Souhair E. - Commissioning of the produced winding machines

Cologne, Germany

Experience

May 2023 - Present

2 years 8 months

Wuppertal, Germany

Commissioning of the produced winding machines

Rayess for Automation and Drives

Customer: Leimbach Maschinenbau.
Commissioning machines at home and abroad.
Products and technologies used: Sinamics converters, Step 7 and TIA Portal version 17, sensors, pneumatic valves, WinCC Advanced.

Apr 2023 - Apr 2023

1 month

Remscheid, Germany

Commissioning support for SMS-Elotherm Remscheid

Rayess for Automation and Drives

Customer: SMS-Elotherm.
Commissioning support for an induction furnace.
Products and technologies used: our own high-power MW-range converters used for the induction furnace system, TIA Portal version 17, water pumps for cooling.

Dec 2022 - Oct 2023

11 months

Charleston, United States

Commissioning support at Bosch plant Charleston

Rayess for Automation and Drives

Customer: Hedrich GmbH (location: Bosch plant Charleston).
Impregnation machine for stators of e-motors. The machine's software was not yet mature or ready for production but still had to be integrated into the production line. I supported bridging the software gaps in case of errors to keep production running. I was the only one working on the software daily. I identified all the fault messages that were not maintained and implemented fixes.
Products and technologies used: Siemens motors, Sinamics S120, G120, TIA Portal version 17, WinCC, load cells, sensors…

Sep 2022 - Oct 2022

2 months

Cologne, Germany

Modernization of an exhaust system for a paint line

Rayess for Automation and Drives

Customer: Apteg mbH.
Use of 26 SEW drives with 37 kW and 22 kW motors + differential pressure sensors that measure the pressure before and after a filter. The sensor generates a notification when the filter value reaches a certain threshold to prompt filter replacement.
My task was to implement and commission all drives in the software.
Adjust the visualization. There were two lines: basecoat and clearcoat.
For the basecoat line, 25 motors without drives were replaced with 15 new ones with the same power. The clearcoat line has 11 drives. I implemented all pressure sensors in the software and visualized each sensor's readings.
A certain pressure control was also programmed and visualized, although it was not a true control loop as the customer wanted a simple solution.
Products and technologies used: SEW-Eurodrive, Weg motors, TIA Portal version 14, WinCC and differential pressure sensors; CPU S7-1500.

Jul 2022 - Aug 2022

2 months

Kassel, Germany

Software modification of an existing TIA program to VW standard

Rayess for Automation and Drives

Customer: VW plant.
The production line has several stations where the transmissions are built and tested step by step. Conveyors move the transmission from station to station. Each station detects arrival with an RFID scanner and light barriers. Other functions like lifting the conveyor, lowering Bosch screwdrivers and other actuators also run automatically. Functional sequences were programmed with S7_Graph. Visualization was implemented with HMI Lite.
Products and technologies used: S7-1500 CPU, ET200, Sinamics G120, TP Panel Comfort, Bosch screwdriver system, RFID scanner reading devices, light curtains and light barriers, Kistler drives.

Apr 2022 - May 2022

2 months

Essen, Germany

Software development_ top cleaning_ machine

Rayess for Automation and Drives

Customer: SSS_ Group.
A crane brings pots weighing up to 820 Kg to a portal, where they are positioned.
Pots are washed and dried, then taken off by the crane and removed.
The system also has a disinfection cycle, which starts on Sunday morning and ends on Monday morning.
Products and technologies used: Siemens control system, SEW inverters.

Mar 2022 - Mar 2022

1 month

Germany

Extension of the manual mode of a lifting vehicle

Rayess for Automation and Drives

Customer: AS_ Tec.
The manual mode was semi-automated so that the customer can raise the lifting vehicle to a certain height in manual mode under a specific pressure and time.
Products and technologies used: Siemens control system, SEW inverters.

Nov 2021 - Dec 2021

2 months

Bottrop, Germany

Modernization of S5 cards to S7-400 CPU

Rayess for Automation and Drives

Customer: Arcelor_Mittal Prosper.
Modernization work: replacing S5 DI/O cards with new cards compatible with an S7-400 CPU. All signals were forced by the PLC during the upgrade, since production could not stop.
Implementation of new safety light curtains, including safety cards that were installed in the PLC rack. The whole system is programmed in S7.
Hardware configuration in S7 was also created. Safety programming of the new light curtains and implementation into the safety program.
Products and technologies used: Siemens control system, S7 ET200 cards.

