Manufacturing Processes

Dave spent a significant amount of time in Gates' and customers' manufacturing facilities leading and working on process and quality improvement teams.  Dave also led technical licensing programs, which involved transferring a power steering assembly operation.  While investigating acquisition or joint venture opportunities Dave would spend countless hours evaluating manufacturing facilities.  Processes he is most familiar with are listed below

Hose Production

Molded Products

Metals

Mixing Injection press molding   - Fill characteristics of a     mold   - Velocity of the fill.  Too fast      the rubber will scorch or too      slow begin the curing      process early before fill is      complete   - Reversible mandrel so you      would fill and cure ½ while      removing and trimming the      other half   - Reduced flash = reduced      processing after cure

Mixing Extrusion - Single - Co-extrusion - In-line and batch Reinforcement   - Spiraling   - Knitting Cellular manufacturing - Cutting/trimming   - Vulcanization or curing   - Finishing process      -Trimming      - Printing

Hydraulic Fittings   - Screw machine process   -Tubing cutting and bending    Brazing Pulleys   - Spun steel process Stamping - Rolled sheet in-line process - Single sheet batch process Others - Friction welding - Laser cutting - Wire drawing

Belt Products

Mixing Cellular Manufacturing - Calendaring – taking the stock from a lump and into rolled sheets   - Cutting the sheet and putting them on a large mandrel   - Curing   - Removing the cured sleeve   - Cutting to width