Louis — PLC Programmer

High speed Cameras and vision system recognition, linked to a PLC for quality control in production lines

Over the years I worked with multiple companies and I was able to build an experience over multiple equipment of a production line, I had to build some of those equipment, install them trouble shoot, program some of them and start them up. A typical new installation over a new project will include the steps I'm mentioning bellow, so we reach a full project commissioning. 1st portion of the project, I first managed the space that we determine in advance, so the line would fit, measuring, pictures, modification of the space in case we have anything in the way, we prepare the terrain for the specific production line 2ed portion of the project I managed the riggers team, that will handle laying down all the equipment. 3rd step I managed the mechanical team to install the equipment, mechanical drawings in hand, if mistakes are made we will always find either a local solution to make it work or call the OEM and work it with them. the mechanical aspect of the project will include installation of air supply, water supply, steam... all the energies supply. 4th step I managed the electrical team, drawings in hand and solution to any problem will be resolved on site, if we need any type of transformers, I will determine the lowed and order them. 5th step trouble shooting the system after we power it up. and all energies are in place. 6th step Programming I use it as well during the trouble shooting process in order to diagnose the issues in a faster way, than I handle all the interlocks communication between the equipment and program them, because as we know, a production line could be made from different OEM equipment, to program the communication interface, it always depend on the communication protocol that was used, nowadays we are most likely using ethernet with switch managers as the Cisco AB devices. So, the interlocks could be through produce and consume tags, or messaging, or they could be hard wired. I also trouble shoot each machine program individually, in case the OEM didn't have enough time to finish the program over their site or to fully test it, because of so many reasons 7th step of the project will be focused over training operators, mechanical, electricians and programmers Final step production baby sitting raising production efficiency, detecting the issues and resolving them, raising the line rendering, to satisfy the signed contract most of the line efficiencies are at a 98% of efficiency and rendering.

Installation Start up training full customer service after sale service. Remote set up and long distance connection to main CPU and other peripheral that has ethernet or communication capability, that will help with trouble shooting and guiding the maintenance people on site with their trouble shooting to the down equipment

I’m good in IT for line integration control, building a board where you could have all type of information over each piece of equipment and the general status of a full production line, that help with maintenance by lower costs and keep us with a high rate of efficiency - My expertise is at the top level, in mechanical installations heavy duty equipment, and start-up, preventive and general maintenance, trouble shooting, repair, instrumental test and measurements, leading teams, scheduling and planning tasks, training. - Institute of technology of Toulon-first year Industrial Maintenance - Working for the French Navy as a Radar Radio Controller for Control and Maintenance.

I have a great experience in PLC systems Allen Bradley and Siemens - Contracting with A&B engineering group, handling project at their multiple customers, for all their equipment, most of my work with A&B is based on CPU programing PLC SLC… all A&B control products that we use in the packaging industry - I perform general tech., mechanical, programming (on Rockwell software for Allen Bradley PLC and Panels: RS Logix, Control Logix, Device Net …) electrical and General Supervisor duties for air conveyor installation, silo, and unscramble projects for their office group in North America. - I have a complete knowledge and a load of experience in high speed camera’s that could orient bottles at a speed above 350bpm. Plus how to program them in phase with the PLC and the system that operate with them.

I have over 15 years of Experience in the Automation field, from PLC programing to other portion of automated equipment, I started with the time where we used contactors and stand alone equipment to help in the automation of a production line. I have an extenssive experience in PLC HMI VFD Servo drives most of the known brands, Scanners for device net and other, ASI protocol of wiring system, for Siemens and Allen Bradley, Bar code reading scanners and product detection, working interfaces between PLC and Robots...

N.T.S. is a worldwide multinational company for air and mechanical conveying systems for all types of beverage containers plastic, P.E.T., cartons, etc. I have worked with this company as a commissioning engineer, and as a general supervisor in the mechanical, hydraulical, control automation and electrical fields. I started my first fields for them in the USA, Canada, and Algeria.

My experience with conveyor system is very high and advance in any type of conveyors Air conveyors, bulk conveyors, rollers case conveyors, Full Pallete conveyors, palletets conveyors for distribution centers and wearhouses... I worked with many companies that makes conveyors, European and Americans made, Posimat, Lanfranchi, and teh biggest of all a company that unfortuately closed, because it was a family owned company after the founder past away, that is N.T.S. is a company for air and mechanical conveying systems for all types of beverage containers plastic, P.E.T., cartons, etc. I have worked with this company as a commissioning engineer, and as a general supervisor in the mechanical, hydraulical, control automation and electrical fields. I started my first fields for them in the USA, Canada, and Algeria. - I did the supervision and the start-up for a Lanfranchi line: Depaletiser, bulk conveyor 600feet Unscrambler chain conveyor plus vacuum system 300feet down to the KHS Filler. Graham Packaging provides the empty P.E.T. Bottles for the Dawn soap. they mainely equipmed many of Nestlet water plants, Coca Cola and Pespi factories.

Contracting with A&B engineering group, handling project at their multiple customers, for all their equipment, most of my work with A&B is based on CPU programing PLC SLC… all A&B control products that we use in the packaging industry. - I have very good experience when it comes to dealing with the most common automates like Siemens (Step 7 & 5), OMRON and Allen Bradley. Fanuc Robots for packaging lines, as palletizer I worked on the M100 and M200 series, I was able to use the Karel programming instrument because it was very close to the Pascal language.

Welch’s the food and beverage company, I handled the conversion of a plastic jar production line to a heavy glass bottles production. Modified a Crown Simplimatic Depalletizer that was designed for plastic jars, to their glass juice sparking bottles. I worked over this project for 4 months and had it all up and running. - Lanfranchi is an Italian company that designs and produces unscrambles machines, silos, depalletisers and air conveyors. I perform general tech., mechanical, programming (on Rockwell software for Allen Bradley PLC and Panels: RS Logix, Control Logix, Device Net …) electrical and General Supervisor duties for air conveyor installation, silo, and unscramble projects for their office group in North America.

I was also involved as a freelancecontractor for their International after Sales Department Service, for the blow-molding machines and all their peripherals, like chillers, thermo regulators, dryers, transformers, Power supply generators, compressors, air and mechanical conveyors, some notion in fillers, etc.

I have a good experience with Can programming, and other communication protocols, that could be Profibus, Ethernet, DeviceNet, ControlNet, AS-I… A great experience with any type of peripherals as HMI, VFD, Servo drives, SV pneumatical boards…

During my low seasons, I work in the heavy duty welding for ceiling reinforcement.

I handled the conversion of a plastic jar production line to a heavy glass bottles production. Modified a Crown Simplimatic Depalletizer that was designed for plastic jars, to their glass juice sparking bottles. I worked over this project for 4 months and had it all up and running.

Diageo Maryland, representing Hartness International as a project manager and an electrical engineer, over a new line installation, Start-up training and production.

It's a Company based in Spain they work in the bottling business I take care of their projects mostly on the American Continent, from Canada to Mexico, 80% of my work for them is based in the United States of America. I work for them as an electromechanical trouble shooter, Programmer, general manager on some of their projects, public relation, engineering consultancy on their installations, Logistic. Brief training or extensive with class room projections. Their major products are Unscramblers high speed all containers formats, Air conveyor, Mechanical conveyor, Orientators for containers or bottles orienting, Depaletisers, we can check all their products at their web site: www.Posimat.com

Moving from an old factory to a new building PET plastics bottling company in Vancouver Canada, 4 lines, I hired my own crew and handled the project as a general company from A to Z.