Franco Oriolani Email & Phone Number

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Product Engineering Department - Argentina• Manager of 20+ projects (research, product developments, tests and official qualifications) with a total budget of ~5MUSD.• Coordination of personnel, material procurement, logistics, manufacturing facilities, laboratories and suppliers along 7 countries.• Daily interaction and assistance to manufacturing services, production, quality, supply chain, marketing and sales departments.• Quarterly progress/expenses reporting and presentation to top management.• Coatings for threaded connections with metal seals (dope-free technologies). > Scouting of technologies and suppliers, managing joint development projects. > Development of coating application and curing process. > Design of experiments to maximize the information/tests ratio (small and full-scale). > Coordination and analysis of experimental characterization (thermal, corrosion, tribology). > Full-scale testing of coated connections. > Specification for suppliers, application process and quality control. > Industrial deployment and qualification of production lines.• Management of product line sustaining (tubular connections and coatings). > Product family extension (design extrapolation and verification to new sizes). > Experimental and numerical product performance characterization and optimization (fatigue, structural, sealability). > Technical support to customers globally (product information, custom designs and tests). > Onsite field trials and product presentation to potential customers. > Technical support to sales department, production lines and quality areas (technical queries).• Development of analytical and numerical models to assess structural resistance and dynamic behavior of threaded connections with parametric geometry.

Houston, Texas, United States

Product Engineering Department - United States• Special assignment for a flash-development of a high-productivity & high-performance threaded connection to tackle the expanding shales-gas industry in the United States with a competitive product.• Analysis and optimization of the cycle time through combined CNC threading sequences.• Mill trial and process qualification for the first production batch.• Training on product characteristics, performance and usage to marketing, sales and field services departments.

Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Product Engineering Department - Argentina• Chief designer of 5 product lines (threaded connections and handling tools for the Oil & Gas industry), executor and responsible for the following tasks: > Analysis of customer/market/mill/cost-reduction need and inputs collection. > Determining project structure, milestones and resources (budget, time frames, personnel, materials, laboratories, workshops, logistics). > Coaching project assignee's on design criteria and tools. > Preliminary concept and functional design. > Online feed to IP department for conflict verification and protection. > CAD models generation, digital mock up and rapid prototyping. > Detail engineering and FEA simulations for validation and optimization (pre and post processing, linear and non-linear models, static, dynamic and coupled thermo-mechanical analyses, implicit and explicit modelling techniques with contact, interference, and impact simulations). > Tooling, gauging instruments, standards and quality procedures development. > Specification for mechanical properties characterization. > Full-scale prototyping and samples manufacturing. > Full-scale testing specification and coordination (axial loads, pressure, collapse, bending, torque, resonant fatigue and thermal cycles). > Official product qualification IAW international standards with 3rd party inspectors and/or customer’s witnesses (in-house or external labs). > Failure analysis and design improvement. > Technical documentation and industrial deployment (manufacturing specification, process procedures, production trials and data sheets).

Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

String Design & Mechanical Solutions Department (R&D) - Argentina• Oil & Gas well engineering > String design for conventional and non-conventional wells and material selection for sweet and sour environments > Modelling and analysis of Torque, Drag & Fatigue for Casing while Drilling operations• Scripts for CAD models generation (used for FEM simulations) based on design spreadsheets. Ability to specify any range within manufacturing tolerance to select worst-case scenario geometries, as well as radial and axial interference settings.• FEM simulations of combined loads tests in accordance with international standards (ISO 13679 / API 5C5) including pre and post processing, linear and non-linear models, with contacts and interference.• FEM simulations and post processing for design optimization on fatigue performance using proprietary indicators based on SWT (Smith-Watson-Topper) model.• Make-up torque definition for threaded connections based on automated batch FEMs simulating the make-up process with axisymmetric models and geometry update.• Design and testing of a tubular upset and threaded connection for offshore work-over riser applications optimized for fatigue performance.• Sample manufacturing and full scale testing under cyclic loads for evaluation of fatigue performance with resonant testing machines.

Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

String Design & Mechanical Solutions Department (R&D) - Argentina• 2-years corporate global training program for young professionals with focus on networking, technical & business topics and personal development.• Development of a geometrical model to optimize swaging process and reduce rejection rate in production lines.• Completed an intensive position-specific training program on String Design and Material Selection.• Certification of Technical Sales staff on String Design and Material Selection activities.• Joint-venture Research on Shape Memory Alloy Actuators for the oil and gas industry with the Department of Aerospace Engineering of Texas A&M University, U.S.• Specification and follow up of full scale tests on OCTG Premium connections performed in Tenaris laboratories.• First design activities on Tenaris’ Premium line (threaded and coupled connection for high-temperature and high-pressure applications and a quick-release no-turning connection for line pipes).

Maintenance Department• Surveying of industrial processes and machinery, establishing criticality trough FMEA (failure mode and effects analysis).• Generation of industrial machinery trees and loading into SAP as hierarchical equipment.• Preventive maintenance program elaboration in accordance with RCM (reliability-centered maintenance).• Failure analysis through RCA (root cause analysis).

R&D Department• Internship in industrial R&D designing and 3D modelling mechanical components for harvesters.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

• 40 subjects (6-months each), professional internship and final thesis • Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) – Rosario, Argentina •.

Mechanical Technician

English Fce, C