Engineer Continuous Improvement

Timothy W Bratton

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Experience

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer 4/12-Present UTC Carrier Corp Indianapolis, IN

Tool Engineer responsible for approx. 500 stamping dies and 60 presses.

Assist in budget management for Tool Room, the main procurement entity.

Continuous improvement in all areas of tooling from simplifying maintenance, improved performance, cost reduction, and PM timing.

Support FAB department general Manufacturing Engineering issues including press and feed line issues as well as automation issues in a mechanical aspect as well as some introductory issues in controls. Considered a subject matter expert with a few of our newer FAB lines.

Work directly with Advanced Engineering on new projects assisting/leading implementation of new tooling, and engineering changes.

Lead all new die trials, review all new tooling designs.

Make use of ACE Tools.

Always strive to make sound ethical decisions.

Tool Engineer 6/10-4/12 Aerotek (contract)/UTC Carrier Corp Indianapolis, IN

Tool Engineer focused on new stamping dies for A90 Furnace Project.

Support FAB in general as Manufacturing Engineer, troubleshooting, maintenance and continuous improvement.

Provided concept layouts.

Follow tooling from concept to completion and ensure they meet specifications, perform final trial and buy-off at vendor and in house.

Work with Fabrication Team to support the new tooling and old.

1/4/12 became 2nd shift Tool Room Supervisor while continuing all current responsibilities.

Chief Tool Designer 10/00-6/10 Hittle Machine & Tool Indianapolis, IN

Management level of design and engineering with secondary floor management responsibilities.

Management Council for ISO:9001, involved at all levels of quality.

Approved, routed and processed all designs from basic/prototyping to final design, spec’d tolerances and materials used. Often very tight tolerances and special materials.

Cost/time estimating of projects, supplied basic die design and estimation for estimating.

Heavy trouble shooting in design, build, prototyping, tryout and production.

Process Engineer 4/00-10/00 MarkHon Inc Wabash, IN

Processing and costing of the jobs from stock to final product through fabrication.

Specify, design/approve all tooling for the processes as well as cost estimating.

Defining the segmentation of the final product for processing.

Designing segments for ease of final assembly as well as fabrication stages.

Prototype to production launch.

Programming lasers and rotary punch presses for shop floor.

Trouble shooting and continuous improvement at all levels.

Tool Designer 1988-1996 Hittle Machine & Tool Indianapolis, IN

Complete design and detail of high speed interchangeable tooling.

Transfer tooling from entry to exit including transfer mechanisms and timing.

High speed cam slide dies for multiple part stamping for continuous strip heat exchanger core building to eliminate manual stacking, dies run 24/7/365 with minimal upkeep (CC Process).

Design and redesign dies for cam change over vs. manual.

Design and redesign tools for in press upkeep.

Provide written materials and visual aids for all change over processes.

Selected Key Skills

Solid leadership qualities and good with people in general; very comfortable with customer relations and very experienced at it.

CAD: both AutoCAD and SolidWorks.

Certifications: SolidWorks Essentials, Advanced Parts and Advanced Assembly.

Basic FARO Arm experience.

Handy with Microsoft Office Tools.

Quick Learner, enjoy learning new skills and have excelled at it.

Trainer: Take great pleasure in helping and training others and in turn learning from them.

CAM Training: Surfcam 2-axis certification.

Strong communication skills, comfortable adjusting terminology for the recipient.

Strong diagnostic/trouble shooting skills.

Always seeking improvement, always looking for a newer, better, cheaper, faster way while keeping experience in mind.

ACE Associate Certified with continued training toward Practitioner.

High ethical standards, focused on the “right thing to do” not the “easy path”.

Education

AS Mechanical Engineering Tech, Purdue University, Kokomo, IN

AS Mechanical Design, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN

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