Project Engineer

Resources Name: Randeep Singh Dhillon

Present Location: Vernon Hills IL

Cell: 847-***-****

E mail: *********@*****.***

Educational Qualification

:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical)

Software Expertise

:

• Operating systems : MS Windows

• CAD tools : Solid Works 2012, 2010, 2008,2007, 2005, Pro/E WF1 and 2, Solid

Edge V15, V17, V18 and Autocad2004

• CAE tools : Mechanisms using Solid works and Pro/E WF1 and 2

• Animation : Rendering using Photo Studio 360

• FEA : Solid works Simulation (FEA) static analysis

Technical Training:

• CAD – ECIT

Patents:

1. US20140255902 A1 Display Board Assembly

2. US 8739346 B1 Eraser Assembly

Profile:

The candidate has pursued Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. The candidate has 10 + years

of experience in Mechanical Industry. He has 3+ years of experience in Product Development (from

concept to launch). He has 4+ years of hands on experience in designing of Machineries coupled with

actual manufacturing of these machines. The incumbent has worked in the private sector for complete

production & material planning of machines & is well versed with the technical specifications of the

standard components. The candidate has an exposure to the packaging & bottling industry & has detailed

knowledge of automatic packaging machineries

The candidate has proven track record of mechanism design & is excellent in development of mechanism

& the simulation of these mechanism using Sold Works and Pro e Wildfire 1 & 2.

He has expertise skills in customization using Solid Works. The candidate’s strength lies in understanding

the configuration & parent child relationship concept of Solid Works for high end customization for our

reputed clients.

The candidate is highly innovative with provoking thoughts coupled with practical application of

engineering concepts.

Special Features:

• Project management, team size of 4 resources (Presentation available on request).

• Product development, ideation, brainstorming and innovative thinking.

• Two US patent approved, three other pending approval

• Solid/Surface Modeling Creation

• Reverse engineering, 3D printing and 3D scanning.

• Manipulation of complex parts and large Assemblies.

• Interference Checking, Mass Properties (C.G. & Moment of Inertia Calculation)

• Automatic creation of production drawing & BOM.

• Better visualization aiding in fool proof design

• Surface detail extraction for CAM & Solid geometry extraction for FEA

• Web enabled design review.

• Data Transfer between heterogeneous CAD Systems

Career History:

Company Name Post Duration

Technosoft Information Technologies (I) Sr. Design Engineer/Onsite Feb 2006 Till date

Limited/ Impact Engineering Program Manager

ACCO Brands Contract Project Engineer June 2012 to Feb2015

Oystar North America Contract Project Engineer Dec2011 to May 2012

Bosch Power tools Contract Project Engineer Nov2008 to July 2009

Arens control Contract Project Engineer Jan 2008 to Sep 2008

Hilden Packaging Machines Pvt. Ltd. Member –Design & Feb 2005 – Feb2006

Development

Sando Machine Pvt. Ltd. Mechanical Engineer May 2004 – Feb 2005

Project Experience

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Company: ACCO BRANDS

Location: Lake Zurich IL USA

Duration: 3 years (Ongoing)

White Board Project

This project involved developing a new line for white boards. The project includes creating a

new line of accessories for the white board. Developed concept for the accessories and also

got a patent approved for a 2 in 1 eraser

Responsibilities

Brainstorming, ideation and development of concept

Applied for patents and got it approved

Prepared timelines and project plan

Managed 4 offshore resources

Executed the project and delivered it on time and within budget

Complete Product development life cycle from concept to launch

Stapling Project

Currently working on many on going stapling projects. Have filed patents for new design to

attack competition. New revenue generating ideas and ideas to capture new market share.

Responsibilities:

Brainstorming, ideation and development of concept

Invention disclosure and Patent application

Development of prototypes

Refinement of prototypes in the in house lab

Rapid prototyping, 3D printing and 3D scanning in house

Cost reduction on existing staplers

Refinement of skins

DFA, DFM, static FEA analysis on critical components.

Participation in DFMEA meetings

Manage offshore projects with a project plan and complete them within budget.

Co ordinate with local vendors to get parts made for prototyping.

Environment: Solid works 2012, PhotoStudio 360, Solidworks simulation (FEA)

References (available on request)

Company: Oystar North America

Location: Davenport IA USA

Duration: 8 months

Continuous Conduction Sealer Machine Re harness Project

This project involved making the electrical harness more organized. Worked with Electrical

engineers to understand the scope of project. Provided concepts to the client, co ordination

with client and offshore team to deliver the project on time and within budget.

Responsibilities:

Presented concept to the client.

Prepared timelines and project plan

Managed 4 offshore resources

Executed the project and delivered it on time and within budget

MAP Project

This project required custom rail design for Modified Atmosphere packaging. The rail replaces

the Oxygen in air by nitrogen to increase the product shelf life

Responsibilities:

Onsite custom design for the client

Worked on top down design approach where the complete design was controlled by just 2

master sketches

Design and released the drawings for manufacturing in the integrated Solid works PDM

software.

Company: BOSCH PTNA (Power Tools North America)

Location: Mount Prospect IL USA

Duration: 8 months

Apollo Miter Saw Project

Worked on the development of a new miter saw for its European execution.

The project involved the introduction of locking mechanism as a safety norm for European

compliance. Development of placement of light and laser on the product.

Development of terminal block housing. Introduction of LED holder with integrated heat sink

for dissipation of heat.

Responsibilities:

Presented 4 design concepts for the locking mechanism.

Developed the prototype of locking mechanism based on one of the concepts.

Co ordinated with vendors and model shop for development of various parts.

