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Scott Lewis

Scott Lewis, BS ME, PE
Mechanical, Mobile Equip.

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Practice Areas:Mechanical,
Mobile Equipment

Licensed in Colorado

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Scott Lewis has over 22 years experience in the analysis and design of mechanical, electrical and hydraulic systems for mobile equipment applications including underground mining equipment and airport snow removal equipment.

He has experience designing for custom manufacturing firms as well as high production manufacturing applications. Mr. Lewis has failure analysis experience and provides expert testimony in matters involved in litigation.

Mr. Lewis' structural work includes rollover protection structures, steel and aluminum weldments that required extensive engineering analysis including the finite element and natural frequency analysis of an 8,600 gallon cryogenic pressure vessel.

Mechanical experience includes the design of a variety of quick-connect loader attachments, wheelchair lifts for buses and rail cars, ergonomic operator interfaces and cab designs.

Mr. Lewis was responsible for the entire structural, mechanical, powertrain, hydraulic and electrical system design of several complete vehicles including an underground loader and an airport maintenance vehicle. The 36,000 pound capacity, radio controlled loader utilized a unique, patented, double articulation system that was the first of its kind.

The airport maintenance vehicle incorporated a patented high performance, hydraulically driven air blast system for clearing snow from airport runways.

Mr. Lewis is experienced in the failure analysis of components in underground mining machinery and the mobile equipment industry. He is skilled in the design and troubleshooting of both electrical and hydraulic systems on mobile equipment. He has extensive manufacturing experience and involvement in a variety of manufacturing processes including foundries, heat treating, stress relieving, welding, and machining.

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