Kenneth M. Sappio
P.O. Box 682 ● Niles, Ohio 44446 ● neohio31@yahoo.com
CONTROLS ENGINEER
Skill Sets
Controls Engineering
Machine Automation
Control Panel Design
Allen Bradley
ControlLogix
CompactLogix
RSLogix 5000
PanelView (HMI)
Factory Talk
Auto CAD
Auto CAD Electrical
Auto CAD Inventor
Solid Works
Visual BASIC
VBScript
VBA
Microcontrollers
Single Board Computers (SBC)
Embedded
Windows CE
Control Panel Design.
Allen Bradley PowerFlex 70
Allen Bradley PowerFlex 753
Motor starter enclosure design.
Variable Speed Drives (VFD)
Electronic Circuit Board Design.
Allen Bradley 5/20 PLC
Printed Circuit Board Design
Ethernet communications
RS232, RS484, MODBUS
I2C communications
ISO 9000
Servo and Motion Control.
Robotics Programming.
Regular Expressions
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Job Experiences
Columbus McKinnon ● Salem, Ohio ● Sep 21, 2015 to Dec 18, 2015 (contract)
Title: Electrical Engineering Consultant
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Design electrical control systems for fixed and variable speed cranes and hoists.
o Electrical control panels.
 Wiring diagrams.
 Panel layout.
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 Auto Cad.
1, 2, and variable speed motor control.
Forward / Reverse motor control.
Safety interlocks.
Bill-of-Materials.
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Upgrade and maintain drawings, motors, and brakes database for multiple plant locations.
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Worked with Solid Works PDM Vault.
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Provide engineering support and troubleshooting to the assembly department and outside contractors.
Columbus McKinnon ● Salem, Ohio ● Mar 30, 2015 to Jun 19, 2015 (contract)
Title: Electrical Engineer
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Design electrical control systems for fixed and variable speed cranes and hoists.
o Electrical control panels.
 Wiring diagrams.
 Panel layout.
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 Auto Cad.
1, 2, and variable speed motor control.
Forward / Reverse motor control.
Safety interlocks.
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P.O. Box 682 ● Niles, Ohio 44446 ● neohio31@yahoo.com
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Bill-of-Materials.
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Upgrade and maintain drawings, motors, and brakes database for multiple plant locations.
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Work with Solid Works PDM Vault.
Molded Fiber Glass ● Ashtabula, Ohio ● Jul 2014 to Nov. 2014 (contract)
Title: Controls Engineer
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Robotic Fiber Glass Forming Controls Touch-Screen User Interface (HMI)– Design from scratch the
screens, tags, recipe database, PDF viewer, and ftp server software for implementing a touch-screen user
interface to the PLC robotic control system.
o Design screens based on process requirements.
 Push buttons
 Numeric input objects,
 Numeric output displays.
 Numeric gauge displays.
o Set up viewing of electrical drawings stored in PDF format.
o Implemented manual and automated backups of recipes, alarms, and PDFs from HMI memory to
SDHC storage card.
 Manual backup initiated by button on HMI.
 Automated backup initiated by Task Scheduler running on PC.
o Established ftp file server on HMI for two way HMI/PC file transfers.
o Wrote VBScript program for automated file transfers from HMI memory to PC hard drive via ftp.
o Implemented ActiveX controls.
 DataStore Plus – for data logging
 ProgramLauncher – for:
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Starting PDF viewer and opening selected PDF file for viewing.
 Running batch program for file backup.
Wrote macros for:
Automated screen changes.
Transferring data from HMI tags to PLC tags.
I was also involved with assisting in the design of the electrical control panels and PLC program development.
Valley Industrial Controls ● Columbiana, Ohio ● May 2013 to Jun 10, 2014
UL Listed 508A Control Panel Builders
Title: Electrical & Control System Engineer
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Manage panel building department. – Design electrical control system (three control panels) with PLC,
variable frequency AC motor drives (ten drives) and touch-screen user interface (ten remote operator stations
each with its own touch-screen) for controlling pipe flow into and out of hydro-tester.
o Schedule activities of shop projects and workload.
o Maintain parts inventory.
o Worked with vendors.
o Provide training.
o Worked with UL representative.
