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11237 Bulldog Hollow Broadway Virginia 22815-3503, USA 
Phone: 540-896-4219 
Fax: 815-425-8662

 

Machine and Product Design

 

Design of automation and testing machines for high speed production and research. Development of computer data acquisition and control systems, computer aided design

Engineering Services

 

Engineering surveys of research and production facilities, engineering analysis, failure analysis 

 

 

 

 

 

Personnel

Benjamin D. Tice P.E. is the proprietor of Tice Engineering. He has over 20 years of experience in the field of mechanical engineering; Including assignments in the areas of commercial, research and medical facilities, factory automation and commercial and sport diving. Mr. Tice is a graduate of The University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and is registered as a Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia and a member of the ASME. 

Mr Tice’s work includes a high level of experience in all phases of the project completion process. 

 

Activities

Since 1997, Tice Engineering has provided engineering work for various customers. Some of these projects are listed here: 

  • Complete mechanical and electrical design and detail drawings for several computer controlled breathing machines. 
  • Engineering site surveys of medical and research hyperbaric facilities. 
  • Failure analysis of a bicycle suspension fork failure. 
  • Engineering verification of pressure vessel window calculations based on pressure vessel codes. 
  • Design of electrical connectors for instrumentation for use in hyperbaric chambers.
  • Re-tool design of several types of manufacturing machines.
  • Mechanical design of fire suppression systems for several hyperbaric facilities.
  • Several detailed designs of electronic enclosures.
  • Several design modifications to plastics processing lines.
  • Design of several hyperbaric door-handling mechanisms.
  • Complete design of an intercom system including PC board design.
  • Various proprietary machine design projects.

As a staff engineer for private companies, Mr. Tice has 14 years of experience doing engineering design, detailed machine design, product testing and R&D. The following are some of the projects completed during this time: 

  • Design and fabrication of several machines for the automated assembly of deodorant stick components
  • Design and fabrication of automation machines for a variety of proprietary products. 
  • Design and fabrication of an automated sponge packaging machine. 
  • Design and fabrication of an automated cap closing machine. 
  • Design and fabrication of a computer controlled breathing simulator. 
  • Design and fabrication of a computer controlled facility for fish research. 
  • Project management for a refurbishment project of an environmental control chamber. 
  • Operation of a diving system testing laboratory. Work included fully instrumented breathing performance testing of diving and life support equipment as well as manned testing. 
  • Detailed engineering design of parts for a commercial diving helmet system. 
  • Forensic analysis of diving accidents.

Services offered: 

  • Complete design of automation and testing machines.
  • Detailed design of machine upgrades. 
  • Machine problem solving. 
  • Computer aided design. 
  • Design and application of computer data acquisition and control systems. 
  • Failure analysis. 
  • Prototype development.