May 2021 - Feb 2022

10 months

Nordhorn, Germany

Software development_ robot_ laser_ deburring system for aluminum formats

Rayess for Automation and Drives

Customer: Wink_ Stanzwerkzeuge.
Sheets of various sizes are transported on conveyors, which were programmed as step chains with S7 Graph.
A Fanuc robot is responsible for picking the sheets from the last conveyor and placing them on the laser table. The robot is dumb, it always waits for a command from the PLC. It has a safety card connected to the PLC safety system.
The laser tables are controlled by the PLC to move under the laser and cut the sheets.
After cutting, the tables come out again and the robot moves to pick up the sheets and place them on a deburring portal.
Products and technologies used: Siemens control system with safety- S7 CPU1500, TIA_Portal Version16, Festo_ pressure sensors, Fanuc robot, RFID reader.

Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

7 months

Sales representative for high-end solutions for motion systems

(Pacdrive control system) used in packaging machines.

May 2018 - Jun 2019

1 year 2 months

Director of Sales

Loick Biowertstoff GmbH

Built a sales network for packaging fillers and granules at home and abroad, focusing on final sales of extrusion machines for foaming granules (Biogranulat 100).
Managed key accounts.
Headed the sales department "Farmfill" for packaging materials, including management and leadership duties.

Apr 2013 - Oct 2017

4 years 7 months

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Business Development Manager for Electric Drives

LD CoC Siemens LLC

Supported and assisted existing partners in daily large drive business.
Pursued and implemented the LD business strategy in the regions of Iran, Pakistan, and the Levant countries (Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria).
Conducted customer presentations and marketing activities.
Improved the competency of customer service, BU, and sales representatives in Iran, Pakistan, and Siemens partners on LD products through continuous training and workshops.
Developed product inquiries related to technical specifications and pricing.
LD products include all medium and low voltage drives and converters.

Sep 2011 - Apr 2013

1 year 8 months

Essen, Germany

Sales Engineer for Mechanical Drive Technology

Siemens AG

Developed technical offers for the complete drive train, from the converter to the gearbox, and provided technical advice to customers.

Aug 2005 - Feb 2010

4 years 7 months

Erlangen, Germany

Commissioning Engineer for Electric Drives

Siemens AG

Modernized a steel sheet furnace line in Spain-Azurien: supported Siemens Spain colleagues in commissioning multiple regulated DC drives (SIMOREG).
Container crane in Beirut, Lebanon: provided IBS support for automation and drive technology.
SPEED SURAT/India: provided IBS support for a fiber/polyester plant. Commissioned the plant first uncoupled from the mechanical parts, then after connecting the machines both without and with load.
Container cranes in Valencia, Spain: provided IBS support for commissioning container cranes using Masterdrives converter technology with parallel-connected inverters (Master-Slave).
Polyester plant in Klaipet, Lithuania: commissioned several Masterdrives converters. I was completely alone on-site, without any colleague support.
Film plant (Lindauer Dornier) in Penang, Malaysia: commissioned various Masterdrive converters for fans.
Girder furnace acceptance test at Loher in Ruhstorf: commissioned a SINAMICS S120 with an ALM Active Line Module feed unit.
Service for Remacut in Abu Dhabi, UAE: service assignment for a Sinamics S150 on a barge (unpowered pusher).
BRIC-Drive (Sinamics VM) project: converter designed for the low-cost market (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). Participated in carrying out, managing, and reviewing all key functions and measurements, including analysis.
SIBAS 32 control system: designed a software platform for electric locomotives.

Aug 2003 - Jul 2005

2 years

Gifhorn, Germany

System Test Engineer for Engine Control Units

IAV GmbH

Conducted and programmed software tests for engine control units and lambda sensors (Tcl-Tk, LabVIEW).

Summary

Many years of experience in electrical drive technology
Very good knowledge in
Good drive technology knowledge (inductive asynchronous motors)
Converter technology (Sinamics G120, G150, S120, S150, Masterdrives, Micromaster and Simoreg DC-Master)
Simatic S7 and TIA Portal (CPU 300, 1500 and 1200)
S7_Graph, SCL, AWL knowledge
WinCC Flexible, Advanced and SCADA
SIBAS 32 control system
LabVIEW knowledge
Mechanical drive technology, Flender products
Pacdrive system (ELAU control)
Robotics programming (FANUC robots)
C_Schap
Customer-oriented
Marketing, Sales and Business Development
Strategic thinking
Pricing and market understanding
Very communicative, resilient and representative.