Richard (Rick) J. Trapp

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Racine, Wisconsin 53402

262-***-****

ableap@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Accomplished Tooling Engineer with diversified experience in manufacturing.

Areas of expertise include: tool design, process improvement and project

management. Looking forward to joining a company to help build a

successful organization by solving problems with innovative cost effective

design solutions.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

great lakes international, inc, Racine, Wisconsin

2007- Present

Manufacturing and distribution of Water Treatment products.

Engineer

Responsible for RO Product design and purchasing of fabricated parts,

quality control of RO products and inventory of sheet metal components.

. Document design changes made on existing equipment using Solidworks

and Auto Cad to create accurate dimensional drawings.

. Develop step by step assembly instruction manuals for 25 GPD to 9000

GPD RO systems.

. Reduced inventories by redesigning 400-2400 GPD RO system to utilize

common sheet metal parts and implementing standard assembly methods.

. Setup and design complete Solid Works parts library for assembly of RO

systems.

. Recommended and implemented Solid Works as the new Engineering

software.

. Analyze and applied proper tolerances to design parts that reduced the

cost of metal fabrications.

. Inspect sheet metal frames and RO systems.

. Create 3D flow diagrams and electrical drawings for RO system manuals.

. Responsible for creation of time studies of Brine Wells and poly tube

manufacturing line.

Modine Manufacturing Company, Racine, Wisconsin

1980 - 2006

Leader in designing, engineering, testing, and manufacturing heat transfer

products for a wide range of applications and markets.

Tooling Engineer (1998 - 2006)

Accountable for overseeing the design, build, and financial plan of

equipment that manufactured new products to insure efficient capable

manufacturing methods were maintained.

. Wrote request for quote specifications and created Cad concept layouts

using 2d and 3d Cad systems.

. Improved design of side transfer die that reduced changeover time to

15 minutes from 2 hours.

. Collaborated with engineering teams in development of new product

tooling. I hold two product patents (#6,964,296B2 and #6,675,883).

. Designed proto type tools which lead to developing improved tooling

process methods.

. Team leader in the debug and qualification of manufacturing equipment

at the production plants.

. Worked closely with management in creation and implementation of a

certification program at Modine Nuevo Laredo that reduced down time

and increased production by approximately 20%.

. Traveled to other production facilities for continuous improvement,

design review and resolution of production issues.

. Collaborated with maintenance and production workers to improve

existing manufacturing methods through analyzing SPC data.

. Trained production workers on new LP lines and wrote work

instructions.

Richard (Rick) J. Trapp

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Tooling Coordinator (1993 - 1998)

. Coordinated build of LP fin line and trained machine operators.

o Turnkey project on a tight production schedule; machine was

qualified at the plant on the first day and started running

production the very same day it arrived.

. Managed production of LP fin blade inventory tooling and developed

pull system (Kanban) that reduced inventory of LP blades by

approximately 30%.

. Directed Tool Designers in cost reduction of 10% on low volume tools.

. Improved cycle time by approximately 20%; managed design and build of

several custom machines including twisted fin machines to core

assembly machines.

. Implemented numerous charts and spreadsheets for standard machines and

tools that reduced time spent preparing tooling quotes.

. Wrote tool orders to all U.S. production plants building manufacturing

equipment.

Senor Tool Designer (1986 - 1993)

Designed progressive dies, custom machines and trained new tool designers.

. Implemented Cad design standards that reduced design time.

. Saved $10,000 annually through the design of a 3 out progressive die

that ran at 250 strokes per minute with reduced down time.

. Improved ergonomics of core assembly machines that reduced back and

shoulder injuries.

. Trained new employees on 2d Cadkey software and company standards.

Tool Designer (1982 - 1986)

Tool Design Draftsman (1980 - 1982)

Designed hand fed stamping dies, welding fixtures and assembly fixtures.

. Pioneered first desktop Cad design station at corporation.

. Designed fin rolls and tube rolls from standard program sheet using

Cad system and reduced design time down by approximately 30%.

. Saved $50,000 through effective design of an extrude header pierce

system for a beta weld header slot by reducing cycle time by 15%.

. Designed pierce dies, bend dies and Whistler pierce templates.

. 5 years of pencil drafting experience.

EDUCATION

Tool & Die Design Engineering, Acme Institute of Technology, Milwaukee,

WI, 1977-1980

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & TECHNICAL TRAINING

Kanban Lean Enterprise Value Stream Mapping Quick Die Change

Advanced Product Quality Planning and Control Plan (APQP)

Effective Interpersonal Communication Skills

MS Word Excel Sherpa Cadkey AutoCad Solid Edge

SolidWorks

ACTIVITIES

Amateur Radio and Chess

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