• Gender: Male
• Age: 64
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Graduate - Degree
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 34.4 Year(s)

Education

BE - Mechanical Engineering CNC Machines and Operation research

PD - Tool Design From GTTC

B.Sc – Major in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

Skill Sets

An innovative and quality conscious Mechanical Engineer with over 26 years leadership experience . Injection moulding of rubber, plastic , CNC machine shop , tool room , and product development .
Currently Manager Injection Moulding
Responsible for all the activity’s in production and development of rubber injection moulded parts .
Previously worked in leadership roles in Nypro Forbes Moulds Pvt ltd , BPL Automation tool room , SRP Tool Room Pvt Ltd,  Metal lamp caps Pvt Ltd .

Work Experience

Manager - Injection Molding 
Since Sep 2008
Company Profile: Manufacture of rubber seals. The main customers are from Automotive sectors (Major car and 2 wheeler makers)
Job Profile:
Joined as Manager Injection Molding, reporting to factory manager.
Responsible for establishing the injection moulding process.
Responsible for developing new seals. From mould design to product realization.
Responsible for Development of all the mould related systems like cold runner, mother mould etc.
Also responsible to develop and maintain management system related documents like PPAP, FMEA, control plan, etc.
Responsible for production of seals with acceptable quality and rejection norms.

Achievements    
Established Injection Molding Process And Automated Finishing Process For Production Of Valve Steam Seals .
Developed 4 product lines which includes Valve steam seals, Gas spring seals, PTFE seals and Rotostat seals.
Localized the design, manufacture and development of the above seals 
Established a critical manufacturing process called helix punching  using the sophisticated CNC controlled machine from Germany. 
Developed new process of making these helix grooves using the laser machining technology.
Developed a machine for coating the seals locally\
(From design to realization)

Manager – Tool Room 
Dec 2002 to Sept 2008
Company Profile: solution provider for Plastic moulded single and multi cavities parts. 
Job Profile: 
Reporting to the GM – Tool Room.
Responsible for production, quality, new parts development.
Responsible for Tool maintenance of more the 200 complicated moulds, The mould included moulds from Kodak  camera moulds, moulds for Cipla, L&T, Schneider electric, GE etc.
Developed complex injection moulding dies for L&T, Sun forma, Cipla, Kodak, Secure meters, Etc 
Responsible for Quality and delivery of the Injection moulding dies . 

Achievements    
Fully involved in Establishment of  tool room.
Fully involved in Tool Room expansion from layout development to selection of machine, negotiation for new machines .
Completed over 300 injection moulds during my stay, the moulds included multi-cavity, hot runner, tools with complicated mechanisms etc. 
Instrumental in getting the company certified to ISO 9000

Manager – CNC Shop / Machine Shop
Nov 1992 to Nov 2002
Company Name: BPL Automation
Company Profile: Established in 1992, as a captive tool room making  plastic injection moulds for all the in-house needs .And later developed into one of the best commercial tool room. The customers included Toyota, Honda, IJL, Denso etc. The company has a stat of the art tool room machines and moulding machines.
Job Profile: 
Reported to the DGM Tool Room 
Responsible for manufacture of Injection moulding Dies  
Responsible for all activity’s Conventional and CNC shop 
Responsible for process planning of machining sequence, Electrode planning, cutting tool and special process planning. 
Cutting tool planning, tool holder planning and ordering .
Responsible for the machine utilization, Preventive maintenance .
Multi skill development of operators 

Achievements
Deputed to Singapore for inspection of a new machine and received training in programming and machine maintenance.
Visited Makino Singapore in connection with a new process development for a special requirement of EDM finish in the mould insert using the advanced HQSF process. The result is the first time plastic grill for speaker in the BPL TV FHR.
Developed Graphite as the electrode material and developed the machining process in house. 
Developed and established re-generation of cutting tools and enhancing the life of the cutting tool by regrinding and coating. Established the process with Blazers India help.
undergone training in Unigraphics software.

Shift in Charge – Tool Room 
From 1990 to 1992
Company Name: Yesarpe Tool Room
Job Profile: 
A commercial tool room manufacturing injection moulds jigs futures for several high profile clients including BPL, TVS Group, Murugappa Electronics and HAL.
Involved In The Manufacture Of Injection Moulding Tools, Press Tools, Jigs And Fixtures. 

Shift in Charge 
For 6 Months
Company Name: Star Shoe India Pvt. Ltd.
Job Profile: 
Worked as shift in charge supervising injection moulding machine operations to make sports shoes for major shoe manufacturers like BATA India and Addidas

Shift in Charge – Tool Room 
From 1988 to 1990
Company Name: Metal Lamp Caps Pvt. Ltd.
Job Profile: 
MLC makes electric lighting components for major customers including Philips, Mysore Lamps and GE. Worked as Tool Room Shift in Charge

Trainee 
From 1987 to 1988
Company Name: ISRO
Job Profile: 
Worked as a trainee in the spacecraft integration division.

Training's Attended
Management training from BPL.
CNC machine operation and maintenance training from M/S Makino, Singapore.  
EDM with HQSF (High Quality Surface Finish) at Makino Singapore. Utilized this technology in building the mould for BPLs TV cabinet ‘Emperor 2’.
Attended many seminars on Cutting Tools, Vacuum Heat Treatment, Software, Machines (CNC, EDM and wire EDM)
Participated in two workshops on GEMBA Kaizen, Activity Based Costing and Cell Concept of Working.
Attended Lead auditor course conducted by LRQA.
Attended work shop on manufacturing excellence at SKF training centre Pune .
Attended program on Helix punching machine in SKF Germany.
Attended one day work shop on Injection moulding machine requirement at SKF China .
Auditor training in Integrated EMS 14001, OHSAS 18001, ENMS 50001

Areas Of Expertise
Technical
Good knowledge in injection moulding of rubber and plastic parts with respect to production and process development .
Good knowledge in product development of plastic and rubber parts .
Hands on knowledge of machining, conventional and CNC and non-conventional machining.
Fare knowledge of special processes like Laser engraving, machining EDM with HQSF etc .
Good knowledge of cutting tools and tool holders .
Used Cold runner for Rubber moulding  and hot runner for Plastic mould and special process like valve gated cold runner for rubber, Torpedo gate, valve gated system for Plastic injection moulding . 
Excellent knowledge of CNC machines including high speed machining centre, Graphite machining  
Good knowledge of mould maintenance.

Quality 
Implement ISO 9000 quality management systems and very conversant with tool room inspection instruments such as CMM, surface roughness tester, profile projector etc.
Devise and formulate systems and SOPs for the tool room. 
Undergone lead auditor training conducted by LRQA.
Under gone Auditor training in integrated  ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, and ISO 50001

Start Up Operations
Among the companies I have worked 2 of the them are start up companies and I was involved from machine installation commissioning to recruitment of people 
Presently working in SKF Technologies also involved from setting up of the new process “ Injection moulding of rubber .  

Sourcing and Procurement
The start up companies I worked gave me opportunity to involve in vender development, process development, subcontracting for some of the critical processes.
Got a rich experience in development of good venders, for Injection moulding, CNC machining, Special process like Laser machining, jig grinding .
Also developed contacts of cutting tool manufactures CNC programming, design out sourcing etc 

Future Goals

Seeking a Senior Management assignment in Rubber injection moulding Production/Plastic injection moulding Production/Injection moulding tool (Die) manufacturing/CNC Machine shop production/Tool room Management/product development rubber and Plastic.