Praveen Balakrishnan

•Executed and Commissioned five Smart SPM solutions for a Medical Client at Japan– notably four “Surgical device disassembly” & an “Automated Testing Stations”. Aluminium Extrusions | Load Cells | 3-2-1 Principle| Pneumatic Cylinders | PLC| HMI | SMC|M2 Blades |FEA|R&D •Designed & Developed 50+ Manual fixtures for a Medical Client at Japan notably for products like “Staplers”, “Shears”,“Coagulators”, “Tissue Cutters”etc Micron Level Accuracy Fixtures | Aluminium Extrusions | 3-2-1 Principle| Hold down clamps | FEA | R&D •Executed 100+ Welding & Machining Fixture Designs for T&OH US Client with onsiteoffshore management ranging from Miniature to Heavy Fabrication weighing in tons. Established a consistent revenue of 40KUSD/month for past 4 years for the company. Notable Fixture includes “Floor Tack Welding “, “Tailgate Tack Welding”, “Drum Welding Fixture”. 3-2-1 Principle | Power Clamps| Destaco | Enerpac | Modular Fixturing | Pneumatic | Load Calculations |FEA •Designed and Developed 200+ Ergonomic Racks, Carts and Worktables for Top MNC’s within and abroad ranging from Welded Racks, Flow Racks, Line Carts, Ergonomic Worktables, Paint Wagons, shipment racks, Collapsible Racks, ESD Flow Racks and Smart automated Racks employing PLC & HMI integration. ESD Racks | Smart Racks | Modular Racks | 3-2-1 Principle | Wheel Selections | Static FEA | Load Calculations

Responsible for Preparation and Release of GA drawings for Industrial Gearboxes (Helical and Bevel GB’s) along with Assembly Cards. Responsible for Release of Drawings in Teamcenter along with SAP integration. Executed nearly 50+ GB drawings along with 100+ Storage racks designs for Pinions, Casings, Gears etc General Assembly Drawings |Pinion drawings | SAP | Team center | FEA | Ergonomic Racks | NPD | BOM •Executed Cost Estimation for 1000+ Gearbox Designs accounting the CM, Raw materials, Design costs, Production rate etc. Supported CEO for decision making during Client Meetings for Win-Win Scenario based on costing. Converted nearly 750 GB orders

•Executed New Product Designs - Electromechanical Components for Automotive domain namely “Connectors for Window Sliders”, “Key Fob Designs”, “Programmer dongles”, “Electronic Gun Simulator Design and Development”, Design | Plastics | Snap Fits | FEA | Rapid Prototyping | Product Development | BOM | Costing | Drawings •Executed sheet metal designs like “Set top Boxes”, “Automated Testing stands for PCB’s”, “Enclosure Designs for MEMS” etc. Design | Sheetmetal | Thermal Analysis | Venting | Sheet Gauges | BOM | Costing | Drawings

•Executed and Commissioned nearly Five SPM machines– “Fabrication of Leak Testing Equipment of Casting Components” Aluminum Extrusions | SMC Transducers | Fixture Design| Pneumatic Cylinders | DCV | Solenoid | FESTO •Executed a Confidential Project – “3W Hybrid Electric Vehicle Proto Development for Last mile connectivity” BLDC |Torque | Power Calculation | Drive Cycles | Feasibility Study | Battery Pack Selection | WattHr. | GPS •Executed Lean Implementation through Hoshin Kanri and Time study for “Flipper+ Assembly Line” and increased the throughput from 10 to 15/day. 5S | Hoshin | Time study | SOP | Control Plan | Ergonomic Racks | Smart Fixturing | Takt Time | Layout change •Executed Reverse Engineering Automation Project - “Design & Fabrication of Knitting Machine” , “Pick and Place Robot”. Design | Linkages | Steel Structures | Pneumatic Cylinders | DCV | Solenoid | FESTO Simulation | Grippers