Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, experience in statistical process control (SPC) and statistical analysis in Minitab
Created automatically generated reports to communicate and alert team members to cost opportunities and deficiencies.
Building dashboards to better disseminate information “I know where the issue is, you know where the issue is but the tech on the floor is the one who actually needs to know and how do we get that information to him”
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Reverse Osmosis Monitoring System
I finally setup a monitoring system for my reverse osmosis system. I have 1 pressure sensor to track mainline water pressure, 2 flow meters to track usage and efficiency and 2 TDSsensor to track concentration. This was a pretty fun project and it was the first time I was working with a pulse based water…
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Complete Cohesive Failure
Had some production issues today where I was called for paint adhesion issues. I started looking into it and found that it wasn’t paint adhesion but rather plastic cohesion that was failing. I had a look at some other parts and was able to capture this amazing photo of complete peeling.
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Controller Tuning & Aggressive Control
While training the new student we started having some production issues with material pulsing that made for a great teaching opportunity. We reviewed the labview monitor and saw significant instability in the flows with overly aggressive controls. During troubleshooting I was able to catch a nice screenshot that showed different control patterns in decreasing aggressiveness.…
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Vineyard Tour & Equipment
I had a great opportunity to tour a small vineyard and was able to get technical with the owner. Most the equipment was all on triclamps so it was nice to see standardization across the world. It was also the first time I was able to see a tracking sheet used to monitor fermentation progress.…
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Measuring Furnace/AC Efficiency and Preempting Failures
One of the ways to measure furnace efficiency/life is by measuring “temperature rise” (https://hvacrschool.com/furnace-air-temperature-rise/ ) which is effectively the temperature difference between the furnace inlet and furnace exhaust. A temperature rise too low or too high can indicate issues with the furnace and monitoring this can prevent very expensive repairs. Rather than manually testing this…
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House Water Temperature Profile
I have noticed that my water appears to run hotter in the morning when I get up vs later on in the day. In truth this is probably due to relative temperature where in the morning I am colder and so things appear warmed but I still wanted to find out how much my water…