Archon Tool, LLC
Software development for the tooling industry.
Bringing toolmaking into the cloud.
We provide custom solutions tailored to your shop and your employees. Whether it is removing manual transfer of data from one system to another, or you would like to have better control over your CNC machines and how they communicate we can help.
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Contact
For more information please email
info@archontool.com
The Owner
Justin Henry
I am a software developer and experienced Journeyman tool and die maker. I bring with me more than nine years of experience developing custom software with C# and over nineteen years of machining experience. This includes expertise at building and maintaining plastic injection molds, inspection, automation equipment, fixtures, and specialty machinery. I am a great choice for challenging projects because of my ability to learn new machines and technology quickly, adapt to new situations, and produce a profitable, high quality product. I am constantly working to improve my software development and toolmaking skills.
Work Experience
February 2016 – Present: Owner of Archon Tool, LLC, Berlin CT
Providing custom software solutions to the tool and die industry. My short term goals are maintaining and expanding my industry connections through, custom software development for tooling companies. My long term goals are to build cloud based software solutions for the whole industry.
May 2008 – February 2016: Advance Mold & Manufacturing / Vision Technical Molding (Divisions of Flex), Manchester, CT
Advance Mold & Manufacturing is a mold making company producing plastic injection molds for the medical and consumer products markets. Vision Technical Molding is a sister company to Advance Mold. Vision is focused on manufacturing and assembling medical components. Flex formally Flextronics added Advance and Vision to their precision plastics group in August of 2014.
Automation Systems Development and Integration (2011 – February 2016)
Highly recommended by the management staff and coworkers at Flex. My job duties included, but were not limited to:
- Design and integrate additional machines into robotic cell
- Design, code and maintain custom Cell Management software for a robotic cell
- Design, code and maintain custom software to manage electrode work flow, electrode offsets and provide post processing between CAM flat files and EDM NC files
- Design and code custom software to communication with NC machines
- Setup and maintain software version control system
- Build and maintain on site MS SQL server
- Design and build relational database for custom software data storage
- Migrate or link data from multiple data sources to MS SQL Server
- Cisco and non cisco switch/router programming
- Training personnel on equipment and procedures
- Design and build systems to reduce duplication of work, and reduce errors caused by manual movement of data from one software or machine to another
- Train personnel on CNC machines and software
- Working with vendors to debug third party automation systems and custom software for production assembly and inspection equipment
- Wire and program servo actuators for molds
- All Journeyman Took Maker duties listed below for difficult jobs
- Research new machines and software
Lead Tool Maker (2010 - 2011)
Job duties included, but were not limited to:
- All duties listed in the previous section
- Training personnel on equipment and procedures
- Work instruction review and updating
- Maintaining and expanding robotic machining cell
Journeyman Tool Maker (May 2008 - 2010)
Job duties included, but were not limited to:
- Fabricating plastic injection molds
- Creating electrode models from cad tooling files / prints
- EDM Sinker and Vertical Mill CNC programming and setup
- Programming and cutting electrodes
- High speed machining
- 3d programming
- CAD/CAM software administration
- C# Development and implementation of CAM automation programs and post processing programs for EDM sinkers.
- Design acquire and implement a custom tool changer for an AgieCharmilles Roboform X50 Sinker EDM utilizing a Fanuc robot.
- Fanuc robot teach pendent programming
- Testing and updating CAD/CAM software
- Working with software support to solve software issues
- Research new machines and tooling
January 2005 – May 2008: Miniature Precision Components, Walworth, WI
MPC is an ISO company mainly producing plastic parts and assemblies for the automotive industry.
Journeyman Tool Maker
Job duties included, but were not limited to:
- Fabricating plastic injection molds
- Building fixtures for plastic assembly
- Creating electrode models from cad tooling files / prints
- CNC programming and setup
- Programming and cutting electrodes
- High speed machining
- Hard cutting finish detail work
- 3d programming
- CAD/CAM software administration
- C# Development and implementation of CAM automation programs
- Testing and updating CAD/CAM software
- Working with software support to solve software issues
- Research new machines and tooling
August 1999 - January 2005: Toolrite Mfg., New Berlin, WI
Toolrite is a job shop doing a variety of work ranging from fixtures to specialty machines.
Journeyman Tool Maker & Apprentice Tool Maker
Job duties included, but were not limited to:
- Fixture building
- Parametric and CAM based NC programming
- Specialty machines
- EDM wire and ram
- Machine Maintenance
- Surface grinding
- Jig grinding
- CNC short run production setup
December 1996 – August 1999: Tri-Tec, Darien, WI
Tri-Tec is a plastic injection company specializing in gears.
