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Thomas M. Prusinski, was employed nearly twenty years at Raytheon as a mechanical design engineer. During his employment with Raytheon, he developed a broad experience base in designing for system maintainability, including predictive maintenance programs for equipment developed for the U.S. government. This experience proved beneficial for subsequent employment where Mr. Prusinski specialized in the development of automotive products. While serving as Engineering Manager at Magnuson Products, a manufacturer of roots style automotive superchargers, Mr. Prusinski utilized his experience in predictive maintenance programs and incorporated that knowledge into the development of new-generation superchargers. A key element of achieving the predicted life span of a roots "blower" is ensuring the lubrication system is adequate for the needs, given the large number of variables in the operating environment of the supercharger, including how the vehicle is driven, temperature, how the unit is matched to the vehicle, and others. Mr. Prusinski led the team of engineers in developing the standards for quantifying the various aspects of oil lubricant in terms of optimizing the performance and durability of the supercharger.
Mr. Prusinski was employed at Turbodyne Systems as a Product Design Manager (later being promoted as President of Electronic Boosting Systems, a company that was part of Turbodyne) and became involved in the development of the TurboPacTM and DynachargerTM products. The DynachargerTM, an automotive turbocharger with an electric motor incorporated into it, shares the oil lubrication system with the automotive engine and therefore is presented with unique challenges relative to the maintenance, durability, and performance of the DynachargerTM system. The oil lubrication system was a key element for study and analysis and was carefully monitored in order to ensure the product met the objective goals. Mr. Prusinski was instrumental in developing the metrics leading up to a predictive maintenance program. | 