| Baysix Automation Marengo, Illinois |
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Engineering
Technician : 1992 - 2000
Baysix
Automation ,
a branch company of Hauschildt
Industries ,
provided customers with both on-site
and remote start-up assistance and troubleshooting support primarily
for, but not limited to, large scale plating line, and automatic
storage and retrieval systems. Duties included panel building, PLC
programming, SBC programming, operator interface development,
electrical
troubleshooting, and set-up
for VFD/DC
motor controls, positioning systems, cranes, shuttles,
rectifiers, and data acquisition and control of levels, temperatures,
and dosing pumps. While working for Baysix, I also designed, specified
and purchased parts, built, programmed, tested and installed both new
and retrofit control panels. The diverse customer base included mining
operations, city sewer and water works, foundries, steel mills, tool
and die shops, and both large and small manufacturing concerns. The
broad scope of participation in these projects
afforded considerable experience in problem solving, customer relations
and project management.
I worked for Baysix Electronics as an Engineering Technician for over eight years, concurrent with my employment at Hauschildt Industries. Both companies were owned by my brother Tom and his wife Doreen. The businesses were liquidated after their deaths in an aviation accident. ![]() Tom and Doreen in 1997. |
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3 Dimensional layout for the I/O additions to an automated plater. Designed and rendered by Kelly Torrance, using TurboCAD V10.2 |
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I
am familiar with both schematic and diagram forms of electrical
blueprints and have worked with
ANVIL
and
TurboCAD..
I
have developed many drawings using TurboCAD that have been shared with
AutoCAD designers, but have only a cursory familiarity with AutoDesk
products. For
the past 7 years I have
worked almost exclusively with TurboCAD and am currently using version
11.1 for 2D schematics and 3D design.
. Working for both Hauschildt and Baysix led me to work on projects for companies all over the world, from family owned job-shops to international corporations. The following is a partial list of just a few of the companies and locations at which I have had the privilege of working… Ford Motor Company : Romeo, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario ASAR equipment installation, training and service. Digital Equipment Corp. / Amp-Akzo : Greenville, S. Carolina Automated printed circuit board plating line retrofits, training and service. Siemens : Drummondville, Quebec Automated printed circuit board plating line installation and service. IBM : Rochester, Minnesota Positioning system service for hard-drive plater. Unisys : Minneapolis, Minnesota Automated silver plating line retrofit, training and service. Meyer Material : McHenry, Illinois Automated material conveyor systems design, installation and service. City of Belvidere : Belvidere, Illinois Designed and installed pedestrian traffic warning system. U.S. Steel : Gary, Indiana and Birmingham, Alabama Large scale positioning system installations and service. Super Steel : Dutton, Michigan Robotic pickling line installation and service. A.G. Simpson : Sterling Heights, Michigan and Oshua, Ontario Automated plating line installation and retrofit, training and service. Guardian Automotive / Windsor Plastics : Evansville, Indiana Automated electroless plating line installation, training and service. Tektronix : Portland, Oregon Automated plating line retrofit, training and service. Boeing : Seattle, Washington Automated plating line installation, training and service. S & C Electric : Chicago, Illinois Automated plating line retrofit, training and service. City of Woodstock : Woodstock, Illinois VFD wet-well level control design, installation, training and service. Reynolds Metals (Alcoa) : Muscle Shoals, Alabama Large scale heat-treating ASAR system installation, training and service. Bureau of Engraving : Minneapolis, Minnesota Automated copper plating line retrofit, training and service. American Bumper & Manufacturing Co. : Ionia, Michigan Automated chrome plating line installation, retrofit, training and service. City of Marengo : Marengo, Illinois Street lighting control panels design, build and installation. GTE (Verizon) : Chicago, Illinois Positioning system training and service. AT&T : Salt Lake City, Utah and Richmond, Virginia Automated plating line retrofits, training and service. Kodak : Rochester, New York Automated plating line retrofit, training and service. Arnolds Engineering : Marengo, Illinois Automated production equipment turnkey retrofits. : Marietta, Georgia Automated plating line installation, training and service. |

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Combination
computer and motor control center
painted in Baysix Blue ready for
shipment to Lasalle Steel in Gary, Indiana |
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