Praveen Kamble

• Worked in the Quality Control Department for Specialty Coatings. Recently moved to R&D.
• Performing Internal production process audits, lab 5S, warehouse pre-batch audits, BBS and LOPC audits
• Handled customer complaints and worked with customers like Hyundai, Maruti, Renault, Nissan, M&M, LG, Bosch, IFB, etc. CIPL Project done on reduction of number of tints by 20% for metallic shades. Handled customer issues analysis of quality issue and root cause analysis report. Revalidation of standards yearly, once.

New product development of coating which will be applied on different substrates like plastic, metal etc.
•Development of coating formulas using an appropriate design of experiments to meet wet film properties and application/appearance specifications as provided by the customer.
•Perform scale up and support of formulas in the manufacturing area including establishment of specifications, fine-tuning of the formula allows first-time OK quality and problem-solving to the area when appropriate.
•Providing customer field support of the products in the customer facility. Participation in trials to assure optimal performance of the products, problem-solving as appropriate, and preparation of reports to assist in problem-solving and communication throughout the customer organization.
•Developed products for plastic substrate like PP, ABS, PC-ABS, etc. Developed primer, the basecoat, and clearcoat for plastic coating.
•Characterization of coating like gloss, hardness, appearance, dry film thickness, impact, mar resistance, flexibility, QUV weatherometer, heat resistance, Taber abrasion, humidity, water, and chemical resistance.

• Project Title: Optimization of Dispersion Process Duration 1year) Description: This project is conducted to improve the Efficiency of Dispersion process by improving the batch cycle time, energy consumption, to increase the capacity of the plant and Environmental Eco-Efficiency
• Project delivers following for the industry prospects: Project is intended to achieve pigment and resin nature (flow ability and wet ability) by using Daniel's Technique Best dispersion equipment for the process like impellers Motor Power and RPM standardization for dispersion process Economics, Savings and process efficiency from the project

• Handled entire production unit of protective coatings includes Epoxy, alkyd and acrylic based paints
• Handled team of 10 members
• Process includes pre-batch, batch processing, shade matching, filling, packaging, labelling
• Reasonability given for handling monthly stock check of raw material and FG materials
• Meeting production targets(Monthly production of 40-50 KL), monitoring productivity and process Improvement plans, reduction/elimination of losses.

• Handled entire production unit of protective coatings includes Epoxy and acrylic paints
• Process includes pre-batch, batch processing, shade matching, filling, packaging, labelling
• Reasonability given for handling monthly stock check of raw material and FG materials
• Monthly production of N/A.