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Kevin Chandler
Specialities
Materials and
Design
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Product
design
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Tooling
assessment
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Analysis support
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Processing
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Blow moulding
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Injection moulding
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QUALITY
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Recycling
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Thermoforming
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Secondary Operations
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Commercial
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Markets
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General
products
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Packaging
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Other Skills
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Microscopy
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Trouble shooting
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Other services offered
Materials and Design
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Toolmaker
assessment
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Design development
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Product development
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Materials selection
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Processing
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SPC/SQC
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Process FMECA
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Process optimisation
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Secondary Operations
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Commercial
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Markets
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Other Skills
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Personal
Profile
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I formed Quality By Choice Ltd in 2008 after a 30 year
career with a MARS company as a Packaging Development Manager and for a
period of time a Process Development Manager. I specialised in plastics in
food packaging, their conversion and product assembly, primarily for the
food and drinks industry. Prior to that I worked for the Ministry of
Defence in the Scientific Branch.
The packaging I developed incorporated most of the
plastic groups and processing technologies including extrusion,
lamination, injection moulding and blow moulding. I have significant
experience in design and development for high volume high quality
manufacture as well as for small engineering plastic parts.
Quality is not a bolt on extra or an additional option
but should be appropriately defined, measured, assessed and assured. For
any product to succeed Quality needs to be built in at every stage from
concept through development to implementation and scale-up including
supplier selection and development.
Where defects and non-conformities occur they have
definite causes and it is in identifying what they are and applying
appropriate preventative measures that unnecessary costs can be avoided.
It is also through efficient and controlled manufacture that profits can
be maximised and customer losses through compromised quality minimised.
Throughout my career I have been fortunate to collaborate
with and make use of the services from Research Associations and
Universities to access specialised analytical and Development techniques
and I can offer this as a service to you for where problems demand it. As
a member of a network of skilled professionals spanning many disciplines I
can help find the right specialist where I can’t help you directly.
Projects delivered include;
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Technical development of a product from a Greenfield
thermoforming manufacturing site to achieve 50% cost reduction pa
ongoing and at <5ppm defects, >500MM pa.
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Development of and sourcing Injection mouldings
incorporating product development, injection mould tool sourcing (96
cavity stack moulds), moulder selection and development resulting in 30%
cost reduction, <5ppm defects, >95% uptime, 200MM pa tool output with
silent hours unattended running, completed within the US and Europe.
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Collaboration with customers and suppliers within the
US, Europe and Japan to develop, assess and implement drinks products
and equipment.
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Contact
Address
Quality by Choice, 2 Berewyk Close, Basingstoke, Hants RG22
4TG.
Tel: +44 (0) 1256 355302 (Office)
Tel: +44 (0) 7880 862602 (Mobile),
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