Engineering Design Consultants

Corin James Brotherhood Principal Engineer pdf Profile Corin is a Senior Engineer within Atkins Nuclear, with a strong focus on Mechanical Design for nuclear mechanical handling. Corin currently leads a team of engineers working on the design of handling equipment for nuclear applications alongside working on the design of novel wind turbine generation systems. Key Experience Mechanical Engineering 3D CAD Finite Element Analysis Ultrasonic NDT Profession Mechanical Engineering Joined Atkins January 2009 Nationality British Qualifications MEng 2:1 (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering PHD in Mechanical Engineering (the nature and ultrasonic characterisation of kissing bonds in adhesive joints) Professional Associations

Experience with Atkins, Rotherham (2009 - Present)

• Confidential Client – Test Facility Operating Equipment
  Design of equipment for industrial and nuclear rated mechanical handing within test facility. Primary role as lead Engineer with responsibility for the design of mechanical handling equipment for use within the facility. Also main point of contact for management of resource and planning on the project.
• Confidential Client – Lightning Protection System
  Lead Engineer role responsible for the design of the lightning protection system of a test facility. Responsible for design of suspended catenary cable net suspended above the test facility. Involved with development of the concept design followed by analysis of the system for detail design.
• Confidential Client – Shielding Doors
  Lead Engineer role responsible for the design of shield doors within a test facility. Responsible for design of large shielding doors in external envelope of facility. Involved with development of the concept design followed by analysis of the system for detail design
• ITER – Cask lift & Shield doors
  Lead Engineer role for design of nuclear rated lifting equipment and shielding doors within experimental nuclear reactor. Responsible for delivery of suitable concept designs for nuclear rated elevator for remote operation within the experimental facility and shielding doors within the same facility.
• Magnomatics Limited – Pseudo Direct Drive Generator
  Concept Mechanical design of novel electrical generation system for use in wind power industry. Responsible for technical lead including FEA and mechanical design of the generator. Also responsible as main point of contact with Client for both technical and management questions on the project.
• Sheffield University – NOVA Wind Turbine
  Feasibility design into the design of a novel vertical axis wind turbine generation system. Responsible for technical lead including structural and bearing calculations alongside liaison between client and suppliers.

Experience with M G Bennett & Associates Limited, Rotherham (December 2007 – December 2008)

• Magnomatics Limited - Pseudo Direct Drive Generator
  Mechanical design of novel generation system for use in wind power industry and FEA analysis of generator loading, including both structural analysis and bearing design.
• Confidential Client – Design of equipment for nuclear mechanical handling within test facility
  Involved with structural design and analysis of mechanical handling equipment including cranes, mobile handlers and experimental equipment.
• Shell – Helipipe concept design evaluation
  Engineer involved with the evaluation of a novel concept of oil pipeline. Involved with development of pipe pulling concept design. Provided valuable experience in use of adhesives in order to evaluate the feasibility of the concept design for the intended application.

• Principle mechanical design engineer working on projects developing custom sensor and installation solutions for NDT inspection predominantly in the aerospace market.
  

  -	Development of custom applications of inspection systems in response to customer enquiries.
  -	Design work implemented, using Solidworks 2007, from initial concept stage all the way through to production parts.

  
  
• Principle design engineer working on project for Saab aerostructures in Sweden.
  

  -	Design of integrated semi-automated scanning system for inspection of complex geometry carbon composite aircraft parts.
  -	Mechanical design of sensors from prototype through to production stage.
  -	Design of product using rapid prototyping techniques.
  -	On-site commissioning of products.

• Lead design engineer working on project for Airbus in Spain.
  

  -	Design of sensor head for automated scanning of fuselage sections for Airbus range.
  -	Mechanical design of automated sensor head mounted to robot.
  -	Design and integration of pneumatic actuation into design of scanning head to maintain constant contact pressure of sensor head onto structure.
  -	Direct customer liaison to ensure technical requirements fulfilled.

• Mechanical design of sensor head and mounting frame for the inspection of internal spar sections of wind turbine
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  -	Modification and improvement of existing sensor design for use in hostile carbon fibre manufacturing plant.
  -	Specification of mechanical requirements to enable sensor to be used for inspection of spars.
  -	Site visits to customer in Denmark for technical discussions and on-site commissioning.
  -	FEA of proposed designs to satisfy contact mechanics requirements for the sensor head.

  
  
• Design of mechanical scanning head for automated ultrasonic scanning system. The system was used for rapid ultrasonic scanning of large curved carbon composite panels
  

  -	Increase in size of standard scanning sensor to provide larger area of coverage.
  -	Modelling of proposed design in FEA to satisfy contact mechanics.
  -	Design of pneumatically operated mounting head to ensure constant force application and provide self-normalisation of the scanning sensor.
  -	On-site commissioning of the system in Spain.

  
  
• Enclosure design of updated scanning system
  

-	Enclosure design updated from original PC based architecture to a laptop based unit housed inside medium sized Peli case.
-	Sheet metal design of internal housing for improved noise performance ready for CE marking.
-	Modular design for ease of manufacture and build.

• Direct personal interaction with NDT Solutions Ltd as project leaders and Airbus UK in Bristol as leading commercial partner in order to ensure the technical requirement was successfully met.
• 2D & 3D mechanical design of sensors using Pro/Desktop and AutoCADv13.
• Modelling of the sensor with both Finite element analysis packages (Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/CAE) for mechanical aspects, and ultrasonic beam modelling software (Utex Imagine3D & bespoke software).
• Presentation and reporting of work to project partners and DTi at regular project meetings.
• Testing and verification of results after production of the sensor