Ashish Kumar

Aluminum Die casting foundry professional with 11.5 years of experience in LPDC & GDC casting industries, responsible for Casting parts delivery from Melting to Dispatch for Automobile components like Alloy Wheels, piston. Currently working in Steel strips wheels limited Mehsana in Die casting & Die Maintenance department & NPD, Process Engineering.

Experience in GDC and LPDC Casting Die. Working on Mold maintenance Department. Customer audit during NPD approval (PPAP).

New Die

Development.

In Die

Casting & Die Maintenance Planning for Repairing the die according to production plan, minimize the rejection due to die, modified the die with discuss with R&D for control the rejection.

Assistant Manager - Steel Strips Wheels Ltd. - Mehsana, Gujarat

(2023-08)

Working in Die Casting and Die Maintenance, Toolroom operation and NPD department in Aluminum Foundry.

• Prototype manufacturing and conduct trial
• New Mold preparation for trail and approval & validate as per drawing
• Working knowledge of Salt core die maintenance and preparation as per plan
• ECN feasibility study and implementation
• Interpret Engineering drawing 2D and 3D model for manufacturing
• New development and modification in die to control the rejections as per discussion with R&D team
• Working on SAP for Spare material management
• Co-ordinate with Purchaser and Vendor for tooling Procurement & development
• Responsible for Process optimization on shop floor to improve productivity
• Working on continuous improvement and Poka-Yoke in working area and do small-small improvement as per plan
• Attend APQP meeting for complete the all activities as per date
• Incoming New Mold inspection, visually & 3D scanning report review
• Review the all 2D drawing (Product & Die drawing)
• Ballooning the Product drawing & Layout report prepared for casting product parameter for new die approval
• Prepared PPAP Document related to Die development
• Customer audit preparation of all documents monitoring of Aluminum foundry
• Create New SOP
• Monitoring Mold run as per plan
• Monitoring Mold provide to production as per plan as well as die coating process
• Monitoring Mold Life achievement & History card
• Daily audit sheet of foundry process monitoring
• Conducting meetings with team members for analysis of daily issues and prepare counter measures
• Casting defects identification and root cause analysis, with the defect remedies
• Prepare annual die preventive maintenance plan and execute as per plan
• Proper manpower handling as well as monitoring all shift Incharge output
• Ensure maximum utilization of resources and manpower in working area
• Monitoring mold & machine breakdown & why-why analysis for minimize the loss
• TPM & KAIZEN activity
• Knowledge of GDC, LPDC, CPC, HPDC Casting process
• Conducting training for Safety, TPM and Die casting Process
• Basic VMC programming by UG-NX
• Experience of IATF audit as a core team member

Manufacturing Engineering, Die casting die maintenance department - Shriram Pistons and Ring Ltd. - Pathredi (Bhiwadi), Rajasthan

(2014-07 - 2023-08)

In die maintenance department do the planning with production department for Die preparation. And New die approval and validate as per drawing. Trained the new associate in die maintenance department.

• Die Casting and Die Maintenance planning for Repairing the die according to production plan
• Minimize the rejection due to die
• Modified the die with discuss with R&D for control the rejection
• Maintain the discipline on shop floor for smooth operations
• Shift planning for all die maintenance associated and staff
• Update the die history
• Working on SAP for spare material planning

Diploma - Tool and Die Making - Indo Danish Tool Room (MSME) (2010 - 2014) Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

12th Passed - B.S.E.B (2009) Patna

Matriculation - B.S.E.B (2007) Patna