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Automotive Engineers Working to Improve the Way We Drive and Live
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The Cutting Edge Technology of the Next Generation
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Environmental Due Diligence By ESA
Doing Environmental Due Diligence is a win-win situation for our environment and for the property owner. That’s why in United States the government is highly recommending every site property to undergo ESA before anything else. It must be the responsibility of the property owner to do this. They need to remember that money isn’t everything and that they need to think of their site’s health and what would be its effect to the environment if they let it be contaminated. So what is ESA?
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Arriving at a studio not knowing exactly what the day will hold is just one of the reasons many students love doing a Studio Assistant Certificate – the diversity of tasks can be exciting and will give a great taste of studio life. As with all the best courses in the sector, the Studio Assistant Certificate includes an introduction to a studio set up. You’ll be using multiple microphones understanding what each one does and how it affects the sound and you’ll be learning how to mix tracks too. These skills are just the tip of a very interesting iceberg if you want a future in the audio studio industry.
Practical Inverse Analysis in Engineering
Continuing advances in computer technology have made it possible for engineers and scientists to construct increasingly realistic models of physical processes. Practical Inverse Analysis in Engineering addresses an important area of engineering that will become even more significant to engineers and scientists – combining measurements with engineering models. This self-contained text presents applied mathematical tools for bridging the gap between real-world measur… More >>
Lee Hunter
For the Hollyoaks character, see Lee Hunter (Hollyoaks).
Lee Hunter (1913-1986) was an automotive engineer.
His inventions include the “Kwikurent” device for the rapid charging of a car battery, and a machine to balance car wheels while they spin. He founded Hunter Engineering Company in 1946. For his “dramatic impact on the development of the automobile and the automotive industry” he was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan.
Hunter Engineering Company
Lee Hunter, Jr., a 23-year-old St. Louis architecture student, found himself frequently confronted with car battery failure in his Packard convertible. In 1936, it took several days to recharge a car battery. Hunter was determined to find a better, faster way. With the help of a former Washington University electrical engineering professor, Hunter began experimenting and his efforts paid off. His quickcharge battery recharger was based on a diverter pole generator. He put this new product on the market and during the Great Depression, the Lee Hunter, Jr., Manufacturing Co. sold the 7 Kwikurent charger as fast as the company could make them. After serving in both the U.S. Army Engineering Corps and Ordnance Corps during World War II, Hunter returned to St. Louis in 1946 and reopened his business at Ladue Rd. and Hunter Ave. in Clayton, Missouri, under the name of Hunter Engineering. The new company manufactured another Hunter invention, the ‘Tune-In,’ which balanced automobile wheels while they were spinning on the car. At the same time, Hunter began assembling what would later become the largest dedicated U.S. field sales and service team in the industry. Hunter also laid the foundation for a global distribution base for Hunter products. In 1955 Hunter developed a new wheel alignment system called ‘Lite-A-Line,’ which became the industry standard. Lite-A-Line was the industry’s first simplified light beam wheel aligner. Wheel-mounted instruments used projected light beams to achieve precise wheel alignment. The development of innovative products to serve the booming automobile industry during the 1960s made Hunter the undercar service leader. In 1962, Hunter’s ‘Tune-Align’ became the first mechanical alignment system capable of compensating for lateral wheel runout, a major factor affecting wheel alignment precision. Hunter also continued to grow its export markets and in 1964 was named by the U.S. Department of Commerce as a winner of the EAward for excellence in the development of export trade.
Nearly 50 years after Lee Hunter founded Hunter Engineering Company, he was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan. In this shrine of automotive history, Lee Hunter shares the spotlight with industry giants like Henry Ford, Louis Chevrolet, Walter P. Chrysler and Soichiro Honda. The Hall of Fame places Hunter among ndividuals who have made a dramatic impact on the development of the automobile and the automotive industry
External links
Automotive Hall of Fame official site
Lee Hunter at Find a Grave
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