With my experience over 10 years in mechanical engineering ⚙️, I can support you in product design & development and in manufacturing process design & development. My previous working experience in International manufacturing companies on product and process development as a constructor and welding engineer will provide you full support to fulfill your requirements.
Main R&D (Design/Construction) activities:
✔️ Product requirements specification
✔️ Product 3D modeling
✔️ Product 2D drawings (Technical documentation - detail design)
✔️ Product material specifications
✔️ Product strength simulations - structural analysis (Fatigue analysis, Mechanical vibration analysis)
✔️ Prototyping
✔️ Reverse Engineering
Main manufacturing activities:
✔️ Welding/Brazing simulations
✔️ Cold forming simulations
✔️ Hot forming simulations
✔️ Sheet metal forming simulations
✔️ Rolling simulations
✔️ Open die forging simulations
✔️ Heat treatment simulations (Quenching, Tempering, Surface hardening, Cooling, Heating, Induction heating)
✔️ Cutting simulations
✔️ Riveting simulations
✔️ Clinching simulations
Welding/Brazing specialized activities:
✔️ Welding coordination according to EN ISO 14731 - Welding coordination –Tasks and responsibilities
✔️ Development and qualification of welding technology (inc. Welding working instruction, Welding Procedure Specification (WPS), Welding Procedure Qualification Record (WPQR))
✔️ Development and qualification of brazing technology (inc. Brazing working instruction, Brazing Procedure Specification (BPS), Brazing Procedure Approval Record (BPAR))
✔️ Welding/Brazing processes: MIG\MAG welding, WIG/TIG welding, MMA welding, Resistance welding/brazing, Torch brazing, Induction brazing, Laser beam welding
✔️ Certification of welders, blazers, welding operators, brazing operators
✔️ Support in design and implementation of a welding quality management system (EN ISO 3834 - Quality requirements for fusion welding of metallic materials)
✔️ Support in design and implementation of a brazing quality management system (ISO 22688 - Brazing — Quality requirements for brazing of metallic materials)
✔️ Provide audit support
✔️ Support in interpretation of welding/brazing technical regulations and standards
✔️ Support in interpretation of Destructive testing (DT) reports and Non-destructive testing (NDT) reports
CAx software’s skills:
✔️ CATIA V5
✔️ Autodesk Inventor
✔️ Solidworks
✔️ AutoCAD
✔️ ANSYS
Main methods:
✔️ Advanced product quality planning (APQP)
✔️ Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
✔️ Computer-aided technologies (CAx)
✔️ Computer-aided design (CAD)
✔️ Computer-aided engineering (CAE)
✔️ Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
✔️ Problem solving methods (8D, Ishikawa diagram, 5 Whys)
Certificates:
✔️ International welding engineer (IWE)
✔️ European welding engineer (EWE)
✔️ American Petroleum Institute (API) Inspector - API 577 - Welding Inspection and Metallurgy
✔️ QMS ISO 9001:2015 – Lead Auditor