Tool and Die maker
Resume:
William Blore
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Summary
Highly skilled Tool and Die Maker with expertise in progressive and transfer dies with a focus on continuous improvement of tooling to minimize down time.
Experience and Responsibilities
Anton Manufacturing – June 2014 to present
Troubleshooting and repairing assembly fixtures for hinge lines
Training apprentices and junior toolmakers
Coordinating and performing engineering changes
Troubleshooting and repairing progressive and transfer dies in the press shop adhering to company standards.
Working with Tooling Engineers for first time die try-outs
Hydroform Solutions (Martinrea) – Nov 2012 to June 2014
Troubleshooting and repairing large dies for progressive transfer presses
Troubleshooting and repairing assembly fixtures for the assembly of engine cradles
Inmet (Multimatic Inc.) – 1994 to 2012
Team Leader responsible for all dies within designated press centre.
Working within a Kaizen Continuous Improvement Team, reducing press centre set-up times by 25%.
Initiating trim line changes on multiple dies reducing part scrap on one die from 30% to 0 and reducing wear on form punches on the other resulting in over $20K in savings per year.
Training apprentices and junior toolmakers
Providing expertise at vendor facilities to ensure tooling is running safely and properly.
Troubleshooting and repairing progressive and transfer dies in the press shop adhering to company standards of less than 30 minutes.
Ensuring dies are PM’d properly and production ready
Wiring new dies for die protection
Coordinating and performing engineering changes
Performing first time die try-outs
Verifying machined and repaired dies comply with specifications
Improving tooling to minimize downtime, increase efficiency and safety
Supporting assembly area by making various spare parts for plant machines and tools
Working to blueprints, CAD data, sketches, and verbal instructions
Awards
General Manager Award Recipient
Commitment to continuous improvement – won the company’s General Manager Award for the Get in G.E.A.R. (Group Efforts Achieving Results) program and consistently placed in the top 10.
Education & Training
Tool and Die Maker Certificate of Qualification
CADKey
Kaizen Continuous Improvement Program
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GDT)
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
TIG & MIG Welding
Die Protection
Overhead Crane and Safety Training
Forklift License
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