thomas kaminski

senior tool designer and programmer

About

I am a hard working person who does not need supervision because I can make the right decisions under pressure. I always look for the win-win solution in any circumstance. My objective is to always leave any situation in better condition than it was when I started on it.

Country

united states

City

olive branch

Industry

medical devices

Skill

manufacturing, machining, cnc, milling, machine tools, lean manufacturing, lathe, continuous improvement, machinery, grinding, gd&t, solidworks, product design, cad, kaizen, troubleshooting, fmea, solid modeling, fixture design, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, computer numerical control

Experience

tool and cutter grinder

smith & nephew

1995-3 - 2003-6 · 8 yrs 4 mos

I set up machines and properly ground cutting tools for manufacturing, most times without a print but with my knowledge of cutting geometries. I ran 2 Anca machines and also ran manual Cincinnati #2 grinders.

machinist

smith & nephew

1990-3 - 1995-6 · 5 yrs 4 mos

I ran all types of machines from manual mills and lathes up to 8 axis cnc swiss trun machines. I ran EDM wire machines and well as heat treating.

senior tool designer and programmer

smith & nephew

2003-6 - Present · 23 yrs 4 mos

I currently design and program cutting tools for our manufacturing shop. On top of this, I do budgeting for our department, troubleshooting of tools in the grinding and manufacturing process and train operators on grinding machines and well as inspection equipment. I also control the work flow of this shop as to what tools get ground and when. I have my hands in every aspect of this in house grinding shop.