Harald 哈拉德 Nieswandt
Shareholder, managing director and head of development
我的姓氏是 Nieswandt，我的名字是 Harald (哈拉德) 。
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Professional profile:
- more than 38 years experience in development, design, prototyping, manufacturing and project management.
- expert in gearboxes
- multiple assumption of senior responsibility
- every time with own designs, calculations, software, design catalogs and work instructions
Personal profile:
- very good technical understanding and general knowledge
- creative
- systematic approach
- independet work
- resilient and high operational readiness
- team-oriented
- readiness of mind, short periods of vocational adjustment
- cooperative style in leadership activities
Skills
Software development:
Several own projects successfully implemented
- ZAE Gearbox Selector: A software to select the matching gearbox / gearboxmotor.
- Selection from the whole program of ZAE-gearboxes / ZAE-gearboxmotors
- Customiseable interfaces to the customer machines
- Output of DXF drawings
- Ngs: An application to find gearsets and optimisation of the gearsets. Developed with Object Pascal.
- Ngs4Web: An example for a web application to find gearsets. Written in Object Pascal with the tools Lazarus IDE / Pas2JS
Experience with tools for Software Development:
Free-Pascal / Lazarus IDE:
a lot of experience
Delphi:
much experience
Turbo Pascal:
a lot of experience
Java:
basic experience
Fortran:
much experience
Basic general:
much experience
Visual Basic:
experience
Experience with Office applications:
LibreOffice / OpenOffice:
Calc: a lot of experience
Writer: a lot of experience
Draw: a lot of experience
Impress: much experience
Base: experience
Microsoft Office:
Excel: very good
Word: a lot of experience
Power Point: experience
Access: experience
Project: good
Visio: much experience
Outlook: much experience
Experience with CAD systems:
FreeCAD:
a lot of experience
Software description: Open source 3D CAD system. Good CAD system with many external extensions for example FEM, gear models, architecture, mechanical engineering and sheet metal constructions. Also in Chinese available …
https://www.freecad.org/index.php
LibreCAD:
a lot of experience
Software description: Open source 2D CAD system.
https://librecad.org/
Inventor:
a lot of experience
NX10:
much experience
ProE:
experience
Medusa:
very good experience
Software description: A 2d / 3D – CAD software. Was one of the first really good full professionell CAD systems.
Poor story, is now niche product. …
https://www.cad-schroer.com/products/m4-personal/
Website design and creation experience:
WordPress:
a lot of experience (Used for this website)
Corel Website Creator:
much experience
Graphic design:
Inkscape:
a lot of experience
Description of this app: A open source vector graphic application with nearly unless possibilities to create professional graphic designs.
Experience with software for technical calculations:
STplus:
a lot of experience
Software description: ST-Plus is a FVA software to calculating the gear geometry and the load-carrying capacity of cylindrical gears according to DIN/ISO 6336, DIN 3990, AGMA and many other calculation methods,
Developed with the FZG Munic
KISSsoft:
a lot of experience
https://www.kisssoft.com/en
DZP:
much experience
Software description: FVA software to calculate transmission errors, force excitation,
Eigen frequencies and dynamic forces in spur and helical gears.
RIKOR:
much experience
Software description: FVA software to calculate shaft deformation, bearing deflection, tooth flank modifications, load sharing in the tooth contact, damage-related stresses and contact pattern of spur, helical and double-helical gears.
MASTA:
knowledge
Software description: Calculation of complete gearbox models to determine the toothing safety, deformations, dynamic behavior such as turning error and dynamic additional forces.
Education
09/1987 – 05/1992:
Extra-occupational evening study with majoring in
„General Mechanical Engineering“
Educational objective: Dipl.-Ing. Maschinenbau (Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering)
University: Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften der Hansestadt Hamburg (University of Applied Sciences of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg)
Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur
Diploma thesis with the topic „Examinations and proposals for systematic design in gearbox dimensioning and gearbox design“ for company Zahnradfabrik Altona-Elbe.
- benefits of using design catalogs and systematic engineering
- software for the automatic generation of special constructions
Award of the diploma thesis with a voucher of DM 10.000, – for the procurement of a computer.
The gear selection program is being developed further and used by customers and the design department to find the right drive and create the installation drawings.
