Quality Control Electrical

Christopher Gilbert

Owner - Cool Springs Tooling LLC

Gainesville, GA

*****@******************.*** - 770-***-****

To utilize my capabilities as an experienced Toolmaker, Leader and Business Owner to impart knowledge,

education, and a superior work ethic in a team oriented environment.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Owner

Cool Springs Tooling LLC - Gainesville, GA - 2004 to Present

A company established to provide specialized tooling to various Manufacturing Markets. Through 10 years

CST was able to establish business relationships over a broad range of spectrums which included ViaSat, MI

Technologies, Koyo Bearings, GT Technologies, Lennox Industries, Wrigley's, Husqvarna as well as a number

of other machine shops providing secondary operations, programming and design aid.

• Successful collaboration with customers to develop new products from concept to manufacture.

• Establish and cultivate working relationships with Customers

• Character assessments for employment

• Manage company operations and finances

• Work closely in-house or onsite with customers to ensure manufacturability of designs

• Set quality parameters and guidelines

• Ensure customer satisfaction through Precision machining techniques and strict quality management

• Workflow Management

• Deadline Management

• Gage Design and implementation

Toolmaker/ Machine Build Technician

Timken - Norcross, GA - 2000 to 2004

Machined and fabricated tooling, as well as built machines for special purpose equipment in a research and

development environment

• Assembly and Test Group Team member of Research and Development that required a high level of

leadership skills, as well as a uncompromised team and work attitude

• Communicated and worked directly with senior Engineers in the development of tooling and mechanical

assembly

• Trained individuals on the mechanical and electrical functions of a machine at the customers location

• Promoted to the machine shop lead man and performed the responsibilities of scheduling work flow, quoted

time and cost for specific jobs, worked with engineers regarding blueprint errors and suggested improvements

to increase manufacturing efficiency, ordered materials to complete jobs, insured the quality of and met the

scheduled deadline for each project

• Preventive maintenance on machine tools, provided mechanical and electrical support to production plants

for machines related directly to the manufacturing development facility

Tool & Die Maker

Automotive Dryer Incorporated - Cumming, GA - 1999 to 2000

This position involved manufacturing progressive dies to be implemented into a production environment within

the ADI Corporation.

CNC Machinist/ Manual Machinist

Barry Grant Fuel Systems - Dahlonega, GA - 1997 to 1999

This position involved setting up, operating, and programming vertical/horizontal machining and turning centers

to produce high production aluminum components. Manual machining was utilized to manufacture fixtures to

be used in production.

EDUCATION

Tool and Die Design

North Georgia Technical College - Clarkesville, GA

1999

Technology

North Georgia Technical College - Clarkesville, GA

1998

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Skills

Machining:

• Manual Lathe operations

• Manual Mill operations

• Surface Grinding

• O.D./I.D. Grinding

• CNC Surface Grinding

• CNC Vertical Milling with 4th axis

• CNC Turning Center with "c" axis

• Mastercam

• BobCAD/CAM

• OneCnc

• Fapt Cut EDM Software

• Quality Control of internal and external work

Fabrication:

• Welding (MIG and TIG)

• Sheet Metal (layout, braking, shearing, etc..)

Mechanical and Electrical Assembly:

1. Mechanical Assembly

• Organizational Layout

• Troubleshooting

• Critical Tramming and Aligning

• Tooling Development

• Quality Control

• Machine Operations

• Production development

• Prototype development

• Ergonomics

2. Pneumatics and Hydraulics

• Plumbing and Routing

• Control

3. Electrical Assembly

• Interconnect Wiring, Routing, and Grounding

• Trouble shooting electrical components such as sensors, switches, relays, etc.

• Power up the machine after completing both mechanical and electrical requirements.

• Determine correct Input/Output currents from the PLC to the designated electrical component.

Heat Treat:

• Tool Steels / Annealing / Expansion Fitting

Maintenance:

• Preventive Maintenance on Machine tools

• Provide mechanical and electrical support to Timken production plants for machines related directly to the

manufacturing development facility in Norcross.

Quality Control:

• Reading and Gaging of micrometers (OD, ID & Depth)

• Super Micrometer

• Roundness machine

• RA tester (Surface Finish)

• Rockwell Hardness tester

• Comparator

• Indicators (.001, .0001, .00005)

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