Engineer Design

Raymond L. Harmon

**** ******* *** ~ Heber Springs Arkansas, 72543.

Cell Phone 501-***-****

Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S

Thirty Nine years experience in manufacturing & design.

Head Designer - Mill work, Cabinetry manufacturing.

Owner & Operator - Cabinetry & Furniture Business.

Shop Foreman – Machine & Fabrication shop.

Design Engineer – Precision Machine Design.

Manufacturing Engineer – Automotive, Aluminum Permanent Mold.

Product Engineer – Aerospace, Ferrous & Non Ferrous investment casting.

Inspection Supervisor – First Article, Tool & Die Layout, & Quality Control.

Key products and processes

2D & 3D Computer aided design, AutoCAD, Solid Works, IMOS.

Residential and commercial mill work, furniture, and Cabinetry.

Custom dedicated machining centers design.

Robotic automation, finishing equipment & machine design.

Aluminum heat-treat processes, furnace & oven design.

Investment casting processes, ceramic & sand molding, ferrous, & not ferrous alloys, vacuum melt & Super-alloys.

Mold Gating and riser design, AFS computer aided solidification modeling.

ANSI Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing & Blue print reading. "taught at college level".

Dimensional Inspection Supervisor, Instructor, & Trainer.

Manual & programmable CMM “Coordinate Measuring Machines” & Surface plate inspection.

First Article Layout Inspection.

Machine Shop production inspection, Jigs, fixtures, gauges, & dies.

Machinist apprentice.

Familiar with following quality disciplines, including various levels of training.

ISO

QS-9000

Just In Time Manufacturing (JIT).

Total Quality Management (TQM).

Root Cause & Analysis (SPC).

Six Sigma (Green Belt)

W O R K H I S T O R Y

Designer & Carpenter - Cornerstone Hardwood & Design. Aug 2018 - Current

Head Designer - AutoCAD Concept & Production Drawings. Field Measurements.

Carpenter - Production Bench Carpenter. Finishing & Installation.

Furniture and Cabinetry manufacture. Formally Harmon Heirloom Furniture.

Owner & Operator - Harmon Heirloom Furniture. June 2014 - Aug 2018

Head Designer - AutoCAD Concept & Production Drawings. Field Measurements.

Carpenter - Production Bench Carpenter. Finishing & Installation.

Furniture and Cabinetry manufacture. Formally Harmon Heirloom Furniture.

Head Designer - Julian and Sons Fine Furniture. Sept 2006 - Feb 2020

Specialty Furniture and Cabinetry manufacture. With a unique client base producing multiple opportunities to work on highly artistic & exotic projects including but not limited to, Bars, Wine rooms, Trophy Rooms, Gun vaults, Executive offices, Private residences, Banks, and commercial projects.

Worked directly with VOC, Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Architects, Builders, and Suppliers. I was often involved on the project well before ground breaking through installation.

The Design process typically begins with Concept, & Approval drawings. Then production drawings including every manufactured and purchased component. Including but not limited to, Plan & Elevations drawings, Manufacturing & Installation, Electrical & Plumbing, Load lists, Hardware lists, Material lists, Purchase parts lists, and supplemental drawings. I.E. Counter-tops, Glass, appliances, & audio.

Software, AutoCad, IMOS,

Shop Foreman – Toolcraft Machine & Tool. Bald Knob AR. 2005 - 2006

General Manager of machine & fabrication shop.

Labor Management - Interviews, hiring, compensation, & disciplinary action.

Production Control – Scheduling, & resource allocation.

Estimator – Estimation & proposals.

Purchasing - Ordered raw materials & consumables.

Designer – AutoCAD drawings for as required for manufacturing.

Design Engineer – APM Drill Heads & Machines. Judsonia AR. 2004 - 2005

AutoCAD Design - Dedicated machine centers.

Multi Spindle drilling, tapping, milling, & boring, machines.

Automated saws for degating of aluminum casings and forgings.

Automated I.D. DOT part markers, stamping, & grinding machines.

Component fabrication, final assembly, and testing.

Manufacturing Engineer – Superior Industries. Heber Springs AR. 2000- 2004

Develop of processes for forged and cast aluminum suspension components. Heat-treat & Finish department processes & procedures.

Design, Acquisition, installation, programming, surveys, repairs, & calibrations of manufacturing equipment.

Continuous & Batch type Furnace & Ovens

Robotic operations.

Automated deflashing & degating machines.

Dye penatrant inspection systems.

Water Treatment systems.

Manual & automated straightening operations.

Dust collection systems.

Foundry Engineer – The Bimac Corporation. Dayton OH. 1999- 2000

Develop foundry processes and controls, relating to customer requirements and scrap reduction.

Develop methods for accurately tracking rework and scrap and correlating results to identify problem areas within the foundry.

Develop Quality systems for improving trace-ability and process to qualifying for ISO.

Solidification Modeling software, and Quality inspection.

Product Engineer – Wyman Gordon Investment Castings. Carson City NV. 1985-1999

Product development, relative to customer quality requirements.

Customer relations, sales & estimating.

Product/process development, relative to foundry requirements.

Gating & riser design.

Investment & foundry processes.

Mold, & tooling design.

Dimensional & Gauging requirements.

Layout inspection department supervisor.

Quality Control Inspector – Nevada Die Cast. Carson City NV. 1983- 1985

Dimensional inspection, Quality control, and instrument calibration.

Quality Control Inspector – Morton Thiokol. Carson City NV. 1983- 1983

Dimensional inspection, Quality control, and instrument calibration.

Instrument Man 2nd Class – UNITED STATES NAVY. 1979- 1983

Mechanical instruments calibration & repair, Metrology laboratories, Submarine and Destroyer tenders.

E D U C A T I O N .

Western Nevada Community College, Associates. 1986

Major – Digital electronics, Minor – Mechanical and Architectural drafting & design, Geometrical Tolerancing & Blue Print reading.

US Navy technical training center,

Lowry Air force base Denver Colorado, Certificate, 1981

Metrology, Precision Dimensional and Physical measurement specialist technician

Douglas county High school, Minden Nevada, Diploma, 1978

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