided Drafting I, II & III  –  Honours (Manual Numeric Control Programming I, Manual Numeric Control Programming II, Numeric Controlled Machine Operation, Solidworks 3D modules 1 & 2)
4. Level One Accredited Trainer with Australian Junior Chamber
5. Certificate IV in workplace training and assessment.
6. Current trainer Solidworks^® 3D modelling.

Experience:

 FOODSTREAM PTY LTD incorporated in Nov 2005 – Director/Mechanical Design Engineer, November, 2005 to present.

Product and process development

Projects include:

• feasibility studies for various fruit & vegetable processing system ie semi-dried fruit, fresh cut fruit and vegetables, juice extraction and concentration, pet food manufacture.
• process design and specification for various food processing systems including process flow, mass and energy balance, P&ID development, equipment sizing and specification
• design, specification and layout of various food manufacturing facilities to incorporate safety, ergonomics, hygiene, cleaning, work flow & access. Compliance with GMP, AQIS and TGA requirements
• design & supervision of manufacture of a fluidised bed tea dryer, including fans, coils, ducts, support and access structure
• design and commissioning of mechanical systems for filling food products into tubs and trays, including tooling design and supervision of manufacture and compile operations manuals
• design, nonlinear finite element analysis and rapid prototyping of various new packaging products
• commissioning of hot fill juice system for small scale production.
• design and commissioning of pilot systems for steaming, blanching and pasteurising bamboo shoots
• design and commissioning of mango peeler, slicer, cupper
• technical Audits of major food manufacturing facilities in Australasia.

NEOTECH INDUSTRIES PTY LTD incorporated in June 1993 – Managing Director, October, 1989 to present.

Research and Development of various processes and machinery.

Total Project Management from concept to finished product.

Projects include:

• development of machinery for the industrial refrigeration industry
• development of software for predicting coal flow in chute systems
• design and detailing of complex three dimensional transfer systems for the coal handling industry
• design of transfer systems for long wall mining underground conveyors
• development of reversing conveyor loading system forClintoncoal facility
• writing of specification and application for patents of previous system, writing of confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
• the mechanical component of a feasibility study for various fruit & vegetable processing plant
• design of various machines and systems for the food processing and materials handling industries
• project management of design, development, manufacture, installation and commissioning of  high pressure water jet cutting system components & dragline bucket components for the mining industry
• training of technical and management staff in the use of solidworks & photoworks 3D CAD & visualisation systems
• electrical enclosure design automation
• design and manufacture of  press for polyurethane panel manufacture
• design of  pressure vessels for polyurethane manufacture
• design and manufacture of  press for large screw helix manufacture
• design of heavy machinery for installation of screw piles
• design of instrumentation for torque and tension measurement of screw piles
• design of equipment for aeration of green sand in a foundry
• mechanical design of screw conveying systems for handling food products
• mechanical design & supervision of manufacture for pet food cooker mixer
• design and layout of various food manufacturing facilities to incorporate safety, ergonomics, hygiene, cleaning, work flow & access. Compliance with GMP, AQIS and TGA requirements
• design manufacture and commissioning of vibratory distribution & conveying, length & size grading system for the nut industry
• mechanical design and commissioning of mechanical systems for filling food products into tubs and trays
• design and commissioning of conveying system for handling food products in trays, tubs, cartons, cans & bottles
• design manufacture and commissioning of vibratory bag and carton shaker systems
• mechanical design and development of mechanical systems for scanning, weighing, labelling, sorting product in the food industry
• layout, design and development of cable, belt, screw, pneumatic, conveying systems for complete chicken processing factory
• mechanical design & supervision of manufacture for pneumatic conveying, feeding systems and juice filtration system
• mechanical design & supervision of manufacture for refrigerated snow machine
• industrial winch design & supervision of manufacture
• revolving mirror photometer design & supervision of manufacture
• design, nonlinear finite element analysis of polymer mooring lugs

POLYFLO PTY LTD, Brisbane, Queensland – Business Operations Director, July 1988 to October 1989