08/1984 – 06/1986:
Educational objective: Staatlich geprüfter Techniker (state certified technician)
School: Technikerschule der Stadt Braunschweig (Technican school of the City Braunschweig)
Degrees:
- state-certified technician, specializing in mechanical engineering, education focus on mechanical design
- qualification for university entrance by taking part in an additional training offer
08/1976 – 06/1979:
Educational objective: Craftsman / Lathe operater
Company / School: Bühler-Miag in Braunschweig / Berufsschule der Stadt Braunschweig
Degree:
Craftsman / Lathe operater
Knowledge of languages
German: native speaker
English: fluent
Chinese: beginner
Work experience
since 01/2024
Company: WaveLight GmbH, a company of the Alcon-Groupe
Project: Creating of the manuals of UNITY GPS
Role: Technical Writer
Workplaces are Germany, Teltow and home office.
- Creation of the operating instructions for the UNITY GPS, an optical device for guiding operations in eye surgery
- Gathering the necessary information and data
- Simulation of the operation on the prototype
06/2023 – 12/2023
Company: Rotax GmbH & Co KG, Austria
Project: Development, validation and improvement of a dual clutch transmission
Role: Technical Project Manager
Workplace was Austria, Gunskirchen.
- Leading the validation of gearboxes
- Definition of requirements and limits
- Planning, coordination and implementation of tests on components and complete drive trains
- Development of suggestions for improving the design and their implementation
- Collaboration with the calibration and software development departments
07/2019 – 04/2023
Company: Hycet Transmission Technology Hebei Co., Ltd, China, Great Wall Motors Group
Role: Expert for gear wheel calculation and software development
Workplace for this four years was China, Province Hebei, City Baoding.
- Calculation and design of
- planetary gear sets for a new 9AT / 9HAT gearbox
- gear sets for a new 9DCT / 9HDCT
- step planetary gear sets for a gearbox for e-axles with integrated differential
- bevel gear sets for a differential gearboxes
- Calculation of load spectra for different gearboxes
- Training of the devellopment team in design, calculation and development of toothings
- Creation of a toothing guideline for the development department
- Development of software for
- dimensioning of gear sets according to loads, center distances or other geometrical parameters
- calculation of gear sets
- optimisation of gear sets
02/2019 – 06/2019
Company: Valeo Siemens GmbH
Project: Development of calculation methods and requirements for planetary gearboxes
Role: Development engineer
Workplace was Germany, Erlangen.
- Calculation analyses of a gearboxes for e-axles
- implementation of tests internal and external for improvement of efficiency
- Training of the development team in design, calculation and development of toothings
01/2017 – 12/2018
Company: Schaeffler AG
Project: Development of calculation methods and specs for gear design of planetary gears
Role: Development engineer
Workplace was Germany, Herzogenaurach.
- Creation of complex calculation analysis and implementation of competitor analysis in the project „planetary gear wheel sets and differentials“ for the series introduction of gearing components for planetary gearboxes and differentials
- Creation of a concept for calculating the toothing with FVA-software, KissSoft and BearinX
- Creation of an optimisation plan of toothing components regarding function,
production and costs - Creation of an analysis of the current state for part sourcing, sampling and testing
- Realisation of competitive and benchmark analysis
- Creation of a detailed technical documentation
03/2016 – 01/2017
Company: NGC Europe GmbH
Project: Development of a 6 MW main gearbox for offshore wind turbines
Role: Development engineer
Workplaces was Germany, Duisburg and China, Province Jiangsu, City Nanjing
Project management, design and calculation for a new concept of gearboxes
- design with NX10 as 3D-model
- calculation of toothings with KissSoft
- clarification of customer requirements
- searching of suppliers in China
- assignment of external providers for subprojects
Technical responsibility for a customer project
- design
- collaboration for the FMEA
- clarification of deviations
- realisation and mentoring of toothing calculations
- mentoring of FE analysis
- clarification of suppliers requests
- concept design reviews in China
- customer care
- several business trips to Nanjing/China
05/2015 – 11/2015
Company: With CREADIS for a confidentional Customer
Project: Concepts of several drive train interfaces
Role: Expert for development
Workplace was Germany, Hamburg and Denmark, Aarhus.
