Plastic Part Development

Job role
Leader – New Product Development - Plastics
Department
Manufacturing Engg
Function (if applicable)
NPD – Plastics - Development of new projects
Location
Pune
Key Performance Indicators
Development of plastic injection parts – Right first time and on time
Development of molds, mold try out and Part submission up to PPAP
Product development - project completion as per customer agreed targets of Quality, cost, and lead time. Achieving Right First Time.
List of Critical Tasks (Without which the KPI cannot be achieved),

Knowledge and Skill (Mapped to each critical task)

Critical Tasks
Knowledge
Skill
Feasibility review of parts
Injection, molded part design review
Various plastic raw materials and their processing requirements
Conceptualize tool design (2 plate mold, 3 plate molds, HRS systems, various gating considerations, insert molding, sliders, cams, 2 stage ejector systems)
Injection molding Process understanding (part wall thickness, drafts etc.)
Use of process understanding to develop parts of expected quality with min cost & min time to develop the part
Stagewise process design for injection molding process
Process flow for injection molded parts
Process flow diagram (PFD)
Use of process understanding for process design
Prepare Quality plan for product development
Understanding flow simulation reports and its use for concept design
PFMEA

Use product and process knowledge to build P FMEA for mold and molding process
Approval of injection mold design (back up calculations to meet the part dimensions, mold construction, molding machine selection)
Types of molds, mold construction
Tonnage calculation; molding machine selection
Cycle time estimation
Raw material processing conditions & limitations
Mold design Checklist
Use of knowledge to make molds to produce expected quality parts

Experience
(No. of years & required field experience)
12-18 years' experience in similar industry & function
Age
33 - 40 years

Qualification
BE Mechanical, PG Tooling – Premium Institute
Professional Courses (preferred)
Tool design & manufacturing, NTTF, GTDC