Marcel Naude

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About Marcel Naude

Company Name : Group Five Plant and Equipment (Meadow feeds) Position : Apprentice Millwright Year : December 2013 – December 2015 Duties : Maintenances and Services of Plant and Machinery Company Name : Enterprise Foods Position : Millwright Year : January 2016 – April 2016 Duties : Maintenances and Services of Plant and Machinery Company Name : Unilam Position : Plant Foreman Year : February 2017 – August 2017 Duties : Maintenances and Services of Plant and Machinery Company Name : BMG (Danfoss DrivePro partner) Position : Electronics Field Service Technician Year : April 2018 – May 2022 Duties: Fault finding on Danfoss, Vacon and Powtran VSD’s. On site and workshop diagnosis and determining what caused the fault to occur. On site and workshop repairing of VSDs. Commissioning various applications on site including: Fans, Pumps, Pumps with PID control that has multiple set points, Heat PID control, Crushers, Separators, Extruders, Hoist applications, Mixers, Solar applications, Pressing equipment, Milling Machines, Mills, Conveyors, Elevators, Bucket elevators, Cranes, Decanters, Vibrating Screens, Screw conveyors, Blowers, MCO applications, IMC applications and various communication commissioning as Profibus, Modbus, Ethernet, Lonworks, Profinet, BACnet and more. VSDs ranging from VLT2800 and up to the latest models including FC051, FC280, FC101, FC103, FC202, FC301, FC302. kW sizes up to 1.2MW F Frames. Commissioning and assisting customers telephonically wiring diagrams and parameter lists that needs to be set for their applications. Using Various testing equipment such as scope meters, multimeter, IGBT switching tool and SCR switching tools to determine if components are faulty. Warranty applications and what caused the fault. Using Smart Logic programming to assist customers with applications with more advanced features. Servicing and Maintenance of VSDs in the workshop and out on sites. Including stripping entire VSD onto the heat sink in order to clean it and reapplying heat sink paste on IGBTs and/or SCRs. 24Hour standby assisting customers with Breakdowns and Repairs. Compiling detailed reports and quotes in order to determine what caused faults and what spare parts will be needed to repair the VSD. Current job Company name: WEG Automation Africa Position: Medium Voltage Service Technician Year: May 2022 - Present Duties: Commissioning and fault finding on medium voltage WEG VFD's. Applications including Pumps, Ball mills, HIG mills and fans. Models include and MVW01.