Dipl. Ing. (FH) Andreas Ott

Professional Experience

Expert for foundry planning (light metal casting) with more than 20years experience in project management.
Project manager for planning and implementation of foundry facilities light metal casting in the automotive industry.
Specialist for process automation and process optimisation

Graduate Engineer (1994)
Project Engineer Production Technology (1994 – 1999)
Project engineer R&D in measuring and control technology (1999 – 2001)
Project engineer for planning foundry facilities (2001 – 2012)
Freelance consultant and interim manager for engineering planning and process optimisation in lightmetalcasting (since 2012)

Foundry planning in automotive industry
Light metal casting: (Pressure die casting, Low pressure die casting, Gravity casting)
Design engineering, Project management
Planning and realizing fully automated facilities for founding and machining aluminium parts
Process optimisation, lean manufacturing and industry 4.0

5 pressure die casting cells (DCM 4.000to) at an automobile manufacturer
8 magnesium die casting cells at an automobile manufacturer
2 pressure die casting cells (DCM 3.200to) fully automated with machining operations at an international automotive supplier (tier-1) in the US
Dismounting and rebuilding a magnesium casting plant at an international automotive supplier (tier-1) after a fire damage
Implementation and commissioning of a fully chained casting line (Low pressure die casting) and machining at an international automotive supplier (tier-1)