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Kenneth M. Sappio
P.O. Box 682 ● Niles, Ohio 44446 ● neohio31@yahoo.com
CONTROLS ENGINEER
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Pipe Mill Hydro-Tester Conveyor System – Design electrical control system (three control panels) with PLC,
variable frequency AC motor drives (ten drives) and touch-screen user interface (ten remote operator stations
each with its own touch-screen) for controlling pipe flow into and out of hydro-tester.
o Design of three electrical control panels.
 Selection, layout, and placement of components.
 Routed wiring to keep 120/480 and other high voltage separate from low voltage control and
signal wiring.
 Configured PointIO rack with digital IO and safety modules.
 Used AutoCAD for panel layout.
o Generated electrical drawings.
 Used AutoCAD for generating electrical drawings.
 Used Excel for generating conduit schedule.
o Write PLC program from scratch.
 Allen Bradley ControlLogix / GuardLogix processor.
 Allen Bradley RSLogix 5000 programming software.
 Allen Bradley PointIO remote I/O rack with Ethernet communications.
 Respond to signal to receive pipe from cooling tables and convey into and out of hydro-tester.
 Control ten variable speed drives (VFD): start/stop, speed, direction, and status via Ethernet.
 Monitor input of photo-eye, laser, and proximity sensors.
 Operate air solenoids to control lift-arms, gates, and stops to control movement of pipe through
system.
 Communicate with plant PLC using produced and consumed tags via Ethernet. Send and
receive digital control bits.
 Setup and configure Guardlogix Estop safety program.
 Setup and configure PointIO safety modules.
o Develop HMI touch-screen user interface.
 Allen Bradley FactoryTalk HMI development software.
 Run system on manual mode during setup and product size changes.
 Run and monitor system in automatic mode. View and respond to various alarm and fault
conditions.
o Setup ten variable-speed drives.
 Allen Bradley PowerFlex 70.
 Multi motor conveyors.
 Parameter setting.
 Safe-Off (Estop) control and monitoring.
o Startup and debug.
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New Control Panel for Horizontal Mill – New electrical control panel to replace existing one that was
damaged in fire. The mill is for machining large metal castings and weldments (up to 20 ft long).
o Design Estop safety circuit using safety and force-guided relays.
o Generated electrical drawings.
 Used AutoCAD for generating electrical drawings.
o Write PLC program from scratch.
 Allen Bradley ControlLogix processor.
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P.O. Box 682 ● Niles, Ohio 44446 ● neohio31@yahoo.com
CONTROLS ENGINEER
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Allen Bradley RSLogix 5000 programming software.
Allen Bradley PointIO remote I/O rack with Ethernet communications.
Operate six axis mill through touch-screen user interface.
Control speed and position of three axis through touch-screen and variable-speed motor drives
via Ethernet.
Develop HMI touch-screen user interface.
 Allen Bradley FactoryTalk HMI development software.
 Operate all six axis through touch-screen interface.
 View and monitor status of variable-speed drive.
Variable speed drive.
 Allen Bradley PowerFlex 753.
 Parameter setting.
 Install external dynamic brake.
Startup and debug.
Pipe Mill Hot-Sizer and Straightener Conveyor System – Design electrical control system with PLC,
variable frequency AC motor drives (twelve total) and touch screen user interface for controlling hot pipe flow
through hot-sizing and straightener mill.
o Design of electrical control panel.
 Configured PointIO rack with digital IO and safety modules.
o Generated electrical drawings.
 Used AutoCAD for generating electrical drawings.
o Write PLC program from scratch.
 Allen Bradley ControlLogix / GuardLogix processor.
 Allen Bradley RSLogix 5000 programming software.
