Ravi R. Kadam Email & Phone Number

Wilmington, DE, US

Dallas, TX, US

Amazon Account - Reliability & Maintenance Engineering (RME)+ Managed and led control systems technical team with maintaining, troubleshooting and improving control systems to maximize equipment reliability and improve operational performance. + Facilitated failure analysis and process & equipment reliability improvements.+ Responsible for improving and.

Dallas, TX, US

+ Modified PLC & HMI programs, vision systems and adjusted configuration on readers for continuous improvement of the system. + Installed, configured and tested factory automation systems such as PLC controllers, barcode readers, electrical control systems.+ Reduced scan scrap rate on sortation system by ~43%.+ Troubleshooting: industrial robots, power.

Dallas, TX, US

+ Troubleshooting & maintenance: 480VAC 3ph, 120VAC and 24VDC power distribution systems, communication/networking systems.+ Troubleshoot and modified software programs for material handling controls system.+ Control systems: Allen-Bradley PLC controllers, VFDs and HMI systems, sensors, hydraulic & pneumatic systems.+ Communication & Network systems.

Farmington Hills, MI, US

• Fuel Injector Nozzle – Spray hole machining and Assembly & Test.
• Implemented engineering change (ECN) on assembly station.
• Reduced Preventive Maintenance duration (hrs./month) by 35.16%.
• Improved gauge capability (Cg) of taper measuring gauge from 0.42 to 1.46 (~250%).
• Conducted a designed experiment (DOE) to find & control variations in the measurement system using Minitab software.

Farmington Hills, MI, US

• Built a predictive model for opening pressure of diesel engine’s injector nozzle using R programming.
• Assisted in setting-up and tool-change of EDM machine during changeovers and documented procedures for the same.
• Statistical Process Control (SPC): Cgk, GR&R, Cmk, Ppk, Cpk & control charts.
• Supported Site Acceptance Test (SAT) process and documentation for IATF/TS 16949 audit.
• Process improvement tools: VSM, 5S, Kaizen, control charts, pFMEA, TPM.
• Problem-solving tools: DMAIC, A3 method, PDCA.

Rochester, NY, US

• Surveyed legacy & modern communication technologies & protocols for the manufacturing industry.
• Surveyed different software design concepts, Middleware IIoT platform and so on.
• Researched distributed control system from Industry 4.0 standpoint.
• Researched design principles and basic building blocks of Industry 4.0
• Researched opportunities for implementation of concepts in current industry scenario.

Farmington Hills, MI, US

• Fuel Injector Nozzle – Spray hole machining and Assembly & Test.
• Documentation: Spare parts & tooling catalog, standardized work instructions, gauge plans, etc.
• Co-ordinated with purchasing, shipping & vendors to arrange purchase of tooling & spare parts.
• Analyzed shop floor data to find improvement projects and to track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
• Improved & modified drawings and bill of materials (BOM) of tooling in SolidWorks for continuous improvement.
• Troubleshooting – Hydraulic & Pneumatic system, PLC controller.

• Products: Compact roller mill & Overhead crane
• Project management – Raw material estimation, vendors & in-house production management.
• Engineering support – MIG, Arc welding, hard-facing, turning, milling, drilling & boring operations.

PUNE, Maharastra, IN

Project: Punching Press for Door panel of a vehicle.- Press tool & machine design; Hydraulic system design for special purpose machine.

Executive Mba, Information Technology

Master Of Science (M.S.), Manufacturing & Mechanical Systems Integration

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Production Engineering