My name is Santha Kumar,
I'm working in Prime Motion Control.
And I'm working as a designer come draftsman. This company is manufacturing hydraulic components,
hydraulic cylinders and manifolds and precision components
and most other hydraulic products.
Once the machine shop supervisor gets all the drawings
he distributes to the operators and they'll start manufacturing
This is a cylinder rod is to be machined on
this machine. So this is a four axis turning centre
and it is going to be machined now.
We do program this machine and we can check
that the simulation and as well you can see that the machine is running
and all the tool is going to take cut and
we can see everything from the machine
and as well the monitor. That's the threading operation going on
That's a thread checking gauge, so we have to make sure everything is right on the machine.
So these are the tools actually we use to machine this thread
We use the three tools even for..
one is for roughing, other one is for finishing, this one.
Then after that actually there is a grooving tool
Grooving tool will make the clearance for the thread end
And after that we use a grooving a threading tool
it is a full form threading tool.
See this is a job actually, this is a cylinder head
First actually we have to make it a flat
then after that actually we have to drill it and ah..
It has a close tolerence, like a , tolerance
is within point one tolerence
So we have a tool it does like all interpolations and everything to get that size
This one has a cylinder port and locking pin
for a clevis and it is a,
that is a port actually that oil comes from here to extend the cylinder piston.
After I studied actually I started as a machinist,
like a CNC machinist come programmer then after
that actually I became a CAD/CAM engineer
after that actually I entered into design field
so I was designing in Singapore
Then after that actually I was interested to getting to Australia
So I applied my application to the Australian authority
After I submit my education and experience details
I got a trade recognition certificate,
first class machinist,
that is a metal machinist
While working I was studying Certificate IV and
I then done the diploma in fluid power engineering.
So just actually recently
I am awarded a double diploma in fluid power engineering.
When we do machining we have make an impression for the welding
We have a qualified welder and we have a rotator
We can feed the welding all around even
two layers or three layers of welding. Sometimes if it is a bigger size barrel
like eight inches we need to do many layers
Once the storeperson receives all the parts
they will issue to the assembly section
So they will assemble all the cylinders whatever, the manifolds and everything
according to the tech drawings and the customer requirements.
We have very big test benches, hydraulic test benches
so they do assemble and they do testing
each and every cylinder
not like a random, actually every cylinder. 100% actually of the cylinders are tested.
Career movements....
I need to handle the whole project
like a project manager, I need to take a whole responsibility of any project.
I need to take a new project and do some tendering
and that would be the next ambition
for me and it would be helpful to this company and where ever I go
that would be the right direction I think so