Friedrich Mack

engineering + consulting

My Services

Noise + Vibration

20 years experience in acoustics and noise reduction. Focus is development of low-noise appliances and components for houshold and automotive industry.
I provide advice for concept, design, test and improvement of products, as well as for planing and operation of labs for noise- and performance-test.

Product development

25 years experience in development and test of technical products, systems and components.
My focus is development, test and improvement of the functionality: best performance with low consumption, low cost and low noise.

Household appliances

25 years experience in household appliances. Especially in development and test of dishwashers, washing machines and tumble dryers, but also ovens, coffee machines, water purifiers, friges and others.
For 25 years active in the standardisation of performance tests.

References

an excerpt from 25 years working life:
– Development of the most silent dishwasher in the world (at that time 1995)
– Development of the AEG’s first tumble dryer with heat pump (1997/98)
– Development of a dishwasher platform (2000-2003)
– Planing and installation of a dishwasher test lab (2011)
– Development of a dishwasher platform (2011/12)
– Planing and installation of a noise lab (2012/13)
– Noise reduction on a DW with synchron pump to 46dB (re1pW) (2014)
and much more confidential projects

Curriculum Vitae Friedrich Mack

2006 – 2010 and 2019 – today
Consulting and collaboration for several companies of the appliance industry. E.g.:
– Noise testing (and trouble shooting) before production start
– Noise reduction on dishwasher
– Cleaning tests on innovative spray device for dishwasher
– Cost optimization of noise damping
– Consulting on implementation of a noise laboratory

Since January 2021
– Support of the standardization working groups
– Development of IEC EN 60704 Acoustical noise of household and similar electrical appliances

2011 – 2019, Nürnberg (Germany)
Development of products and systems for appliance and automotive industry.

1989 – 2006, Nürnberg (Germany), temporarily also Solaro (Italy)
– Lab-Manager (2005 – 2006)
– Competitor Analysis Manager (2005 – 2006)
– Head of Dishwasher Performance-Lab (2003 – 2004)
– Lab-Coordinator (2001 – 2002)
– Competitor Analysis Manager (2000 – 2002)
– Project-Manager (1998 – 2006)
– Head of Acoustics Lab (1992 – 2001)
– Development Engineer in Acoustics Lab (1989 – 1991)

December 1987 – March 1989, Wesel (Germany)
– Collaboration in several environment protection projects
– Programming of a habitat-data-base

– Acting Secretary IEC TC59 JWG2 & CENELEC TC59X WG14 
   Acoustical noise of household and similar electrical appliances (since 2021)
– Member of IEC TC59 JWG2 (1995 – 2006 and since 2017)
– Member of CENELEC TC59X WG14 (since since 2017)
– Member of CECED (today: Applia) Working Group Wet 
   and Sub-Group Dishwasher (2004 – 2006) 
– Chairman/vice-chairman of DIN NALS-001-01-04-04 (today: DKE 513.0.1)
   Noise of household appliances (1993 – 2006)
– Member of DIN NALS-001-01-04-04 (today: DKE 513.0.1)
   Noise of household appliances (since 1990-2006 and 2013 – 2020)

October 1982 – August 1987
Final Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur (FH)

Have a project in mind? Let’s get to work.

Address

Uhlandstrasse 15, D-90408 Nürnberg
Hallwilstrasse 21, CH-5600 Lenzburg

Phone

+49 (0) 170 - 5870 228

Email

mail @ friedrichmack . eu