The Palladium Group Tender

Request for Quotation for Extrusion and thermoforming process online training. The specific task of the Consultant will include: The Consultant will design an online training course on Extrusion and Thermoforming processes using polymers as raw material at a food packaging manufacturing by sheet/film extruder and trim in place thermoforming equipment with tilting technology. The duration of the course will be 12 sessions, 2 hours each. The course outline is to be provided for the approval of the Halk Hazyna ES and the Palladium team in Turkmenistan before developing the full course materials. The materials to be developed are presentation slides for the 12 training sessions. Some of the critical modules to be included in the course are: Fundamentals of Extrusion, (from resin selection, to the final sheet winding, including the functions of each element of the whole line such as dosing, extruder, co-extruder, melt pump, die, post cooling rolls, accumulator, winder and etc.) Functions in Operator Panel. Settings of parameters and their effect on production. Creating production recipe. Training on working at various speeds. Methods of measuring and monitoring raw materials usage. Train on material management and how to eliminate the scrap. Troubleshooting principles. Quality control: industry standards, parameters and tolerances. Methods of achieving or exceeding the put in place quality standards. Maintenance planning: inspection, cleaning and lubricating schedules. Fundamentals of thin gage thermoforming (including feeding, heating, cooling, trimming, tooling design, stacking, machinery configurations etc.). Advanced thin gage thermoforming in relation to forming beyond the limits, CPET products techniques. Introduction to LEAN manufacturing and SIX sigma. Methods of setting, assigning and tracking tasks to facility staff. Fundamentals of workplace strategy. The consultant will carry out online training sessions (12 sessions, one session per week, each 2-hours long), with presentation slides provided to the participants after the session. The consultant will be available to answer questions and help resolve problems on a daily basis. The consultant will conduct a final evaluation/testing of the course participants with the purpose of assessing the level of skills attained. The Consultant will deliver a final report on the assignment, including the training sessions and results of the evaluation conducted. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID),