Christopher Khoo
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Credentials
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Certified Solidworks Professional (CSWP) - Advanced Sheet Metal
Dassault SystemsMay, 2012- Nov, 2024 -
Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) - Core
Dassault Systems
Experience
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Matrix Design, LLC
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United States
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Industrial Automation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Mechanical Engineer
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Mar 2015 - Present
Design custom automation equipment for machine tending operations. Design End-of-Arm-Tools used on Fanuc robotic arms for pick and place functions. Design Complete integration systems with client machines to provide automated part handling, deburring, shot-blasting and parts washing. Design custom automation equipment for machine tending operations. Design End-of-Arm-Tools used on Fanuc robotic arms for pick and place functions. Design Complete integration systems with client machines to provide automated part handling, deburring, shot-blasting and parts washing.
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Pearson Packaging Systems
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United States
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Machinery Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
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May 2013 - Feb 2015
Design secondary packaging equipment including case erectors, case sealers, gantry top loaders and custom vertical drop loaders. Machine Owner for medium capacity case erector and 3rd part OEM equipment used in Integration including stretch-wrappers, pallet dispensers, trayformers and conveyors. • Designed improvements in a custom vertical drop packaging machine for a major pet food supplier. • Improve throughput rates of existing machines by identifying bottlenecks, followed with upgrading pneumatic or electro-mechanical components as needed. • Managed OEM suppliers to integrate product and lineshaft conveyors, pallet dispensers, stretch-wrappers, trayformers and heat-shrink tunnels to meet project requirements. Show less
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nVenia, ARPAC Brand
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Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Engineer
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Aug 2011 - 2013
Developing packaging equipment for a variety of consumer, commercial and industrial products. Highly engineered packaging machines custom designed to meet customer requirements. • Designed a 40 foot / 7-stage heat tunnel for heat shrinking plastic film packaging around boxed products. • Designed a servo-driven lug conveyor to feed bundles of roofing shingles into over-wrapper machine. • Conduct FEA analysis of parts from field failures using Solidworks Simulation to pinpoint root cause. • Retrofit existing end-of-line packaging machines to improve product flow through line & lug conveyors. • Work with service department to provide engineering and design services to upgrade existing equipment. Show less
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Fluid Management
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Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Mechanical Engineer
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2003 - 2011
Responsibilities included machine & component part design, Solidworks Simulation stress analysis, & end user ergonomic design of equipment related to the paint dispensing, food and cosmetic industries. Strong design skills in plastic injection molding, thermoforming, sheet metal design, and machining. • Designed modular sections for an ice cream vending machine including components to flash freeze, scrape and pack hard ice cream into a cup in under 1 minute. • Designed a bulk food metering module for an ice cream machine to deliver metered amounts of ingredients • Designed multiple channel precision automatic dispensing equipment for the paint & paint samples, cosmetic and food industries, using stepper motor driven nutating pumps. • Designed elliptical motion shakers and half gyroscopic mixers to mix paint with colorant. Show less
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Tetra Pak
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Switzerland
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Packaging & Containers
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700 & Above Employee
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Project Engineer
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2001 - 2002
Responsibilities included working with a team to quote and sell complete liquid processing systems for aseptic and hot-fill operations. Project work included designing and manufacturing supervision of turnkey liquid processing systems for new installations. • Specified & procured equipment, parts and assembled Bill of Materials to ensure customer compliance with plant standards. • Generated operator manuals based on pinning charts and process descriptions as related to the operator interface to enable operators to run a processing system. • Provided system start-up services, conducted training seminars for operators and mechanical maintenance crews at the customer site. Show less
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CSMI
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Schaumburg, IL
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Project Engineer
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1999 - 2001
Responsibilities included understanding customers’ needs and providing a written scope to define a project, based upon project scope, duties included complete project execution from defining Process & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID’s), calculating heat balances and material / mass balances, specified and assembled Bill of Materials for all mechanical equipment, obtained pricing and cut-sheets, designed and engineered the system to fit in plant location. • Upgraded cheese dryer operations by increasing capacity of bottleneck equipment and increased production by 25%. Show less
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Hartel Corporation
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Fort Atkinson, WI
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Project Engineer
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1996 - 1998
Responsibilities included executing custom orders generated by sales and marketing, designed and engineered various skid systems for pharmaceutical, food, dairy and biotechnology industries that complied with current 3-A design standards or FDA cGMP guidelines as applicable. • Designed and built pneumonia vaccine processing system for Merck & Co. to increase production by 50%. • Designed and engineered 3-D mechanical drawing packages, including Bill of Materials for customers’ approval before fabrication, reducing design costs by 15%. • Ensured correct procurement of parts and equipment in a timely manner to meet system delivery to customers' site. • Supervised fabricators and welders to ensure correct design and quality standards are met or exceeded. Show less
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Education
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1990 - 1995
University of Wisconsin-Madison
BSME
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