Designed to have low production and maintenance costs, this pen marker head uses an inexpensive tubular solenoid to provide four vertical pen positions. It also includes a cap/de-cap function and uses a common felt-tip marker for a refill. This pen marker head was designed and built as part of a larger development effort for a medical diagnostic device.
Designed for minimum down time, high reliability, and ease of maintenance, this machine creates snap-together halves from standard plastic drain pipe. Special features provide for quick, tool-less changes between standard pipe sizes of 2-6 inches.
This project involved close collaboration with client personnel to develop an automated production line for a largely manual, proprietary process with the goal of dramatically increasing throughput and product consistency. It involved preliminary design of operator work stations, conveyor line layout, multiple cure oven designs, a product carrier system, and stacking/de-stacking stations. A process flow simulation was done to optimize workflow and conveyor layout between process stations.
Designed and fabricated in-house, this thermal platen system was part of a breadboard used to test performance and feasibility of a new production process for integrated circuits. Precision-controlled temperature stations, used in assembly and testing, were part of a bigger development of a new electronic chip production machine.
This task included design upgrades, installation, operation, and maintenance of the launch and recovery system for a 12,000 lb. work ROV. Efforts resulted in significant increases in reliability and sea-state operating window.
This test and calibration fixture was designed and built in-house to support development of a sheet media sensor module. Servo-motor drives allow adjustment of operating parameters with options for continuous or swatch feed of test media.
Mitech Systems, Ltd. was established in 1995 by Mike Milosh. A Graduate of Michigan Technological University's Mechanical Engineering program, Mike spent over 13 years working in the Equipment Development Group of a major research and development firm in Columbus, Ohio. He holds multiple patents.
Mike also spent several years designing, building, and operating marine and ROV equipment as the technical director of the Columbus America Discovery Project and spent three seasons at sea conducting underwater recovery operations.
Growing up on a farm with access to a small machine and welding shop, Mike enjoyed inventing and repairing equipment. With the nearest farm supply store 45 miles away, he learned to keep equipment running when parts weren't readily at hand.
With this background, Mike has developed a deep knowledge of machine design principles and has the experience to provide practical insight into a wide variety of design problems.