 Allen Bradley PointIO remote I/O rack with Ethernet communications.
 Respond to signal to receive hot pipe from tempering furnace. Convey hot pipe into and out of
hot sizing mill. Convey hot pipe into and out of straightener mill. Send pipe to cooling bed.
Respond to signal from mill and send pipe out to hydro-tester.
 Receive line speed signal from hot-sizer and straightened for automatic line speed matching.
 Control twelve Variable Speed Drives: start/stop, speed, direction, and status via Ethernet.
 Monitor input of photo-eye, laser, and proximity sensors.
 Operate air solenoids to control lift-arms, gates, and stops to control movement of pipe through
system.
 Control rotating Star-Wheels to transfer pipe onto and off of conveyors and tables.
 Communicate with plant PLC and other vendor’s PLC using produced and consumed tags via
Ethernet. Send and receive digital control bits as well as variable line speed signals for line
speed matching.
 Setup and configure Guardlogix Estop safety program.
 Setup and configure PointIO safety modules.
o Develop HMI touch-screen user interface.
 Allen Bradley FactoryTalk HMI development software.
 Run system on manual mode during setup and product size changes.
 Run and monitor system in automatic mode. View and respond to various alarm and fault
conditions.
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P.O. Box 682 ● Niles, Ohio 44446 ● neohio31@yahoo.com
CONTROLS ENGINEER
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Setup twelve variable-speed drives.
 Allen Bradley PowerFlex 70 & PowerFlex 753.
 Multi motor conveyors.
 Walking beam and chain tables.
 Parameter setting.
 Safe-Off (Estop) control and monitoring.
Startup and debug.
Emerson Control Techniques, Cleveland Drive Center ● Valley View, Ohio ● Apr 2012 to Jul 2012 (contract)
Title: Engineer
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Modular Motor Drive Enclosure Design – Design a new style motor control enclosure that can fit one to eight
motor drives. The modular design is to be of a plug-and-play design where drives can be added in the field
without needing rewiring or drilling-and-tapping of the main control panel.
o Designed panel layout and placement of components.
 All modules are to be generically wired with generic wire numbers and component
designations.
 Modules designed to be pre-assembled and stocked as a part with its own part number.
 Control wiring separated from power wiring.
 Low voltage encoded signal wiring and motor speed reference wiring kept isolated from power
and control wiring.
 Used AutoCAD 2011 for panel layout.
o Designed the electrical wiring system and generated electrical drawings.
 Used AutoCAD 2011 for generating wiring diagrams.
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Generate Bill Of Materials.
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Jib Crane Slew Motor Drive Panel – Design a motor control panel for speed control of a Jib Crane Slew
motor.
o Specified equipment and components.
o Designed interface wiring to connect new control panel into existing PLC and motor circuits.
o Set parameters of new drive for communications with existing PLC digital and analog signals.
o Designed panel layout and placement of components.
 Used AutoCAD 2011 for panel layout.
o Designed the electrical wiring system and generated electrical drawings.
 Used AutoCAD 2011 for generating wiring diagrams.
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Generate Bill Of Materials.
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Motor Control Enclosure – Design a motor control enclosure with six motor starters expandable to eight.
o Specified equipment and components.
o Designed panel layout and placement of components.
 Used AutoCAD 2011 for panel layout.
o Designed the electrical wiring system and generated electrical drawings.
 Used AutoCAD 2011 for generating wiring diagrams.
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Generate Bill Of Materials.
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P.O. Box 682 ● Niles, Ohio 44446 ● neohio31@yahoo.com
CONTROLS ENGINEER
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Other – Besides the above mentioned projects designed from scratch I took existing projects and re-packaged
them for the same customer, and others, when new orders came in. Many times adding needed upgrades because
of older components being obsolete or changes in the customer’s needs.
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Generate Bill Of Materials.
