Customizable Mechanical Bolted Joint Training
Matrix Engineering Consultants can present training on various mechanical bolted joint topics at our facility, yours, virtually, or a combination! Bolt Science© developed the training materials, and Matrix has enhanced it! Matrix is the only approved North American provider of Bolt Science© material. The training can be tailored to engineers and designers who are designing and inspecting bolted joints or to assemblers who are installing them. The training can be customized to your unique application or environment or be based on the design, analysis, and assembly. The typical course is usually two days long and delivered to between 10 and 30 students.
Individual Course Content Details
Course Instructors
Jon Ness
PE, PMP, NPDPJon is a Managing Governor and Principal Engineer at Matrix Engineering and has over 34 years of experience in business and engineering team leadership. His career has been focused on the development of off-highway equipment and powertrains. He has unique technical expertise in designing and validating dynamically loaded bolted joints. In his consulting role, Jon has led numerous joint failure investigations, including re-design efforts to mitigate risks to the system owners. He actively participates in ongoing research projects and has taught many classes related to Failure Modes and Effects Analysis and Bolted Joint Design and Validation. He received a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from South Dakota State University. A licensed engineer in Minnesota, Jon is an active member of the UL2703 Standards Technical Panel, a contributor to the ASCE Manual of Practice for Solar PV Structures, and a Certified Fastener Specialist through the Fastener Training Institute.
Our Bolt Science Training Clients
- 3M
- AGCO
- AECOM
- AutoPacific
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- Akkerman
- Allied Industrial Tool Group
- Allison Transmission
- ARC Technology Solutions
- BNP Media
- Borg Warner Turbo Systems
- Caterillar Global Paving Products
- Caterpillar – PPG
- Caterpillar – TPG
- CNH Industrial – Benson
- CNH Industrial – Burr Ridge
- Constellation NewEnergy
- Daiken Applied
- Diamond Mower
- Deublin Company
- Dezurik
- DSTI
- ExMark MFG.
- Fastenal
- FTC Solar Inc.
- FCA Group
- GEFCO Inc.
- Honda Mfg of Indiana
- Honda of Canada, Mfg
- Informa
- Ingalls Shipbuilding
- Invenergy
- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc
- Komatsu Mining Corp. Group
- Liebherr
- Linamar – McLaren Engineering
- LINK Mfg
- MacDon Industries
- MC Dean
- Medtronic
- METSO Minerals
- Naval Surface Warfare Center – Dahlgren
- Naval Surface Warfare Center – Philadelphia
- Navy – Puget Sound
- Navy Undersea Warfare Center – Newport
- New Flyer
- NEXTracker, Inc.
- Nissan
- Paccar Inc.
- Peterbilt
- Polaris
- RBI Solar, Inc
- Sandia National Laboratory
- Sandvik Mining and Construction, USA, LLC
- Sensata
- Siemens Helthineers, AG
- Tennant
- Terex-Genie
- Thermo King – Bloomington
- Trane Technologies
- Universal Studios- Orlando
- Vermeer – Pella
- Vermeer – GOES
- Wavetronix, LLC
- Yanmar
- Wuerth
- Zoox Inc.
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