Patrick van der Veen

With great pleasure I share that I have joined SRI Team as manager engineering & projects. For me an opportunity to continue growing professionally and explore new markets and innovative products. Many thanks to my previous talented colleagues, clients and suppliers for invaluable experiences and teamwork, who shaped me who I am today. Looking forward to keep up with your developments and sharing my own!

The service department is responsible for organization and commercial overall coordination of service projects where amongst: - Problem solving - Inspection and repair works - Coordination and supervision of installation and assembly works - Initiating and monitoring of corrective actions and alternative solutions - Support product development - Organising product trainings (Hawart HQ and on-site) Hawart is a manufacturer of production systems and logistics components for the wind energy industry

Developing new products and production techniques: Technical sales; on-site and customer visits, cost price calculations, functional specifications. Giving (technical) presentations and trainings, create technical data brochures and responsible for technical product files. Product engineering and Technical sales of special textile solutions for automotive, nuclear, defence, aviation and aerospace industries worldwide. Creator of: XS-sling series, Extreema Support Unit, Co-developer Black Belt Sling.

Working on management goals, responsible for maintenance and purchasing machines and equipment, optimising work preparation and production processes. Enjoyed supervising BSc. graduate projects with themes: - Optimization Heavy Lift Round Sling - Round sling production techniques - Extreme temperature resistant slings (Inferno-series) Involved in some company videos: - Co-operation Lift-Tex, DSM and SteelWind Nordenham - Episode in Dutch TV documentary “Nederland maakt het”

Developing new products and production techniques (R&D), focus on: - Integrating fabric finishing techniques (Coating and heat treatment) - Setting up knitting department incl. hardware set-up and design knitwork with CAD for knitting - Research competitor products Enjoyed supervising BSc. graduate projects with themes: - Optimization Heavy Lift Round Sling - Round sling production techniques - Extreme temperature resistant slings (Inferno-series)

Project engineering, Technical sales, focus on continuation projects Hawart Sondermaschinenbau GmbH concerning wind industry. Technical sales, functional specifications, quotations, lead engineering and generating 3DCAD concepts

Product Engineering and Technical Sales support - Engineering various equipment and tools, concept studies incl. static calculations and FEA, prototyping and practice tests, especially tower- and rotor blade lifting and transport fixtures - Technical support from tower manufacturer to Wind Farms on site - Design (co-creator), development and assist project management "Multipurpose Tower Fixture"; series produced in China and Germany, both series also accompanied manufacturing and certification process

Tooling Engineer, JSF Inflight opening doors & controlled surfaces and edges. Assist buy-off works. Using Catia V5

Northern Dutch Drilling Company, Philips consumer lifestyle, Fokker Aerospace, Hawart Sondermaschinenbau GmbHNorthern Dutch Drilling Company, Philips consumer lifestyle, Fokker Aerospace, Hawart Sondermaschinenbau GmbH Skills: Product Engineering · Autodesk Vault · Static Analysis · CATIA · EPDM · SOLIDWORKS · Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Engineering additional equipment for a drilling rig of Huisman Itrec, LOC 400, from design to commissioning (Bankruptcy)Engineering additional equipment for a drilling rig of Huisman Itrec, LOC 400, from design to commissioning (Bankruptcy) Skills: strength analysis · Product Engineering · SOLIDWORKS · Production Drawings · Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Continued graduation assignment; engineering revision including integrated adapter for the optional winch available, and work preparation for the first series production. Design, technical file and actual ROPS were assessed and approved for CE-marking by a Notified Body (SP) in Sweden. Skills: Static Analysis · Welding · Production Drawings · work preparation · Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

Design and Development of a ROPS, Rollover Protective Structure, for the Komatsu pipe layer type D355. Design, FE-Analysis and production drawings with Solidworks, Strength analysis using Mathcad. Design, technical file and actual ROPS were assessed and approved for CE-marking by a Notified Body (SP) in Sweden. Published in “The World Pipelines magazine”, February 2009: World-Pipelines-March-09-Article-Rops-NACAP1.pdf After the graduation continued engineering to prepare for first series production

Engineering a new automated sorting system with increased performance compared to its predecessor. (handling, faster and more efficient) Design and engineering, helped in the factory build test components, assembly the test setup at the test centre and executed tests. After the internship I continued the assignment with employment contract during summer holiday

Deep drawing process of the housing of a mirror actuator. Test preparation, actual testing and optimize deep drawing process. Technical files created with 2D AutoCAD