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Alan G. Blahnik

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Earlville Il 60518

815-***-**** - Cell

E-Mail: agblahnik4440@gmail

Summary:

Having 40+ years’ experience and skills as a top-level tool and die, maker. Strong work ethic, reliability and leadership skills, help motivate teams to achieve business goals and objectives.

EXPERIENCE:

2006 - Present

Hansel’s Custom Tech.

Sheridan,IL

Forman - Journeyman Mold Maker

Lead person in die making, working closely with engineers, building close tolerance, state – of –the art high speed high run dies.

Responsible for detailing all machining procedures necessary to fabricate accurate die components in the shortest time with little or no error.

Efficient with Mastercam programming for milling machines (2D and 3D) and lathe machines.

Proficient with setting-up programs using MasterCam and directly on a Haas VF-3, VF-4, EC1600 & SL-20 – as well as running the program I developed.

Build stamping dies, check fixtures and gages.

Build miscellaneous tooling.

Proficient Surface grinders.

Run Charmilles CNC EDM Roboform 22.

Responsible for coordinating with the engineer with designing of the stamping dies.

Responsible for helping with input on quotes for various jobs.

1978 – 2006

Emerson Plastic Mold, Inc.

Villa Park, IL

Journeyman Mold Maker

Twenty-five years’ experience operating Charmilles P-25 Tabletop EDM with Isocut Heads.

Fourteen years’ experience operating Charmilles CNC EDM Roboform 20.

Twenty years experience operating Milltronics Partner IV CNC Milling Machines.

Ten years’ experience operating Milltronics VM-16 Milling Center.

Trained on Milltronics machines using the Conversational Programming features.

Ten years’ experience as Assistant Foreman whenever the Shop Foreman is not available.

Finish grinding on new tools as well as repairs.

Experience with Jig and Surface grinders.

Was solely responsible for making electrodes for new tools as well as tools that need repair.

Inspected tools that needed repair work to determine extent of damage, as well as what type of repair(s) was required.

Provided training to co-workers, including the Shop Foreman, on Roboform 20 Series, and Milltronics CNC machines.

EDUCATION

1992 Charmilles Technologies – Lincolnshire, IL

Certificate – Fundamentals of operation, programming and maintenance of Charmilles Roboform 20 Series, CNC EDM machines.

1983 Tool and Die Institute – Park Ridge, IL

Certificate – Journeyman Mold Maker

1982 Tool and Die Institute – Park Ridge, IL

Graduation – Apprentice Training Program – Mold Making

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