Larry A. Povlacs. Inventor, designer, builder. I take a sketch, a bottleneck, or a half-built cell and turn it into hardware that runs — then patent the part that did not exist before.
The floor
Layout, end-of-arm tooling, and cycle time first. Simulate it. Tool it. Prove it in the shop before it ships. A pretty robot that misses takt is just an expensive sculpture.
Now
New chapter as of September 2026. Looking for the next hard problem — a consulting sprint, a machine that does not exist yet, or a lead seat on a cell that has to work on day one.
If you can describe the part, the rate, or the pain, I can usually see the mechanism.
On the books
US 12,012,295 B2 · granted June 18, 2024 · Lawrence Allen Povlacs, inventor
Gravity drop for whole nuts and other fragile product. Inclined panels, set width to set rate, arcuate turn-arounds between decks. Product stays in a continuous layer. No tumble. No extra machine every time the line changes speed.
Path
Same craft the whole way: design it so a shop can build it, a tech can service it, and a line can live with it.
Circle3D
Bite-size CAD. Enough model and drawing to freeze a concept, price steel, and stop arguing about what the thing is.
Stills and motion so a buyer, a banker, or a plant manager can see the idea before a plate is cut. Light, material, and how it moves.
Contact
Dothan, Alabama. Remote design or on the floor. Send the problem, not the pitch deck.