A Pictorial Portfolio of my recent work history.
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I'm creating this WEB page to deliver a more detailed account of my professional work experiences and acquired abilities than a traditional Resume can provide. I have cataloged some of the projects that I designed and managed over the last five years and will present them here. All of these Non- IT projects were accomplished at Keymark Corporation. This was my first professional position since being caught in the Post-Stock Market crash of EMC Corp. in 2006. (Other than my brief Professional Commodities Relocation Engineering experiences...) I thank Tim T. for these opportunities and his taking the time to actually read, understand what was on my resume, and believe in me.
The first and probably most significant RSLogix project was the designing, fabrication, and Commissioning of a PLC based Age Oven Controller for the Extruded Aluminum produced on press #3. This project was initiated at the time of me being hired but the Control cabinet sat in the maintenance office for approximately the first 6 months of my employment. As I worked with the maintenance team learning the facilities processes I watched as the panel was arbitrarily drilled out with no real plan in mind. This is demonstrated by the excessive amount of holes drilled in the face of the controller which I ended up plugging. I had the hardware logic operational within a week.
Once formally transferred to the Automation position I gutted everything but the main cabinet disconnect and began laying out my first panel.
This picture was taken during the commissioning of the controller. It is actually placed on side of the oven. A controlled combustion blower and gas lines can be seen in the background.
The HMI was programmed with various recipes for different curing requirements.
After several injuries involving the Finish Saw on Press #4 it was requested that I retrofit the Control cabinet with a MicroLogix 1000 PLC and an updated safety circuit / mat in front of the saw. This project was 100% my design. I laid out the Control cabinet and programmed the uLogix without any help.
Once dressed, it was much neater. But I don't have a Pic of that or the safety mat and saw itself. But the AB safety relay is visible here on the DIN rail. This cabinet was gutted, modified and commissioned over a weekend.
After several lifting/back injuries and a considerable amount of dammaged product from fork trucks, a solution was sought to transfer product from Paint Line #2s wrapper/stacker to carts for transport to the shipping wrapper. At this point, Tim had enough faith in my abilities to simply hand me a Cylinder and tell me to, "Make it work..." These lifts are 100% my design.
Once raised, carts like the ones in the background would be slid under the stock, the lifts would be lowered, and the stock wheeled over to the packaging line.
This is the stacker before the cut-outs for the carts were made.
View looking back at the wrapper / stacker and Logic cabinet w/FESTO pneumatics mounted to side. (FESTO PLC is located inside.)
Paint Line #2 Stacker / Lift project.
This is a picture of untreated stock headed for the grey door of the oven. Inside is large enough to hold both of the carts waiting.
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Press#3 Age Oven Controller Project
Press#4 Cold Saw Controller project
The first task, since the height of the stackers transfer belts was so low, was to design a way to suspend the cylinder below ground level. The size of the cylinder required to reach the height of the transfer carts put it well below the floor. It was believed that ground water would become an issue so they were encased. Electric/Hydraulic scissor lifts were considered but far too expensive.
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The control panels that I worked with at Beechnut made this look like a "Heath-Kit" project...
The blue device just above the PLC is a Honeywell Burner Controller. It monitored combustion and fuel supply.