Axion Power ● New Castle, Pennsylvania ● Aug 2008 to Mar 2012
Title: Project Engineer
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Packet Press Safety Circuit and Software – Design an electrical circuit and PLC software to allow press to be
manually operated while requiring the operator to have both hands clear of press.
o Design electrical circuit containing:
 Two finger-buttons sufficiently separated to prevent one hand from spanning both buttons.
 E-Stop button for removing all electrical power to finger-buttons and air control solenoids.
 Air “dump” solenoid to remove all air pressure from press during an E-Stop condition.
o Write PLC program to:
 Require operator to have both hands out of press and one hand each operating a separate
finger-button before the press will close.
 Lock-out closing of press if one finger-button is defeated by inserting an object in any fingerbutton.
 Require operator to hold both finger-buttons until press is fully closed before being able to
remove hands.
 Hold press closed for pre-determined length of time then open automatically.
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Battery Temperature Profile – Develop a method of embedding thermocouples inside a battery to determine if
current industry methods of measuring internal temperatures are valid.
o Setup and configured data logging equipment.
o Imported results into spreadsheet and generated graphs for analyst.
o The results cleared up long held misconceptions and disproved previous methods.
o The results are being considered for publishing for use by the whole battery industry.
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Acid Filling Weigh Station – Design a system to weigh batteries before and after filling to determine if the
proper amount of electrolyte was put in.
o Specified equipment and components.
o Designed panel layout and placement of components.
 Routed wiring to keep 120/480 and other high voltage separate from low voltage control and
signal wiring.
 Used SolidWorks DWGeditor, an AutoCAD equivalent drawing program for panel layout.
 Used SolidWorks for generating 3D enclosure, panel, and site diagrams.
o Designed the electrical wiring system and generated electrical drawings.
 Used SolidWorks DWGeditor, an AutoCAD equivalent drawing program for generating
wiring diagrams.
o Wrote PLC program.
 Wrote diagnostics and trouble-shooting routines into PLC program.
 Incorporated structured programming methods and well documented code.
o Developed and wrote software for three Co-Processors that concurrently communicate with the PLC,
scales, bar code scanners, and Quality Control Department’s PC database.
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P.O. Box 682 ● Niles, Ohio 44446 ● neohio31@yahoo.com
CONTROLS ENGINEER
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Developed touch-screen user interface.
Oversee installation and startup.
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Jar-Formation-Room Data Logging System – Design a system to log the temperatures of 1000 plus batteries
as well as their voltages and charge currents. Collect the data and transmit it over the company’s intranet to the
Quality Control Department’s PC database.
o Wrote PC software to log and transmit data.
o Provide real time graph of process conditions.
o Synchronize temperature, voltage, and current plots with the charger’s start-stop cycle.
o Oversee installation and startup.
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DryCharge-Formation-Room Data Logging System – Design a system to log the temperatures of the tanks
used to form battery plates as well as the output current of the formation charger. Collect the data and transmit it
over the company’s intranet to the Quality Control Department’s database.
o Wrote PC software to log and transmit data.
o Provide real time graph of process conditions.
o Synchronize temperature, and current plots with the charger’s start-stop cycle.
o Oversee installation and startup.
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Retrofit of Dry-Charge Table Heater Controls – Design a new control system to monitor and maintain the
temperature of the water circulating around 40 battery plate formation tanks.
o Specified equipment and components.
o Designed panel layout and placement of components.
 Routed wiring to keep 120/480 and other high voltage separate from low voltage control and
signal wiring.
 Used SolidWorks DWGeditor, an AutoCAD equivalent drawing program for panel layout.
 Used SolidWorks for generating 3D enclosure, panel, and site diagrams.
o Designed the electrical wiring system and generated electrical drawings.
 Used SolidWorks DWGeditor, an AutoCAD equivalent drawing program for generating
wiring diagrams.
o Developed and wrote PLC control software.
 Wrote diagnostics and trouble-shooting routines into PLC program.
 Incorporated structured programming methods and well documented code.
o Oversee installation and startup.
