Consultant, Kevin Kennedy Associates Inc.
Providing metallurgical consulting, die casting consulting, research and development management, quality control,
failure analysis, forensic engineering and related expertise to a wide variety of clients
Die Casting And Metallurgical Consultant
Process development, permanent mold and low pressure die casting, trouble shooting and problem solving, mold gating and die design. Marketing and market research, process evaluation and start up.
Manager of R&D and Quality Assurance, Aurora Industries. Inc.
Technical and engineering support to manufacturing and sales. Casting process improvements for efficiency and control of process variables. Developed new product and processes. Successfully implemented ISO 9002 quality system with certification. Researched and developed a special no-lead alloy for corrosion resistance application. Scrap reduction and problem solving through statistical and DOE techniques.
Chief Metallurgist, Aurora Industries. Inc.
Established melting and casting practices for high conductivity copper permanent mold castings. Helped train casters on automated (IMR) permanent mold casting machine. Developed metallurgical laboratory and established alloy melting procedures. Cost reduction efforts saved an estimate $150,000 in first year of implementation and approximately $225,000 annually there after.
Metallurgist, Production Supervisor, Specialloy, Inc.
Supervised copper, nickel and iron based alloy production and semi continuous billet casting operation. Reduced production scrap through process control. Improved production efficiency as well as safety through melting area layout modification. Trained shift metallurgists, foremen and operators.
Quality Control, Amco Corporation
Set up quality standards and procedures for final and stage inspections. Incoming material and in process part inspection. Prepared daily quality control reports.
