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Mid Wales

Telford

Currently working on Land Rover L538 14MY, Suporting JLR with improvements to hydraulic lines pre design freeze. Looking forward to placing orders with local and international suppliers for related plant.Also supporting Jaguar X152. With Start of production in the new year, pre production builds are well underway. This car is a thing of beauty, it will be the must have sports car of the decade.

Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

stadco are one of the UKs biggest independent automotive pressing and assembly companys, with costomers all over UK and Europe. Stadco manufacture parts from small brackets upto complex assemblies made up of multiple pressings and bought out parts with customers from Aston Martin to Vauxhall.My focus in Stadco was on engineering support and Manufacturing engineering, recently Land Rover Defender roof assembly. I was a key part of a project to move this production line for a sister company… Show more stadco are one of the UKs biggest independent automotive pressing and assembly companys, with costomers all over UK and Europe. Stadco manufacture parts from small brackets upto complex assemblies made up of multiple pressings and bought out parts with customers from Aston Martin to Vauxhall.My focus in Stadco was on engineering support and Manufacturing engineering, recently Land Rover Defender roof assembly. I was a key part of a project to move this production line for a sister company in Coventry and set it up in Shrewsbury. This medium volume complex component came with many process and plant concerns. Given the size of the new site and the lack of overhead infrastructure we had to re configure the process and reduce the amount of plant. having analysing the process and reviewing the plant, a new process was set up on the new site. Another concern with this project was the lack of up to date production and process documentation. this was created and published once the move was made. Much of the equipment was in poor condition, a process of refurbishment was undertaken and soon the equipment was bought up to scratch. Maching and tooling spares were bought in and improvements were made to plant via a preventative maintenance regime. This manufacturing cell uses aluminium resistance welding, Aluminium is a difficult material to resistance weld due to its high conductivity. this was the first time this type of welding was used in Stadco Shrewsbury. it took some time to understand the mechanisms of the joining system but through experimentation and gaining familiarity with the weld timers, the weld systems were bought under control. Show less

X202 door inners and sill assembly cells.TBC

Llanfyllin Powys

Research into 3d laser and Plasma cuttingSupport production with plant and equipment concernsLook for cost downs on products to fall in line with customers request.Product development and new product introductionEnergy managementLean manufacture,

Hnc, Mechanical Engineering

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