{"id":2155,"date":"2023-08-17T18:04:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T22:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:40:36","slug":"injection-molding-design-expert-tooling-engineer-224645-automotive-medical-appliance-consumer-goods-blow-injection-rotary-extruded-stack-thermo-set-thermo-plastic-will-relo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/engineering\/injection-molding-design-expert-tooling-engineer-224645-automotive-medical-appliance-consumer-goods-blow-injection-rotary-extruded-stack-thermo-set-thermo-plastic-will-relo\/","title":{"rendered":"Injection Molding Design Expert\/Tooling Engineer (224645) Automotive, Medical, Appliance, Consumer Goods \/ Blow, Injection, Rotary, Extruded, Stack, Thermo Set, Thermo Plastic \/ Will Relo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the most knowledgeable injection molding engineers I have ever interviewed. He is an accomplished industry professional with expert-level skills in injection molding processes, tooling design, problem-solving, engineering, and employee relations for Fortune 500 brands<\/strong>. He has supported both domestic and international plastic product molding clients in Automotive, Medical, Appliance, and Consumer Goods. He has taught corporate engineering department personnel courses on Amorphous vs. Semi-Crystalline Polymers properties, characteristics, basic part Design techniques for making quality molded parts, and the basic injection molding process at the press. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has a reputation for identifying areas for improvement and implementing solutions that enhance performance, improved processes, quality, cycle time, and achieve business goals. He is skilled in working with a variety of plastics and molds including, B-Series, A-Series, closure, stripper, shuttle, unscrewing, stack, hydraulic, mechanical, extruded, vertical, horizontal, blow, rotary, Thermo-Set, and Thermo-Plastic Resin molds. He is accomplished in a large variety of software programs and quickly explains how he adapts and translates files between programs. He has customer-facing experience at all levels and trains client engineers on how to identify and solve process and mold issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Teaching all Corporate Engineering personnel plastic courses on Amorphous vs Semi-Crystalline Polymers properties, characteristics, & basic part Design techniques for quality plastic parts.
\u2022 Reduce outgoing tooling cost to new in-house capabilities.
\u2022 Review and follow all new molding tooling cradle to grave.
Oversee Tool Design, CAD, DFM mold review, mold flow analysis, EOAT for molds with press, tooling standards compliance
\u2022 Attending all APQP Meetings and reviewing of program timing, and updating management weekly.
\u2022 Try-out Reports, and quoted engineering changes.
\u2022 Reduce molding scrap in-house with process personal and press updates.
\u2022 Create, document, develop, and deliver procedures to ensure the tooling meets all targets relating to quality and cost.
\u2022 Lead individuals and team meetings when implementing engineering changes, and improvement.
\u2022 Review new mold designs, jigs, and managed the secondary fixtures,
\u2022 Reviewed customer specifications, blueprints, shop data and interfaced with shop personnel to resolve design problems related to dimensional tolerance, manufacturing procedures, and production efficiencies.
\u2022 Identified problems with implementation, or available resources that may affect schedule or budget.
\u2022 Saved $500k annually on outgoing mold repairs done in-house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Tooling, & Part Design Expert – I can take a mold\/design, improve it and make it run premium.
\u2022 Designing Injection Molds
\u2022 Oversee DFM, & Mold Flow Analysis.
\u2022 Work with Design Review, & Approval
\u2022 Automotive Plastic Components \u2013 Tier 1 Clients
\u2022 Medical Plastic Component –
\u2022 Consumer Goods Plastic Components – Fortune -500 Customers were Baxter, Colgate, Pharmaceutical Medical Plastics devises for Schering Plough, Johnson & Johnson, & Gatorade
\u2022 Appliance Plastic Components -Whirlpool, Maytag
\u2022 Providing Input on New or Alternative Materials
\u2022 Interacting With Client Engineers \u2013 GM Lordstown
\u2022 Part Feasibility
\u2022 Testing Molds
\u2022 Optimizing Injection Molding Parameters
\u2022 Investigating New Technologies
\u2022 Developing New Solutions with Existing Technology
\u2022 International Client Support \u2013 Japan, China, Italy, Mexico, Canada
\u2022 Updating Existing Molds
\u2022 Mold Design Layouts
\u2022 Hot Runner Molds
\u2022 Cold Runner Molds
\u2022 Insulated Runner Molds
\u2022 Single Cavity Injection Mold
\u2022 Multi Cavity Injection Mold
\u2022 Family Cavity Injection Mold
\u2022 2 Plate Injection Mold
\u2022 3 Plate Injection Mold
\u2022 Stack Injection Mold
\u2022 Collaborating With Client Engineers
\u2022 Improving Design, Manufacturability, or Cost Reduction.
\u2022 CAD\/CAM Programming Experience
\u2022 Tolerance Analysis
\u2022 Tooling Trials
\u2022 Experimental Designs
\u2022 Improving Yields
\u2022 Improving Cycle Times
\u2022 Providing Engineering Support
\u2022 GD&T
\u2022 Mold Flow Analysis Software
\u2022 Engineering Change Requests
\u2022 Safety Operating Process Manuals
\u2022 Quotation, & Cost Breakdown
\u2022 Program Leadership
\u2022 Delivering Cost Savings
\u2022 Providing Customer Support
\u2022 Developing Internal Plastic Training
\u2022 Oversee Supplier Support in the Design
\u2022 Troubleshooting on the floor
\u2022 Process Improvement
\u2022 Training Classes for in-house Engineers on Product Design, Properties of Plastics
\u2022 Hands-on work with Inj. Process Personnel.
\u2022 Aid in Engineering Drawings
\u2022 Keep Abreast of Tool and Die Industry Technology and Advances in Components \/ Resins
\u2022 Hands-on 5-S Tool Room
\u2022 Scrap Reductions
\u2022 Crack Analysis
\u2022 Mold Cooling Analysis
\u2022 5-S Injection Presses
\u2022 Plan Tools Repairs W\/Production
\u2022 Flow Analysis Software
\u2022 3D Modeling Software
\u2022 Pro\/Engineer
\u2022 Autodesk Moldflow Software
\u2022 AutoCAD Software
\u2022 Mastercam Software
\u2022 Inventor Software
\u2022 Solidworks Plastics Standard
\u2022 Cad-key
\u2022 Solid Works
\u2022 Software Translators and Universal Step Files
\u2022 UG Software for Automotive (Big-3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Acrylic (PMMA)
\u2022 Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS)
\u2022 Nylon (Polyamide, PA)
\u2022 Polycarbonate (PC)
\u2022 Polyethylene (PE)
\u2022 Polyoxymethylene (POM)
\u2022 Polypropylene (PP)
\u2022 Polystyrene (PS)
\u2022 Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE)
\u2022 Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU)
\u2022 Rubber
\u2022 Latex<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDUCATION<\/strong>
\u2022 Currently enrolled Bachelor of Business Administration (BSBA) \/ Youngstown State University, OH
\u2022 Associate of Science (AS) in Mechanical Engineering \/ Rock Valley College, Rockford, IL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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