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Retrofit Blue M Carbon Sheet Drying Oven Controls – Designed a new control system for controlling the
temperature and air circulation in an oven used to dry carbon sheets.
o Specified equipment and components.
o Designed panel layout and placement of components.
 Routed wiring to keep 120/480 and other high voltage separate from low voltage control and
signal wiring.
 Used SolidWorks DWGeditor, an AutoCAD equivalent drawing program for panel layout.
 Used SolidWorks for generating 3D enclosure, panel, and site diagrams.
o Designed the electrical wiring system and generated electrical drawings.
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P.O. Box 682 ● Niles, Ohio 44446 ● neohio31@yahoo.com
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Used SolidWorks DWGeditor, an AutoCAD equivalent drawing program for generating
wiring diagrams.
Designed new front-panel layout.
Oversee installation and startup.
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Compression Tester PLC Control System – Design control system to convey battery cells through inline scale
and press, logging data and transmitting it back to the Quality Control Department’s PC database.
o Specified equipment and components.
o Designed panel layout and placement of components.
 Routed wiring to keep 120/480 and other high voltage separate from low voltage control and
signal wiring.
 Used SolidWorks DWGeditor, an AutoCAD equivalent drawing program for panel layout.
 Used SolidWorks for generating 3D enclosure, panel, and site diagrams.
o Designed the electrical wiring system and generated electrical drawings.
 Used SolidWorks DWGeditor, an AutoCAD equivalent drawing program for generating
wiring diagrams.
o Developed and wrote PLC control software.
 Wrote diagnostics and trouble-shooting routines into PLC program.
 Incorporated structured programming method and well documented code.
o Developed and wrote software for Co-Processor that concurrently communicates with the PLC, bar
code scanner, and Quality Control Department’s PC database.
o Developed touch-screen user interface.
o Programmed variable speed drive to control two conveyor motors.
o Oversee installation and startup.
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Curing Chamber – Design system to control the environmental conditions of temperature and humidity within
a large 3,240 SqFt chamber used to cure battery plates.
o Specified equipment and components.
o Designed panel layout and placement of components.
 Routed wiring to keep 120/480 and other high voltage separate from low voltage control and
signal wiring.
 Used AutoCAD LT 2009 for panel layout.
 Used SolidWorks for generating 3D enclosure, panel, and site diagrams.
o Designed the electrical wiring system and generated electrical drawings.
 Using AutoCAD LT 2009 program for generating wiring diagrams.
o Engineered the steam piping system, its layout and pipe sizes.
 Used SolidWorks for generating 3D steam piping diagram.
o Used Solid Works for generating 3D water and gas piping schematics.
o Sized the steam control valve.
o Obtained permit from the state department of boiler inspection and licensing.
o Obtained quotes from boiler installers, and arranged for contracting their services.
o Oversee installation and startup.
Metaldyne ● Twinsburg, Ohio ● May 2007 to Dec. 2007 (contract)
Title: Controls Engineer
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P.O. Box 682 ● Niles, Ohio 44446 ● neohio31@yahoo.com
CONTROLS ENGINEER
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Shot Blast II New Control Panel– Design a new control panel for the plant’s north side shot-blaster.
o Specified equipment and components.
o Designed panel layout and placement of components.
 Routed wiring to keep 120/480 and other high voltage separate from low voltage control and
signal wiring.
 Used AutoCAD LT 2007 for panel layout.
o Designed the electrical wiring system and generated electrical drawings.
 Using AutoCAD LT 2007 program for generating wiring diagrams.
o Developed and wrote PLC control software.
 Wrote diagnostics and trouble-shooting routines into Allen Bradley PLC program.
 Incorporated structured programming method and well documented.
o Programmed four Allen Bradley Flex-I/O variable speed drives to control four 25 HP motors.
o Developed touch-screen user interface replacing push buttons and analog panel meters with an Allen
Bradley Panel View touch screen.
o Designed device to monitor vibration of motors to prevent equipment damage due to a bearing failure.
