For over 30 years I have offer electrical / instrumentation / automation / process control, engineering and technical support to heavy industrial (Mining, Steel, Forestry) large facilities (Museums, Hospitals, Research, Food), and Renewable Energy (Nuclear, Solar, Wind) - domestic and internationally, on a freelance basis. Below is a list of my areas of knowledge / skills and experience.
If you would like to discuss or have any questions please do not hesitate to contract me.
Regards – Ivan J. Elliott – C.E.T.
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Automation Support:
System re-design - Relay to PLC conversations, PLC upgrades, E / I upgrades
PID, Schematic & Wiring Diagrams – details, specifications
Panel design - heat lost calculations, layout, parts list, specifications
PLC, DCS, HMI – system design, programming. installation, specifications, commissioning, start-up, troubleshooting - (A/B, Seimens, G.E., Modicon, telemecanique and others)
Networks / Ethernet – managed & unmanaged (Modbus, A/B, Profinet, Profibus, Backnet)
Remote Control – Frequency, wireless and leaky feeder
Pneumatic and hydraulic control
Experiences:
Heavy Industrial: Mining (INCO, Noranda, Breakwater, ESSRO) – underground material handling systems – mobile equipment, conveyor systems, crushers, mills, flotation, smelting. Steel (Algoma, Dofasco, Gerdau) – blast and arc furnaces, rolling mills, crane control (600V DC). Forestry – harvesting equipment, lumber and OSB. Watertreatment (oil / water separator)