Biography
- I am a mechanical engineering graduate student at Michigan Technological University, specializing in Manufacturing, Quality, and Design.
- Contact Details:ksmowade@mtu.edu | +1 906-370-7346
- LinkedIn URL: www.linkedin.com/in/ketanmowade
Interests
- Lean manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Quality Engineering
- Additive Manufacturing
- CAE simulation (ANSYS/HYPERMESH)
- Design/Analysis of Experiments
Publication
Past Work Relevant to Appropedia
- Increased the efficiency of manufacturing processes by NVA (non-value addition) reduction.
- Designed ventilated brake disc and performed static structural, thermal, and fatigue analysis on ANSYS.
- Improvement in toy car manufacturing process using lean tools.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Product Development Engineer
' Reackon Concrete Pvt. Ltd | Nagpur(OCT 2018- JUN 2019)
- Identified root causes of the issues and implemented short-term and long-term solutions to quality issues of the molds.
- Worked with external suppliers and Process Engineers to validate MFMEAs and PFMEAs respectively
- Collaborated with other departments to plan and assist in improving the manufacturing process and maintaining quality.
- Made changes to the workstations for better ergonomics and efficiency to increase efficiency by 30%.
- Streamlined the process by inventory management to reduce the lead times of the process by 65%.
- Created value stream maps to identify bottlenecks and utilized SMED to increase OEE by 20%.
Production Engineering Intern
Mahindra Vehicle Manufacturers Pvt. Ltd. | Pune, India (JUN 2018-SEP 2018)
- Led time studies and process improvement studies for various stations to enable production ramp up to 1600 cars/week.
- Saved $11,673 per month in manufacturing costs while working on energy reduction and cost reduction projects.
- Improved hood production line to increase production efficiency, from 120 hoods per shift to 180 hoods per shift.
- Installed Part locating pins for proper installation of the roof over the main body to reduce the quality issues by 15%.
- Improved overall labor effectiveness (OLE) by 20% using visual aids on shop floor and organizing training sessions.
- Maintained Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and Engineering Standard Work to aid in process improvement.
ENGINEERING PROJECTS
Optimization of paper Car manufacturing process using Lean tools
- Simulated given material flow and found 76% reduction in cycle time is possible after using root cause analysis
- Used lean techniques like VSM, standardized worksheet to decrease the lead time by 82%
- Improved worker force utilization and reduced number of operators by 25%, using line balancing techniques
MSE 5621 Open Source Scientific Hardware
- name of literature review
- Science hardware for children project
- Final project
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