Name |
Jacques A Holtzhausen |
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Current position |
M‑Tech Industrial (Pty) Ltd:
Project Group Manager |
Qualifications |
M.Eng. (2000), B.Eng. (Mech)(1997) |
Registration |
NA |
Affiliations |
NA |
Expertise |
Mechanical design, project management and systems engineering. |
Experience |
10 years |
- Design engineer at SASOL and Bosch SA.
- Commercial building analyst and simulation engineer at Energy Efficiency Enterprises.
Design- and consultation engineer for plastic product mass production for roto- and injection moulding at LH Lategan Atlas Plastics (Pty) Ltd
- Research assistant at North‑West University and assistant in implementation of national TCT network – in conjunction with CSIR.
- Design engineer for First-Of-A-Kind (FOAK) agricultural implements including planter units, liquid fertiliser and pesticide applicators and modular planting systems at Soil Circuits (Pty) Ltd. This included global positioning systems integration into the tillage systems.
- Design engineer for FOAK medical equipment specifically in the critical care environment at Varori International (Pty) Ltd. Included electronic fluid flow measuring devices, high precision flow metering valves and safety shutoff regulators in the intra venous application industry. Also responsible for creation, implementation and maintenance of ISO9001, ISO13485 and CE mark quality systems in all countries of manufacture, which included South Africa, China and Portugal.
- Design and manufacturing of a FOAK mass production chain lubrication system for bicycles and motorbikes at Bikinvention2 cc. Also, formulation, testing and production a FOAK wax based lubricant for global export.
- FOAK design and commissioning for continuous loaders in the deep mining industry at Pikto Designing Engineers cc.
- Lead mechanical design engineer on PBMR High Temperature Test Unit (HTTU).
- Project manager for the EPCM contract for the PBMR HTTU.
- Project manager for numerous turn key – from concept to final product - FOAK test facilities.
Was awarded overall second place in annual project evaluation of final year B.Eng university projects by industry (1997) (Design, manufacturing and testing of a complete working miniature gas turbine engine)
- Received a design award at the annual SABS design awards (Design and prototyping of a liquid fertilizer applicator for agricultural use).
- 3D-CAD designer for the refinement of a low energy consumption seed planter unit for agricultural use, which received an award at the annual SABS design awards.
- Design of a gravitation flow medical intravenous drip which received an award at the annual SABS design awards and is currently patented in 93 countries.
- Paper prepared and presented at CSIR International Congress on Rapid Product development using Time Compression Technologies and Concurrent Engineering to reduce products’ Time-to-Market.
- Paper prepared and presented at Pretoria University’s International Congress on novel agricultural cultivation methods using precision farming like the GPS system.
- Paper prepared and presented at the University of Cape Town’s International congress on Rapid Product Development using computer aided materials and Process selection together with 3D-CAD design packages to minimise capital investment and Time-to-market of new concepts and products.
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