BALASRINIVAS CHEKODI

• Implemented best practices in RPA engineering, staying up-to-date with industry trends and advancements
• Provided ongoing support and maintenance for deployed RPA solutions, addressing issues as needed and ensuring continued effectiveness.
• Conducted thorough risk assessments during the planning phase of each project, identifying potential challenges and formulating mitigation strategies accordingly.
• Acted as a subject matter expert on RPA for both internal colleagues and external clients, providing valuable insights and guidance on best practices in the field.
• Managed multiple concurrent projects while maintaining strict adherence to deadlines and high-quality standards.
• Optimized automation processes by designing and implementing robotic solutions for increased efficiency.
• Reduced manual workloads for team members through the development of automated workflows, enabling greater productivity.
• Troubleshot software to alleviate obstacles preventing functionality.
• Discussed requirements and processes with project managers and customers.
• Experience on Offline simulation in Robot studio- programming and robots
  selection.
  ➢ Successfully completed Mahindra K-Block project like most advanced paint
  shop in India with 60+ robots' exterior and interior painting and sealing.

➢ Completed challenging project like 36 Colors addition project in the FIAT.
➢ Completed challenging project like logo letters painting in the Alpha Mair
Customer-Single robot with 3 Guns can paint 3 coats Primer, Base, and Topcoat,
2k Systems of primer, base and clear
➢ Installation & Commissioning from power on to project completion of
mahindra Nashik, TI cycle, Alphamair, FIAT, Tata autocomp
➢ Commissioned the new system of Co2 cleaning of plastic bumpers ACP system
Germany.
➢ Commissioned Hill system (Germany based company) flaming plastic parts.
➢ Programming addition and JPH Improved done at mahindra, Fiat with addition
of robots.
➢ Regular primer & Dual tone painting project commissioned in the Fiat and
mahindra nashik.
➢ Traveled all over India to do the projects and attended customer problems.
➢ Attending the customer problem over telephonic and suggesting the solutions.
➢ New project roles handled like Discussion and DAP preparation, BOM making.
➢ Documentation preparation like Operation manuals and Final handover
documentation
➢ Conducted Customers Official trainings in Bangalore for the Stellanties,
Motherson,Hero motor corporation
➢ On site training for customers like Operation, Maintenance, Programming
➢ Production support for the customers after commissioned and programming , during trouble
shooting.
➢ Worked for Paint quality approval of paint Coverage, DFT, DOI, Color values
matching.
➢ Supported for robot's special purpose bracket design on the robots.

Site in charge for RNAIPL Chennai for IPA wiping, MGP, Robot programming and
several projects and ABB Atomizers
➢ New project discussion as per customer requirement like JPH, Paint application
➢ Project execution with TKS Japanese team as a project team leader
➢ YASAKAWA Paint robot Offline teaching and Online teaching hands on
experience at Taikisha technical center trails
➢ Paint robot program optimization for cycle time reduction and quality
improvement with respect to paint quality check parameters
➢ Coordination for online robot teaching projects for Body and bumper at Sites.
➢ BOM Preparation for new project
➢ Project schedule preparation based on work and plant working availability 
Paint robot installation, Commissioning and programming, production support.
➢ Paint robot process flow design and pre installation equipment's, components in
robot arm
➢ Paint robot tubing and robot arm modification in existing line at sites.
➢ Project execution and manpower planning and handling, Project handover
document preparation
➢ Dealing with vendors for materials price and shipment, and manpower with
contractors and gate pass work coordination sites
➢ Trails with different type of Paint Atomizers testing like Sames PPH 707,
▪ Ransburg aero bell 168, Graco pro mix D, at NEX CEL LAB
➢ Paint Robot periodic services, Trouble shooting for major break downs.
➢ Site work plan and execution for I-vision machine learning project Object
detection at TVS Hosur- two-wheeler plant
➢ Telephonic support for client's robot break downs and robot motion program
errors

➢ Working as a shift in charge of entire paint shop for maintenance team
➢ Paint application improvement by robot's programming modification
➢ Scheduling and conducting ABB-IRB5400 Paint Robot's body health checkups as
per schedule
➢ Scheduling and conducting maintenances of paint robots
➢ Stabilized Application Parameters at all coats as per costumer requirement
➢ Reduced Paint Shop Breakdown's by scheduling maintenance of robot and entire
paintshop equipment's with history card
➢ Handling, Troubleshooting of robot breakdowns, communication, root cause
analysis, countermeasure, modifications at paint shop
o Handling Chain conveyor, Belt conveyor, Air supply unit, Propane Yard,
Utility Compressor, Chiller, Drier's, Blowers, Oven, Paint kitchen, SPM
Ultrasonic welding (ANSA) machines, Lux control etc.
➢ Conducting shutdown maintenance of Paint shop equipment's
➢ MTTR & MTTF, Spares monitoring, controlling & Supervising.
➢ Execution of the project engineering involving Installation, commissioning &
testing of electrical, mechanical equipment's, robot spares Early Plant Start up.
➢ Store equipment's inventory, binning, issuing against word orders, 5S & Kaizen.
➢ Training for new trainees to handle equipment's, and all kind of production,
maintenances.
➢ Preparing and modification of check sheets as per requirements
➢ Implementing 5S, Poke-Yoke related activities in paint shop



➢ Preparing work permits and supervising all kind of works in paintshop ,attending
morning meetings, preparing mom for suppliers.

➢ Working as a team leader of a robot team from the installation stage, designated
as a Re-engineer.
➢ Application improvement by doing programming and parameter modification at
paint robots and familiar with ABB Robot studio
➢ Responsible for robotic booth and application, robot breakdowns
➢ Attending and troubleshooting of paint robots, co2 application and flaming
robots
➢ Coordinating with ABB while conducting all robot maintenances and
breakdowns
➢ Reducing paint defects and analysis
➢ Discussions with paint suppliers about paint defects and improvements
➢ Taking trails for new modifications from robot side
➢ Modification of check points as per breakdowns
➢ Observing paint defects in booth and communicating with other teams and
getting feedback with quality team

Development Activities

➢ Attended training regarding BASIC ABB IRC5P PAINT ROBOT CONTROLLER
system in
Bangalore for 5days & supported 4 Months for all Painting trails at Initial
Stage at ABB Bangalore
➢ Made trail of each component and study the status then finely got OK part by
fulfilling costumer requirement then finely approved by the costumer.
➢ Trained the new manpower for the production & Robot Maintenance activities.
➢ Keeping production improvement by ensuring the status time to time
➢ Improved the Overlap and HTD for all the program's to avoiding popping issue,
which will directly affect on FTT (improved FTT by 23%)
➢ Developed the CO2 cleaning application for effective cleaning of bumpers to
control the dust level.
➢ Sequenced the programming of color loading cycle, cleaning cycle & nose
flushing (Tip clean)
➢ Major role on saving power consumption
➢ Scheduling for PM maintenance & Coordinating with Maintenance team during
Robot body checkup, servicing.
➢ Completed graduation.
➢ Trails with different paint atomizers with respect various parameters for required
paint pattern with DFT
➢ Conducting trainings to clients on paint robot, paint process and equipment's
Product catalogue seminar by Sames as a new bell introduction