Pranesh Datar
Senior Production Engineer at RPC Technologies Pty Ltd- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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RPC Technologies Pty Ltd
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Australia
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Plastics Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Senior Production Engineer
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Jul 2011 - Present
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General Manager
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Jan 2010 - Jun 2011
Set up this plant, site selection, equipment ordering, EPA permitting, recruitment of staff and operators, training of operators, trial production and serial supply were all managed by me. Set up this plant, site selection, equipment ordering, EPA permitting, recruitment of staff and operators, training of operators, trial production and serial supply were all managed by me.
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Industrialization Manager
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Aug 2004 - Dec 2008
Various positions held Design Manager-Estimation and costing Tooling shop Manager Industrialization Manager Within Business Development group used to assist in Estimation and costing for bids, from there moved on to be Tooling shop in charge, made 700-1000/year, out of this 50% were light RTM moulds, responsible for tooling design for Light RTM parts, as position of resin channel and seals is critical in this process. Then was given additional charge as Industrialization Manager, with team 7 Engineers we used make fist off parts from moulds, freeze process parameters, develop jigs and fixture for bracket assembly and prepare process documents like Routecards and work instructions, culmination of this work was First Article Inspection with client and then hand over the moulds and with process instructions to production for serial production and then assist production in trouble shooting incase of any problem arises. During this period I was assigned the task of transferring Light RTM technology to BFG manufacturing plants in China and Philippines.
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Design Manager
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Aug 2003 - Apr 2004
Designed and build high speed machines for packaging and conveying system for consumer goods and pharmaceutical companies. Mostly did mechanical concept design and with the help team supplied part drawings for fabrication, sourced the bought out parts like motors, drives, gearbox etc Designed and build high speed machines for packaging and conveying system for consumer goods and pharmaceutical companies. Mostly did mechanical concept design and with the help team supplied part drawings for fabrication, sourced the bought out parts like motors, drives, gearbox etc
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Engineering Manager
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Nov 2000 - Aug 2003
Design and fabrication of special purpose machine for Battery manufacturing, work included complete machine design, which included mechanical design, electronic and electrical design design, pneumatic and hydraulic design, sourcing and integrating of bought out parts like motors, drives, sensors etc. Design and fabrication of special purpose machine for Battery manufacturing, work included complete machine design, which included mechanical design, electronic and electrical design design, pneumatic and hydraulic design, sourcing and integrating of bought out parts like motors, drives, sensors etc.
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Senior Engineer
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Jan 1985 - Oct 2000
Started as Trainee Engineer, trained in England as a part of technology transfer for Electronic component manufacturing. Was involved in setting up factory to manufacture electronic components. Worked as production Engineer for few years and then moved on to be Senior Engineer incharge of development of Injection moulding dies and press tools. Design and fabricated high speed deep draw press tools to make complex metal parts, set a unit to manufacture metal pressed parts. Started as Trainee Engineer, trained in England as a part of technology transfer for Electronic component manufacturing. Was involved in setting up factory to manufacture electronic components. Worked as production Engineer for few years and then moved on to be Senior Engineer incharge of development of Injection moulding dies and press tools. Design and fabricated high speed deep draw press tools to make complex metal parts, set a unit to manufacture metal pressed parts.
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Education
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University of Mysore
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering