Ben's Blog: Current Project Work
Throughout our Apprenticeship we work on a number of
projects to help us develop our skills and also apply the things we have learnt
at college.
At the moment, I am working on a project focussed on
overhauling a machine which was bought by EGGER about 3 years ago. The project
has been assigned a £10,000 budget which we have to consider throughout the job
and I am working closely with the Mechanic Fitter to ensure our project is
running to schedule, alongside our team managers and a project engineer to help
us complete the project.
Currently we are working on building a stand for the machine
alongside a platform for the operator to stand on. My part of this is to draw
and create a new panel alongside creating a new simatic 7 programme. This
programme allows the machine to carry out specific functions when a certain
button is pressed, for example if the start button is pressed the input for
this button will start it’s cycle through the ladder program. I was able to use
the experience of a Control and Instrumentation Engineer to help build the
program and also use my own experience of programming when at college on day
release. My manager has also asked me to create the drawings for the electrical
panel, as well as the cable identifications for each cable that is wired into
the panel.
This
is all great experience for me moving forward in my apprenticeship and the
project will specifically support the completion of my college qualification.
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