Mold Maker I
Job duties included, but were not limited to:
- Building plastic injection molds
- Set up of plastic injection molds
- Cleaning and repairing molds
- Secondary operations
Skills
Below are listed a sample of the software and machines that I have previously worked with. This reflects that I am well rounded in the use of manufacturing software and CNC machines. The truth is if you are using any CAD/CAM software or a CNC machine I can figure out how to use and optimize them to work with your other systems.
I am constantly working to improve my software development and toolmaking skills.
Software and programming skills
CAD
CimatronE
- Excellent working knowledge in electrode design
- Excellent working knowledge of Cimatron maintenance and setup
- Fixture design
Catia V5
- Basic knowledge
- Used primarily for opening and checking engineering models
PowerShape
- Creating electrode models from engineering models and prints
- Creating EDM setup sheets
- Prototype fixture design
CAM
PowerMill
- Skilled in 3d programming with PowerMill
- Excellent working knowledge of PowerMill macros
- Ability to write automation programs for PowerMill
- Basic knowledge in altering posts
CimatronE
- Skilled in 3d and 2d programming with Cimatron
- Excellent working knowledge of Cimatron maintenance and setup
- Knowledge in altering and editing 3d posts
Fanuc Roboguide
- Robotic cell design and layout
- Offline robotic cell programming
- Offline robotic cell simulation
Surfcam 2D
- Skilled in 2D NC programming with Surfcam
- Basic knowledge in altering posts
Esprit
- Knowledge in setup and use
Machine Controls
NC Controls
- Fanuc
- Hass
- Hurco
- Meldas
- Mitsubishi Sinker
- Mitsubishi Wire
- Heidenhain itnc530
- Charmilles sinker Hundred Series
- Charmilles sinker Thousand Series
- AgieCharmilles Sinker with DPControl
- Fanuc Robot Teach Pendent programming
NC Languages
- G code
- Parametric programing
- Macro programing
- Blum laser setters
- Renishaw laser setters
- Hiedenhain’s ISO .i
- Hiedenhain’s Conversational .h
- Fanuc Robot Teachpendent programming
- Charmilles Proform Language
- Charmilles Command Language
- AgieCharmilles DPControl xmlj files
Software Development
Languages
- 9+ years using C# to help reduce machining time and errors
- SQL
- VB.NET Working knowledge based on debugging third party custom software
- MS Access Working knowledge based on maintaining preexisting systems and migrating data away from MS Access to MS SQL SERVER
- HTML & CSS
Frameworks
- WPF
- WCF
- MVVM
Software
- Visual Studio
- Visual Studio Online Team Foundation
- MS SQL SEVER installation, database design, implementation and maintenance
- PostgreSQL
SDK Kits
- Fanuc robotics SDK
- HeidenhainDNC SDK
- PCDMIS API Library
- Delcam Custom Core Library
Machine Skills
Robots
- Fanuc r2000ia/165 robot on 20meter Gudel Rail
- Adept
Vertical Machining Centers
- Hass VF4 : Hass Control
- Mikron HSM 300 and 400 : Heidenhain itnc 530 control
- Hurco VM2 : Ultimax control
- Hurco Hawk 30 : Ultimax control
- Kitamura Mycenter-2XiH Milling Center : Fanuc 16im control
- Okuma Howa Milling Center : Fanuc 10f control
- Okuma Howa Milling Center : Fanuc 11m control
- Kuraki Milling Center : Fanuc 10m control
- Mitsubishi V-65m Milling Center : Meldas control
- Bridgeport Boss 9 Milling Center
- Sharmeeze Milling Center : Tiger control
- Versatec Milling Center : Dynapath control
- Journeyman Tree CNC : Dynapath control
EDM Sinker
- AgieCharmilles Form machines With DPControl
- Charmilles Roboform Hundred series machines
- Charmilles Roboform Thousand series machines
- Mitsubishi J series Ram EDM
- Mitsubishi C series Ram EDM
CMM
- Brown & Sharp with PCDMIS Software
- Zeiss with Calypso Software
EDM Wire
- Mitsubishi FX-10 Wire EDM
CNC Lathe
- Nardini Turning Center : Fanuc control
Manual Machines
- Bridgeport, and Lagun Mills
- Walters, and Doal Engine Lathes
- Mitsui, Harig and Gardner Surface Grinders
- Kent, Acer, Okamoto Hydraulic Surface Grinders
- Moore Jig Grinder
- Devlige and Sharman Boring Bars
Education
Formal Training in PowerMill January 2006
- Programming Plus, New Berlin, WI
Formal Training in Surfcam 2D June 2005
- Programming Plus, New Berlin, WI
State of Wisconsin Apprenticeship Program, January 2000 – July 2004
- Journeyman Tool and Die Maker
- Sponsored by Toolrite Mfg., New Berlin, WI
Waukesha County Technical College, September 2000 – May 2002
- Tool and Die Maker
- Graduated with 4.0 GPA
- Pewaukee, WI