Placement of Light and laser on the product

Indroduction of integrated Led holder and heat sink to reduce cost

Used standard hardware and standard torsion spring for design of mechanism.

Environment: Pro e Wildfire 2.0

Project Title: Arens Controls Company, LLC (www.arens.com)

Location: Arlington heights IL USA

Duration: 9 months

Synopsis:

THINK

Rapid prototyping of the components. Development of plastic molded components.

This project involves the mechanical design of the Control system for Think cars.

The project includes the design of junction box, with sealing as a major challenge.

Successfully designed a junction box (casting) with seals, connector plate, connectors and

covers. Acquired CE compliance for the unit.

CATERPILLAR

1) This project involved the mechanical design of the Control system for Gear shifter.

Worked in association with Electrical department for the latest shift by wire technology for

automobiles.

2) Development of concept for the control of Wheel loader, reducing the cost to three times of

the existing cost, using a single pcb, hall sensing.

Responsibilities:

Worked in association with the design department as a main member responsible for

modeling of the casting for TH!NK.

Development of concept model for caterpillar.

Raising the ECN for components.

Environment: Solid Works 2008

References:

Project Title: Design and development of MG 5050 Gear Box for Twin Disc.

Location: USA

Duration : 7 months

Synopsis:

This project involves the modeling of the complex castings (front and rear housing) of the

transmission unit. The casting material being changed from cast iron to Aluminum for weight

reduction, simultaneously the profile of the casting is changed to increase the sump capacity.

Design and development of brackets to mount the heat exchanger. Modeling of the manual

valve to control the hydraulic flow to the primary and secondary shaft for engagement of the

clutch.

Responsibilities:

Worked in association with the design department for modeling of the casting and the final

assembly

Drafting of the complex casting components.

Environment: Solid Works 2007

Project Title: Design and development of Bus Interior for ADL

Location: UK

Duration: 6 months

Synopsis:

This project includes the seating arrangement, hand poles arrangement. Design of side frames,

front and rear frames. Understood the clients ERP system for BOM generation.

Responsibilities:

Worked in association with the CAD department for modeling various components.

Drafting of the various arrangement drawings.

Environment: Solid Edge V17

Project Title: Return Transom Fixture

Location: India

Synopsis:

Development of welding fixture for return transom. This project involves complete design from

concept to realization of the fixture. This fixture uses basic 3 2 1 principle of location for locating

the component.

Responsibilities:

Independently designed & developed the welding fixture for two parts

Complete modeling, assembly, drafting

Environment: Solid Edge V17

Project Title: Intermediate Transom Fixture

Location: India

Synopsis:

Designed and developed entire machine for welding of the components. Developed

pneumatic chucking device for holding the pipe. Issued manufacturing drawings as per ISO

standards

Responsibilities:

Independently designed & developed

Complete modeling, assembly, drafting

Environment: Solid Edge V17

Project Title: Gasketting Machine

Location: India

Synopsis:

Development of Gasketting Machine for automation of gasketting operation. The project

involved simulation of mechanisms in pro e & its respective interference checks. The components

drawings & drafting having done in Solid edge.

Responsibilities:

Independently developed the machine from concept to realization. The machine includes

striking application of innovative ideas & has mechanisms which include levers, sliding blocks

& cam & followers for feeding, gasketting & ejecting operations.

Environment: Pro e Wildfire 2.0. / Solid Edge V17

Project Title: Customization of crane design

Location: India

Synopsis:

Development of Software for customization of crane design. Numerical values to be given as

input which will generate 3 D Models & 2 D Drawings

Responsibilities:

Worked as a technical co coordinator for the project. Modeled the default assembly with

all the configurations using design tables & equations. Modeling done using top down

approach controlled by two skeleton sketches. Guided the programmers to bind the User

Interface with the solid works model.

Environment: Solid Works2006

Project Title: K.D.Massive Round Table

Synopsis:

Reverse Engineering i.e. development of 3 D model using an existing product. The project

involved physical measurement of existing table & recreation of the model in CAD.

Responsibilities:

Worked as a team member in a team of two. The dimensions of the existing product were

taken physically & the modeling & drafting of these products were completely successfully

Environment: Pro e WF 2

Project Title: Design of Caser Head

Location: India

Synopsis:

Development of head for caser machine. Caser is a machine used for picking the bottles

from conveyors & places these bottles into the cases or cartons. Project involved designing of

caser head for beer bottles & placing these bottles into cartoons.

Responsibilities:

Independently developed the head to suit the existing machines. The company had

existing design for soft drink bottles but a new head was developed for Beverages & the head

was successfully manufactured in the company.

Environment: Pro e Wildfire 1.0.

Project Title: Design of Case over Packer (COP)

Location: India

Synopsis:

Development of Semi automatic machine for packaging of bottles into the cartons. The

concept lies in placing carton on the bottles, instead of picking the bottles.

Responsibilities:

Independently developed the concept of lane divider for dividing the bottles conveyed in

single lane to multiple lane using back to back cylinders.

The machine deals with pneumatic cylinders & its synchronization for the operation of the

machine.

Environment: Solid Edge V15

Project Title: Design of filing valve for Baby Jar

Location: India

Synopsis:

Development of filing valve for 20 liters & 25 liters of Kinley baby jars. This project

involves automated filling valve design for metering water in to the jars.

Responsibilities:

Independently designed & developed the valve for Kinley jars for recirculation type filing

machines.

Environment: Pro e Wildfire 1.0.

Project Title: Material Handling Equipments

Location: India

Synopsis:

Conversion of 2 D drawings to 3 D models

Responsibilities:

Worked as a team member in a team of eight. Handled 20 % of work load & the project

was crashed before lead time.

Modeling & assembly

Environment: Solid Edge V15

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