SCOTT NIXON
Mr. Nixon joined Koch Equipment in 1997 as a staff engineer. Prior to joining Koch Equipment, Scott worked at Multivac, Inc. as a machine design engineer specializing in custom automation designs for form/fill/seal equipment and package and thermoform die design.

Scott has 25 years experience in the design of machinery and equipment, including oil field equipment design with aluminum and zinc die casting and machine tool programming. His contributions at Koch Equipment include adding to and upgrading our line of smokehouse ovens, designing special conveying equipment for various packaging systems and automation of our Ultravac 3500 double chamber vacuum packaging machine.

He was recently the lead engineer in the development of the new Matrix™ Crossweb® package labeler. Mr. Nixon studied engineering and industrial technology at East Texas State University and the University of Texas.

 

PAUL PETERSON
Paul joined Koch Equipment in early 2003 after leaving Mechanical Engineering Technologies (MET), a design and analysis consulting firm where he was involved in various machinery and product design projects including food processing equipment and plastic injection molded assemblies.

Paul’s experience at MET also included torque and vibration testing of small appliance motors to create product specifications. At Koch Equipment, he contributes to the vacuum chamber product group and is currently developing the UltraShrink™ 3012 shrink tunnel.

Mr. Peterson holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University with an EIT classification.

KYLE HUFF
Kyle came to Koch Equipment in 2004 as a dedicated engineering resource in support of Koch Equipment labeling systems. He fulfills customer needs by configuring and designing custom hardware for Crossweb and inline labeler applications.

Kyle holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri.

MONICA HURT
Monica Hurt joined Koch Equipment LLC in 2006 as a technical writer and design drafter. Prior to joining Koch Equipment, Monica worked at VC999 in Kansas City where she created manuals and detailed drawings. Ms. Hurt has also worked at Finite Engineering Associates detailing drawings. Monica holds an Associate Degree in Drafting and Design from Metropolitan Community College. Her projects at Koch Equipment LLC include the development of detailed OEM and Distributed Machine Owner's Manuals and Factory Assembly documentation. Monica's attention to detail and extraordinary writing abilities make her a wonderful asset to the Koch Equipment engineering team.

KOCH EQUIPMENT ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
Koch Equipment uses SolidWorks modeling technology software for the creation of all new equipment designs. From the solid files, physical models are made using stereolithography. Finite Element Analysis is performed on the solid models for strength analysis where safety and/or tooling costs are associated with the part. AutoCad is occasionally used for 2D designs and schematics, as well as for exchanging CAD files with many of our customers.

Koch Equipment Engineering and Manufacturing Departments utilize a PC based network using Windows 2000 as the CAD operating platform. The engineering team also uses SuperCAD/SuperPCB software for schematic capture and printed circuit board layouts. Automated controls are based on the Z180 microprocessor and are programmed using C++.