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Major Projects

Ethos

  • Full software front and back end development

  • Allowed for implementation for all of the following:

    • Automatic signaling for "build start signal" for sub assemblies from manufacturing cells.​

    • Signaling for internal customer processes in the dress out/final inspection area.

    • Generated work loads for minimizing takt time on fabrication machines.

    • Decreased quality defects at first step fabrication processes by alerting technicians of parts with higher defect rates.

    • Removed all paperwork for assembly and fabrication processes by implementing "on the fly" prints. 

    • Eliminated defects due to last minute design red lines.

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    • Allowed for assembly technicians to not pull parts carts with missing or defective assembly parts by notifying them when a cart had parts waiting to catch up.​

    • Notified staging technicians when parts were completed in fabrication areas outside local machine areas.

    • Used as a base for collecting all internal quality defects between fabrication and assembly.

    • Auto-generated production and quality reports for electronic, real time, visual management boards.

    • Created forms for daily preventative maintenance sign offs and recorded information.

    • Cost savings estimated over a million dollars over 5 years.

Figure 4 NPI

  • Engineering lead for implementation of the Figure 4 product line:

    • PPU (Post processing unit)​

    • Control Module

    • Standalone

    • Jewlery

    • NextDent

    • Modular

  • Built and implemented all BOMs into MRP system.​

  • Developed and wrote all work instructions.

  • Designed all floor layouts.

  • Primary architect for process and material flow for all assembly areas.

  • Implemented and created sub assembly test equipment for build verification and supplier quality.

  • Tracked takt times and cycle counts.

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Facility Expansion

  • Designed expanded fabrication and assembly cell that fed all other assembly lines.

  • Created new processes to aid in logistics and movements of WIP into new ceiling storage area.

  • Created floor plans and new WIP area for staging parts carts between the assembly and fabrication areas.

  • Set up new assembly lines for increased through put.

  • Facilitated use of capital expenses for new manufacturing support equipment and consumables.

  • Built new custom manufacturing support equipment for expanded areas such as racks, stands, tool holders, and other necessities.

  • Concluded new product cycle times and product mix to maximize through put based on scheduling.

  • Overall about 40% to 50% increase in manufacturing floor space.

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Electronic Embedded Software/Hardware Systems

  • Systems designed to support manufacturing by both recording and sending data in various formats.​

  • Automated storage and statistical analysis of test results for multiple assemblies.

  • Allowed for creation of a complex RFID check in and out system that reduced assembly down time from receiving parts carts with missing or defect components.

  • Created a stack light signaling system for staging personnel to know when and where to collect parts. 

  • Used for testing supplier quality and capturing defects.

  • Tested for continuity,  connections, internal PCB circuits and other componentry.

  • Custom designed and manufactured PCBs for accurate and compact design for multiple solutions.

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