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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical
Engineering. University of Strathclyde; Glasgow, Scotland, 1967.
REGISTRATION
Professional Engineer, Mechanical
Engineering; Washington State 1985 #22555, Florida 1992 #45016, California
1992 #28039, Oregon 1992 #16190
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Gil Lund is President of Lund Engineering, Inc. His
background covers all areas of mechanical engineering, with major expertise
in machinery design and related electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic motion
control systems. He also has extensive experience in design of major
structural components for a variety of machinery. During his long
engineering career he has designed equipment for many different industries
and products, ranging from ultra clean semiconductor tooling to heavy
underground boring machines and movable bridges. This has given him a broad
ability to transfer ideas between industries and to apply the common
principles of sound machinery design in new and innovative combinations.
The common denominator in all his work is a keen interest in equipment that
moves as well as the experience and practical ability to keep it moving.
His many years as a field service mechanic on automotive and heavy equipment
has been a great asset in this regard.
Gil is responsible for recent projects at Lund
Engineering including:
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Automated storage and handling system for
semiconductor silicon wafers. The system is an addition to the Semitherm
Inc. vertical thermal processor. It significantly improves the wafer
throughput of the processor.
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Linear Pick and Place Robot and Wafer Handling system
for a new single wafer processing tool. The system is part of a new
generation of semiconductor tooling being developed by Semitool.
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Field inspection and evaluation of an existing
movable bascule bridge in Port Huron, Michigan. The bridge was put into
operation in 1994 and had experienced serious operational problems.
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Troubleshooting and improving an overhead parts
conveyor in a large automated paint line.
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Conceptualization of the machinery for two
alternatives of a movable bridge in Barcelona, Spain.
Prior to starting Lund Engineering in November of
1995, Gil worked for 13 years at Hamilton Engineering, Inc. a Seattle based
consulting engineering firm. Starting in 1982 as Chief Engineer, he became
a partner and principal in 1990. During this time he was involved as
design engineer, project manager or principal in charge of almost all the
work undertaken by the company.
Major projects at Hamilton Engineering included:
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West Seattle Swing Bridge operating machinery
design. This award winning bridge is the heaviest movable bridge
structure in the world. The hydraulic lift and swing system were
conceptualized by Gil. He also acted as principal engineer and project
manager during the detail design and construction of the bridge machinery.
The bridge was opened in 1991 and that same year the project team headed
by ABKJ, Inc. was awarded “The Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement
Award” by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Bearing structure and drive system for Seattle’s 1st
Avenue South movable bridge. This is a hydraulically operated double leaf
bascule spanning 294 ft.
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Hydraulic vertical lift system for the SR520 floating
bridge in Seattle. The lift system for the lift span of this bridge
consists of 8 vertical cylinders synchronized by a closed loop servo valve
control system.
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Conducted inspections, recommended hydraulic and
mechanical maintenance procedures and design criteria for movable bridges
in the states of Florida, Washington and Michigan.
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Developed hydraulic system design criteria and
specifications for the Florida DOT movable bridge section under a
subcontract from Hardesty & Hanover LLP.
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Ferry loading systems for the Washington DOT, Marine
Div. The loading platform is elevated 23 ft by a single hydraulic
cylinder to compensate for tide variation and different ferry deck
heights. The first system was installed at the Kingston, WA terminal in
1993 and currently there are plans to install 3 more systems.
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Large movable vertical lift aircraft access platforms
for the Boeing 747, 767 and 777 final assembly line. The 777 and 767
platforms are electro mechanically driven and the 747 platform is lifted
by servo valve controlled hydraulic cylinders.
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Movable aircraft access platforms and cranes for the
painting of Boeing 747, 767 and 777. The platform system consists of very
large movable structures used for access during decorative fuselage
painting. The platforms retract to a maximum height of 4 ft to allow the
aircraft to be positioned in the paint hangar. They are operated by an
intrinsically safe hydraulic system.