Concepts for the interfaces between main bearing, main shaft and gearbox
- creation of the list of requirements (system specification)
- identification of functions and function structures
- searching of all possibile solutions
- classification in feasible moduls
- first drafts for calculations
- calculations with different tools
- assesment to find the best solutions
- detailing
- design-FMEA
These two projects ran as overlapping tasks for several months.
03/2012 – 09/2015
Company: Zeiss SMT GmbH
Project: Vacuum main chamber for the semiconductor industry
Role: Project Leader, Expert
Workplace was Germany, Oberkochen.
Project management and responsibility of the object for the development,
design and manufacturing of
- Vacuum main chamber
- vibration isolators
- inner frame for adaption of the optical equipment
- plate type heat exchangers
- energy and media supply
- chamber feet
- earthquake savety
Creation of project schedules regarding
- time
- resources
- mile stones
Selection and mentoring of external suppliers for manufacturing and purchasing of the components;
Controling of time schedules, mile stones and cost targets;
in case of deviations creation of actions to recovering time and/or cost targets plus secure the deletion of errors with the tool 8-D-report;
Creation of specifications for all components in my responsibilitie;
Instruction and support of designer in developing and designing;
Cooperation as expert in
- specification of vacuum main chamber, isolators and plate type heat exchangers
- creation of system specification for suppliers
- development of suppliers
- support of suppliers
- selection of synthetic materials for sealing, isolation and media pipes regarding ability for vacuum, cleanliness, machining and long time stability
- creation of processes of cleaning for new developed synthetic material parts
- tolerance calculation for exact positioning of optical equipment in the vacuum main chamber
- creation of work instructions for the assembly, starting of operation and calibration
- creation of calibration instructions
- starting of operation
- calibration of different sensors
07/2010 – 01/2012
Company: Brevini Wind Deutschland GmbH
Project: Main gearboxes for the wind turbines WWD-3 und WWD-1
Role: Project leader, development engineer
Workplace was Germany, Bad Homburg.
Project management in the devopement of two main gearboxes
(3,5 and 1,15 megawatt) for wind turbines
- coordination of technical issues with the customers
- creation and ministration of system specification
- revision of development for the 3,5 MW gearbox
- leadership of complete development for the 1,15 MW gearbox
- cooperation for the FMEA of both gearboxes
- development of the oil supply with Unigraphics 7 together with the
customer for the 3,5 MW gearbox - development of a sealing concept with synthetic materials for a lifetime of
20 years without replacement - validation of the gearbox parts for certification
- certification of the 1,5 MW gearbox by Det Norsk Veritas (DNV)
- certification of the 3,5 MW gearbox by Germanischen Lloyd (GL)
- creation of manuals
- design of planetary carrier with Unigraphics 7
- cooperation in planning and realisation of test runs
- support of manufacturing in assembly of prototypes
- development of new bearing concepts for planetary bearings
- creation of instructions for the superfinishing process of toothings
- tolerance calculation to make the assembly sure
- analysis of the interfaces ring gear and housing plus ring gear and torque arm
- development of electrical isolation between gearbox and generator
with plastic parts and ceramic materials
01/2010 – 06/2010
Company: Adam Opel GmbH Rüsselsheim
Project: Technical Resident Consultant
Role: Expert
Workplace was Germany, Rüsselsheim.
Tasks and responsibility:
- technical responsibility for shafts, bearings and toothings of gearboxes
- participation in the completion of a new 6-speed gearbox for smaller cars in gearbox development
- studies of the strength and hardness profile in gearbox shafts in case hardened gearbox shafts in cooperation with the material laboratories in Germany and USA as well as the department FEM
- tolerance analysis of gearbox parts in the housing using ProE
- validation of the gearbox parts for the 6-speed-gearbox to match the design guidelines (“Architecture Summary”) of the gearbox
- component geometry
- tolerance calculations for the gearbox parts in the housing
- fatigue strength and static strength of the shafts
- acceptance of the integer divisible teeth numbers (hunting ratios)
- manufacturing specifications
- summary and presentation of the results (DRD) for approval from the management
- calculation and design of the gearbox shafts in cooperation with design and FEM department
- creation of general design guidelines (BoD = Bill of Design) for
- design and calculation of gearbox shafts
- calculation of retaining rings