RICARDO GAZETI
Delray Beach,FL
Summary
Highly skilled Mold and Die Maker with an exceptional ability to produce and repair mechanical equipment with precision and high attention to detail.
Meticulous.
Enthusiastic Toolmaker and Mold Maker who successfully applies vast knowledge of mechanics, shop mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.
Tool, Die and Mold Maker with 35 years of experience working with tooling like dies, progressive dies and plastic molds to the most important automotive industries in Brazil behind them FORD, MOTO HONDA AMAZONIA, VOLKSWAGEN, TOYOTA and GENERAL MOTORS , and in USA with Perko Inc. and currently at the company Wilen Florida .
Creative professional with extensive project experience from concept to development. Diligent with precise craftsmanship and successfully contributing to complex projects. Demonstrated ability in problem-solving and maintaining high-quality standards.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Tool Maker / Machinist
Wilen Florida
01.2020 - Current
- Fabricated precision tooling components using manual machining techniques.
- Collaborated with engineering team to develop and improve tool designs for efficiency.
- Mentored junior tool makers, providing guidance on best practices and troubleshooting methods.
- Streamlined production processes, reducing lead times for tool manufacturing significantly.
- Implemented preventive maintenance schedules for machinery to minimize downtime and enhance productivity.
- Conducted quality inspections to ensure adherence to specifications and standards.
Mold Maker and Tool Maker Level A
PERKO,INC
08.2016 - 02.2018
- Please visit: www.perko.com
- I have a reference letter from them
- Read and interpret blueprints, technical drawings, schematics and computer-generated reports
- Investigated equipment failures to diagnose faulty operation and made appropriate maintenance recommendations
- Led project scheduling and budgeting to successfully and quickly complete engineering projects
- Specified system components and directed product modifications to ensure conformance with engineering design and performance specifications
- Completed mechanical project design while providing technical solutions feedback
- Developed and tested models of alternate designs and processing methods to assess feasibility, operating condition effects, possible new applications and necessity of modification
- Developed and tested models of alternate designs and processing methods to assess feasibility, operating condition effects, possible new applications and necessity of modification
- Inspected and tested components, assemblies, and power tools
- Fabricated large and small parts per drawing and assembled parts as required
- Maintained a necessary level of communications between shifts
Tool Maker Level
Tecnomatrizes Industria Metalurgica Ltda. - Avenida Guido Aliberti
01.2004 - 12.2015
- Read and interpreted blueprints, technical drawings, schematics, and computer-generated reports
- Led project scheduling and budgeting to successfully and quickly complete engineering projects
- Operated hand tools, including trimming knives and rubber mallets
- Managed design and manufacturing teams to build proprietary process equipment within cost and time constraints
- Completed project mechanical design while providing technical solutions feedback
- Investigated equipment failures to diagnose faulty operation and made appropriate maintenance recommendations
- Created parts for various fabrication methods, including machining, sheet metal fabrication, and injection molding
- I developed many projects for large enterprises
- Please visit the websites below: www.cieautomotive.com (Auto Metal Brazil ) - PLASTIC Parts www.tecnomatrizes.com.br www.jardimsistemas.com.br
Tool Maker
01.1994 - 01.2004
- Qualyfer Industria e Comercio Ltda.
- Sao Bernardo do Campo - Brazil Liaised between customers and manufacturing to design new product.
- Adjusted alignment of drills, cutters, dies, guides, and holding devices.
- Maintained necessary level of communications between shifts.
- Trained staff of 10 direct labor employees to perform assembly and manufacture of product.
- Developed methods to estimate the efficiency of biomass pretreatments.
- Identified strategic business opportunities to advance technology through licensing and project development.
- Led applicable mechanical design and integrity/reliability issues for static & rotating equipment.
Tool Designer
01.1992 - 12.1996
- Self Employer - Sao Bernardo do Campo - SP - Brazil Four years of experience in identifying design requirements and developing solutions in tools
- Designed parts using injection molding techniques and assisted with the design of molds
- Built functional prototypes of products, components, and mechanisms
- Communicated with customers to meet design requirements for OEM products
- Read and Interpreted blueprints, technical drawings schematics, and computer-generated reports
- Provided technical engineering support and project management for the design, engineering and development of products
Education
High School Diploma - undefined
1986
School SENAI "Almirante Tamandare" - Avenida Pereira Barreto, 456 - S.B.C.- Brazil Industrial Practices Certificate Mechanic Technician Course Industrial Practices Certificate -
High School Diploma -
SENAI" Mario Amato Technical School
1988
Skills
- Blueprint interpretation and assembly drawings
- Material handling expert
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Extremely quick learner
- Numerical controls understanding
- Set up and operate mills, lathers, grinders and EDM
- Tooling : dies, progressive dies and plastic mold Build new, diagnoses root cause and correct problems Rework tooling and adjusting, as needed to develop piece parts to blue print specifications
Timeline
Tool Maker / Machinist
Wilen Florida
01.2020 - Current
Mold Maker and Tool Maker Level A
PERKO,INC
08.2016 - 02.2018
Tool Maker Level
Tecnomatrizes Industria Metalurgica Ltda. - Avenida Guido Aliberti
01.2004 - 12.2015
Tool Maker
01.1994 - 01.2004
Tool Designer
01.1992 - 12.1996
High School Diploma - undefined
School SENAI "Almirante Tamandare" - Avenida Pereira Barreto, 456 - S.B.C.- Brazil Industrial Practices Certificate Mechanic Technician Course Industrial Practices Certificate -
High School Diploma -
SENAI" Mario Amato Technical School