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Aircraft archeology in Greenland. Gil acted as
principal engineer for the “Greenland Expedition Society” assisting in the
successful location and excavation of two World War II aircraft from the
Greenland ice cap. The planes were buried 280 feet below the ice surface.
The development of the excavation and recovery system required extensive
and innovative engineering.
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Tunnelboring machine for the Mexico City Subway.
This 29 ft diameter machine was designed in Seattle and built in
Mexico.
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Rapid directional probe drill for deep based missile
system.
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High performance RF shielded door system for the
Vandenberg AFB, Space Shuttle Launch Complex payload cells. The system
consisted of two doors; one 70 ft x 40 ft, and the other 40 ft x 40 ft.
The advanced patented door seals provided RF shielding of 100 dB at 120
Ghz.
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High performance RF shielded door for The Northrop
Co. This 70 ft x 30 ft door provided high performance RF shielding for the
Stealth Bomber radar test facility.
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Custom RF shielding system for Space Launch
Complexes, SLC -3 & 4 at Vandenberg AFB and SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral AFB.
The unique stainless steel covered inflatable bladder seal used in these
applications was invented by Hamilton Engineering.
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Semiconductor Thermal processor, mechanical system
design. Gil worked closely with Semitool, Inc. in the development of their
line of vertical thermal processors.
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High precision 4-axis robot arm for the Semitool
“Magnum” chemical processing tool. The Magnum robot wafer handlers have
operated with great success in a series of automated chemical processors.
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Payload retention system design for Semitool, “Storm”
box and cassette washer. The box retention system is currently used in all
Semitool's boxwashers.
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Wafer handling mechanism for the Semitool “Equinox”
single wafer processor.
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Drive system for the Semitool Spin Rinser/Dryer.
In 1973 Gil joined the Tunnel and Raise Boring division
of the Ingersoll-Rand Co. where he was initially responsible for
engineering trouble shooting and field operations. As part of his work he
traveled extensively to mining and construction sites in North and South
America, Europe, Africa and Australia. In 1979 the Seattle facility of the
Ingersoll-Rand was sold to The Robbins Co. Gil continued to work for
Robbins as Engineering Manager responsible for engineering, manufacturing
and testing of cutters, cutterheads and hydraulic / electrical power
transmission systems.
Major projects at Ingersoll-Rand and Robbins included:
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Contract study evaluating the feasibility of using
tunnelboring equipment to drill a tunnel under the English Channel.
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Design, development and field testing of the
Ingersoll-Rand Hydraulic Impact Breakers as well as a family of narrow
seam, selective mining equipment to be used with the breakers.
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Development of a family of DC drive, variable speed
Raise Boring equipment.
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Development of a family of hard rock carbide insert
rotary rock cutters.
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Project management and design of the
electromechanical and hydraulic systems on a multitude of tunnel and raise
boring machines.
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Management of the Ingersoll-Rand and Robbins
metallurgical and rock test laboratories.
In 1970 Gil went to work for the Westinghouse Airbrake
Company (WABCO), a major manufacturer of heavy earthmoving equipment. At
WABCO he worked on the design of powertrains, control systems and heavy
structural frame components. He was a member of a special design team that
conceived, designed and built a 200-ton payload mining truck in less than 12
months. On this project he was responsible for the final drive gearing,
engine installation and payload body. He also worked on various other
earthmoving equipment such as motorgraders, scrapers and front end loaders.
Gil came to the US from Norway in 1968 to work for The
Boeing Company as a Research Aerodynamics Engineer. At Boeing he worked on
high lift boundary layer control and wing flap design for the 747 aircraft.
In Norway, Gil grew up in a family closely related to
the mining engineering field. All through high school and college he spent
his vacations working as a service mechanic in the mines or at the local
Caterpillar Tractor dealer. He is a graduate of the Norwegian Army officer
training school and served two years in the Field Artillery, mainly working
as a battery maintenance officer. |
