Skills Profile

My skills and experience cover a broad range of technology and automation including:

1. Designing and installing a computer network in an industrial environment.
2. Drawing Electrical Control Diagrams using Autocad.
3. Writing an Electrical Troubleshooting Manual.
4. Specifying and Purchasing Electrical and Electronic Components for maintenance and repair.
5. Troubleshooting Plant Floor equipment such as Amada Punch Presses and Hurco Autobend 7 controls for metal forming machines.
6. Building Automated Testing Machines.
7. Reading and understanding European Control Diagrams.
8. Programming and troubleshooting PLC systems including Automation Direct,  Allen Bradley and B & R.
9. Determining sensor applications including proximity switches and optical sensors. 
10.  Understanding and applying communication technologies such as RS232, RS485, and Modbus.
11. Application and understanding IEC 61131-3 including Ladder Diagram, Function Block Diagram,  and Structured Text.
12. Application of LTSpice modeling environment to Controls.
13. Constantly updating Controls Knowledge base thru Online Education.