Wayne Schatz Email & Phone Number

Fremont, Ca, Us

Kentwood, Mi, Us

As a leading contract manufacturer of precision-machined implants and perfect-fit complementary instruments, Autocam Medical provides our OEM customers with the utmost quality, reliability and customer service. Our core competencies include: CNC milling, turning, mill/turn and cutter-grinding of all surgical-grade materials, including titanium and other high-performance specialty alloys and plastics.Autocam Medical’s DFM engineers and manufacturing teams have decades of lean-manufacturing experience and technical know-how. We give our OEM partners a value-added resource, from design and development, through the manufacturing process, to the flawless completion of a project. Visit us at www.autocam-medical.com to learn more.Specific personal notes;Hands on experience running/programing CNC machine tools. Most recently Laser welding, Laser Marking, and laser cutting.Scheduled/planned PM activities. When appropriate, I do machine repair and demand maintenance.Tooling design and manufacture utilizing CAD, CAM, CNC, and manual control machine tools. Process design and implementation, as well as continuous process improvement. Prototype and production manager in Laser lab, using lasers for cutting, welding and marking of small parts used in medical tools and implants.Managing a small work group (4-8 people, 2 shifts) and associated scheduling to maintain product flow and on-time deliveries.Utilize EPICOR (MRP System) to manage jobs, inventory, scheduling and resource management.Create work instructions for various processes.Create inspection plans and training documents.Work with QA department on both corrective action plans and preventative action plans.Work in concert with document control to process work instructions, engineering changes, and quality system projects. Collaborate with customer to help engineer design solutions to improve manufacturability and reduce costs to customer and improve quality.Named as co-inventor in patent application.

CNC milling of electonics hardware and medical tools.Implemented continuous process improvement strategies.Utilized data collection to satisfy customer requirements ( IBM, Digital Electronics Corp, Ford Aerospace, etc...)

Manual Machinist

Machined / fabricated clutch parts and assemblies for industrial and High Performance applications. Rebuilt and refurbished components for Industrial truck, tractors, antique vehicles, off road and high performance (street and track) as well as foreign and domestic passenger cars and trucks.Used welding, grinding, machining, and assembly equipment to achieve finished product.Managed purchasing for parts and supplies in department.