Bruce Koch

Background

About Bruce Koch

Installed, Commissioned and/or Repaired, the following types of Heavy Industrial Equipment:* PLC Systems and Related Controls * DC Drives and Related Controls * AC Soft-Start Controls * Radio Remote Control Systems * Encoder Positioning & Measurement Systems * Electro-Hydraulic Brake Servo Controls * Weighing Systems and Related Controls * Data Acquisition Systems * Fiber Optic Systems * Collision Avoidance Systems and Related Controls * Generator & Transfer Systems and Related Controls * Radio Dispatching Systems and Related Controls * Portable, Radio Transceivers and Repeaters * Power Transmission, Monitoring and Related Controls * Water Treatment, Batch Processing Systems and Related Controls * Wireless Access Points, Routers and Controls Installed, Commissioned and/or Repaired, Heavy Industrial Equipment in the following industries:* Mining (drives, PLCs, controls, generators)* Shipyards (drives, controls)* Power Utilities (cranes, drives)* Sawmills and Lumber (cranes, drives, controls)* Steel and Hot Metals (cranes, drives, controls, weighing.batch processing, furnace controls)* Pulp & Paper (drives, controls, roll density, sheet tension)* Marine (drives, controls, boiler descaling)* Military (drives, controls)* Maritime (drives, PLCs, controls, weighing, power factor correction) Knowledge of:* AutoCad and Plotting Equipment * Electrical & Electronic Test Equipment * EE/UV/PROM, Flash, Memory Read & Write Equipment * Non-Destructive Testing Equipment Specialties:* Troubleshooting and Analysis of Complex Systems - Electrical, Electronic, Hydraulic * Working on a diverse Team to solve difficult technical problems * Writing and Reviewing Equipment Specifications **My Mantra: When troubleshooting, never give up, never quit.Keep proposing solutions to problems, testing each, until the problem is solved.