IES Systems ● Canfield, Ohio ● Dec. 2005 to Dec. 2006
Title: Panel Builder and Startup Technician
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Wired electrical control panels for automated test equipment.
Built wiring harness.
Built and tested electronic circuit boards.
Calibrated servo drives.
Wired and configured RS232 data communications.
Attended Lab-View seminar.
Assembled industrial computers.
Installed and configured RAID data protection and backup systems.
Startup of new equipment.
Metaldyne ● Twinsburg, Ohio ● Dec 2003 to Aug. 2005 (contract)
Title: Electrical Technician
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Die-Lube Control Panel Retrofit – Removed electro-mechanical components and installed PLC.
o Relocated sensitive electronic equipment protecting it from physical damage and electrical interference.
o Upgraded electronic servo control to Mitsubishi microprocessor servo control.
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Relocate Machining Center – Oversee and help with the electrical disconnection and reconnection and startup
of machining center move.
o Traced, tagged, and documented all electrical connections and wire runs.
o Disconnected wires and bundled for relocation.
o Reconnected wires once machining center was moved.
o There was not a single wiring error.
o Assisted with start-up.
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P.O. Box 682 ● Niles, Ohio 44446 ● neohio31@yahoo.com
CONTROLS ENGINEER
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Water Treatment Department Control Panel – Rewire and reroute wire in electrical control panel which had
ten years of abuse.
o Rewired and rerouted wire runs without shutting down or interrupting the operation.
o Added needed grounding.
o Added wire marking and labeling.
o Upgraded Data-Highway for Allen Bradley PLC.
o Repaired and calibrated ultra-sonic flow meter.
o Calibrated tank differential pressure level meter.
o Photos available.
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Shot Blast I New Control Panel – Build new electrical control panel for plant’s south side shot-blast machine.
o Layout, drill & tap, mount and wire components on control panel.
o I finished the panel two weeks ahead of schedule.
o Assisted with installation and startup.
o Startup was without a single wiring error.
o Photos available.
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Update Robot Controls – Update the controls and programs for the robots, 24 total, that unload parts from the
die-caster machines.
o Updated the controls, wiring, and sensors of the robots.
o Found and corrected errors in the robot programs, this resulted in reducing the amount of product going
to scrap.
o Wrote new robot programs to accommodate new products.
o Developed a method to test the servo drives and motors for the robots.
 I was able to save the company $7,000 to $9,000 a month by testing and repairing the drives
and motors in-house vs. sending them out to a repair shop.
o Developed device to monitor robot position.
 New device reduced the labor and setup time from 8 plus hours to 2 hrs.
 New device was housed in robot arm and not exposed to physical damage.
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Monitoring System for Aluminum Melting Furnace – Developed a system to monitor and log the firing
cycles of the aluminum furnaces to provide data for making adjustments to the burner controls, thus correcting
too long high-fire conditions that are causing stress cracks to the furnace refractory.
o Wrote computer program to monitor and log firing cycles.
o Design and build monitor board to connect into furnace’s firing circuits.
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500 kW Backup Generators – Conduct a study for planned installation of two 500 kW generators.
o Connected equipment to sub-panels and monitored power usage.
o Worked with suppliers in selecting generators.
o Received quotes and made proposal.
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Telephone System UPS – Install battery UPS for phone system.
o Maintained usage of phone system during installation.
o Worked with the telephone company to reprogram phone system adding new branches and extensions.
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P.O. Box 682 ● Niles, Ohio 44446 ● neohio31@yahoo.com
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Industrial Computer Retrofit – Developed procedure to retrofit a new style touch-screen user-interface on
existing industrial computer terminals (24 each) to replace no longer available older style interface.
o Saved the company thousands of dollars in buying new terminals.
