Manuel Lamela

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Summary

A technical and detail oriented machinist with over 25 years of experience across various manufacturing

processes, specializing in the fabrication of precision parts and jewelry production.

Education and Training

Commercial Diploma

Bayonne High School Bayonne, NJ

Hudson County Area Vocational- Technical School Machine Shop

Training Certification for blueprint reading

Northampton Community College - National Training Center for Microelectronics

Experience

Machinist/ Tool and Die Maker

September 2014 to October 2017

Tessler & Weiss/ Premesco Inc. Union, NJ

Set up and operated production equipment in accordance with current good manufacturing practices and

standard operating procedures to produce jewelry specific parts such as fixtures, tools, collets, and dies.

Monitored the production processes and adjusted schedules.

Monitored and adjusted production processes or equipment for quality and productivity.

Oversaw design, procurement, and construction from a mechanical equipment and reliability perspective.

Position specialized in jewelry manufacturing.

Machinist/ Tool and Die Maker

March 2008 to September 2014

Bigelow Components Corporation Springfield, NJ

Fit and assembled parts to make, repair, or modify dies, jigs, tools, fixtures, and collets using machine

tools.

Utilized grinding and inspection tooling to meet function, cost, and efficiency needs of manufacturing.

Applied cold heading processing using single die, multi die, and progressive heading machines with

capabilities of .015 to .475 round wire diameter able to hold tolerances of .001.

Machinist

March 1990 to February 2008

Airflyte Electronics Company Bayonne, NJ

Analyzed specifications, set up and operated machine tools, and assembled parts to make dies, cutting

tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and machinists' hand tools.

Utilized super precision lathe machines, drill presses, milling machines, cylindrical and surface grinders

capable of fabricating tools and fixtures.

Worked with many types of plastics, metals, and finishes.

Designed and manufactured slip ring assemblies for military applications such as light armored vehicles,

tanks, missile systems, radar, periscopes, aircraft, personnel carriers, inertial navigation systems, optical

systems, and rate gyros.

Company relocated out of state.

Tool and Die Maker

January 1986 to February 1990

Federal Carbide Company Moonachie, NJ

Fabricated tools and fixtures to meet manufacturing and engineering needs.

Entailed precision work with grinders, lathes, drill presses, and honing machines.

Responsible for providing technical guidance and support for design, installation, operation, and

maintenance of mechanical systems used in the process.

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