Five axis CNC programming.Manufacturing Engineering.This is a wonderful job shop that produces machined parts for the medical, aviation, and other industries. The employees all strive to create consistent high quality products for our customers.The level of cooperation here is impressive and the higher level of knowledge exhibited by Bradford employees pays off with better parts with no surprises.

In-house consultant and troubleshooter. I would be assigned projects that needed special care, such as an existing process that had developed an issue, a new process that was complicated or needed guidance, or quick little fixes needed by anybody in the organization.With a strong background in machining, CNC programming, quality control, SolidWorks, I.T., customer service, databases, networking, and training, I was used for any issue that needed a quick answer by anyone in any department, or that needed research done and a carefully crafted solution to a major issue.I would be assigned to meet with a customer or vendor if a more hands-on connection was needed because of a developing issue, and if necessary I would nurture the connection until they could be independent again. If the maintenance department needed help with the computer side of our production machines I would assist with troubleshooting and configuration. K&K is a 100 person/ 100+ CNC spindle machine shop that produces parts for military, medical, architectural, printing and other industries. They have the newest leading-edge equipment and use progressive processes.I was recently downsized because of a temporary slowdown in orders but will continue working with them as an independent contractor as their needs dictate.

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I started with the planning, implementation of a CNC CMM system to enhance quality control for a manufacturer of high precision machined castings, including creating quality procedures that were functional and cost effective. I trained several existing employees on the use, theories and pitfalls of CMM inspection so that they would be self sufficient. When the CMM system was in production I became the troubleshooter for some nagging production problems in the tooling, casting, and machining areas and I handled all of the maintenance issues that were related to potential downtime. I worked closely with production employees, managers, and customers to deliver products that they were happy with. If there were issues with a customer's parts I would find the source of the problem and solve it by changing the process, the documentation, or the design of the part. [ I had finished the bulk of the improvements that I had been hired for and things were winding down, so I decided to take advantage of a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience a sabbatical. ]

Services included: Mold design, high quality CNC programming, production enhancement, machinery/automation design, CAD training (ProEngineer, SolidWorks), Manufacturing training (machining, workflow, & design). Turnkey computer procurement and setup. Software analysis, design, and creation. Analysis of part design and potential/current quality issues. [ My largest customer, Graphicast, was increasing my work load to the point that I finally had to just start working for them full time.]

Design plastic injection molds using ProEngineer. The mold assemblies were precision, high quality (Class 101), high production molds. The parts had to be designed to have a long life, be easily maintained and repaired, be profitably manufactured at a single quantity, with no rework. I also worked with customers concerning part design suggestions and potential quality issues. Responsible for all of the computer/network support and occasional machine repair.I would recommend this company to anyone needing plastic injection molds. Integrity and quality.

Responsible for process design and implementation, and CNC production programming. Graphicast is a casting/machining production shop with repeat jobs being set up monthly. Each process had to be robust, quick, and easily understood by the folks in production. This was accomplished with solid-modeling part design with ProE and SolidWorks, mold programming using a variety of CAM systems (ProE, Gibbs, FeatureCam, Acucarv), fixture design/drafting using ProE and Microstation. As a supervisor of Q.C. I dealt directly with customers concerning design changes and quality. I was also responsible for all in-house computer support and occasional machine setup and repair.

Supervision of quality control/inspection. Responsible for the development and implementation of a MIL-I-45208 production control/quality assurance system, which included writing all of the shop-control software used for daily operations. My duties included programming, technical support, AutoCAD design, methods work, CNC machine programming/setup, operator instruction, and supervision.

Corporate Programming Project CoordinatorDevelopment DirectorManager of the software divisionProgrammer( see Resume for more details )

Program CNC machine tools, do methods work and process development for production machining, troubleshoot manufacturing problems, and instruct operators on the use of new equipment.

Instruct others on set-up, operation, tooling theory, and the proper care of CNC machine tools.