Kent State University ● Warren, Ohio ● Fall Semester 2002
Title: College Instructor
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Taught college course – “Computer Fundamentals”
o Digital electronics.
o Boolean algebra.
o Math for computer number systems (HEX, OCTAL, BINARY).
o Visual Basic programming.
Ajax Magnethermic ● Warren, Ohio ● Jan. 1988 to May 2002
Title: Senior R&D Lab Technician
I was privileged to be part of a group of engineers and technicians that worked to bring many new products to market;
some of the projects along with my contributions are listed below:
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Transverse Flux Induction Coil - Development of new style of induction coil used to heat very thin strip.
o Set up data logging equipment
o Wrote software to control data logging equipment.
o Wrote PC software and spreadsheets to formulate and graph data for analysis and presentation to
customers.
 Wrote Visual Basic macros to automate spreadsheets.
o Wrote Allen Bradley PLC software to control - strip speed, strip tension, and power supply power level.
o Developed screens for Nematron touch panel user interface.
o Designed device to scan width of strip to log and graph temperature profiles.
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Flat Pack Capacitor - Development of new style capacitor for strip heating.
o Set up data logging equipment and process monitoring hardware.
o Took mechanical, electrical, and temperature measurements.
o Wrote software to control data monitoring equipment and collect data.
o Wrote software and spreadsheets to formulate and graph data for analysis and presentation to
customers.
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Coax Litz Cable - Development of a coaxial high-frequency power cable using low inductance litz wire.
o Setup and operate data logging equipment.
o Wrote software to control data logging equipment.
o Measured power loss through cable, capacitance, and inductance.
o Imported data into Excel for analysis and generation of graphs.
o Wrote Visual Basic macros to automate importing data and scaling graphs.
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IGBT Life-Cycle Test - Life cycle testing of IGBT (transistor) inverter components of a high-frequency power
supply.
o Wrote Visual Basic computer program that automated the running of the power supply and the
collection of data.
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P.O. Box 682 ● Niles, Ohio 44446 ● neohio31@yahoo.com
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Ceramic Belt Evaluation - Evaluate possibility of using a ceramic belt to convey strip through induction coils
operating at over 800 F.
o Designed and built monitoring equipment to measure belt speed and distance of belt travel.
o Imported data into Excel spread sheet.
o Wrote Visual Basic macros to automate data importing and scaling of graphs.
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Logic Board Test Software - Development of computer program for operating logic board tester.
o Wrote Visual Basic program and graphical user interface.
o Designed and built wiring harness.
o Developed communications protocol to connect to and control tester.
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WEB Based Engineering Program - Develop WEB program to allow engineering and sales departments to run
calculations on inductor design via internet.
o Wrote VBScript WEB page for entering process data and outputting inductor operating levels.
o Scheduled instruments for calibration.
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ISO 9000 – Records management for instrument calibration and usage-history for the R&D lab.
o Maintained the records for the R&D lab.
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ITRACK – Developed a program and database to store instrument calibration and usage history for the R&D
lab.
o Wrote a Visual Basic program with database to assist in ISO 9000 record keeping.
o This program and database resulted in the R&D lab being the first department in the company to
achieve ISO certification.
o The program was distributed to and put into use by the other departments throughout the company.
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Technical writing –
o Wrote user manuals, service manuals, reports, and maintained lab notebooks.
Education
Trumbull Career and Technical Center  Warren, Ohio  2013 to 2014
PLC II Ethernet Network Setup Configuration and Programming
Kent State University  Warren, Ohio  working toward
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Kent State University  Warren, Ohio  1999 to 2000
Microsoft Certification Classes in Windows 2000 Server
Allen Bradley  Richman, Virginia  1988
Allen Bradley PLC Software & Programming
General Electric  Cleveland, Ohio  1988
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P.O. Box 682 ● Niles, Ohio 44446 ● neohio31@yahoo.com
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GE FANUC PLC Software & Programming
Kent State University  Warren, Ohio  1987
Associate of Science, Electronic/Electrical Engineering
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