Luis Fernando Mera

Experience

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  E.P.M.T.P.Q. Trolebus Quito

  Apr 2002 - Aug 2003

  Electronic Controls Engineer

  Electronic Diagnosis Engineer • Directed the creation of an electronics components repairing laboratory for the organization. • Administered improvement projects in operative tasks as collection, communications and ticketing. • Implemented procedures and training programs for technician in electronic diagnosis for Trolleybuses. • Designed a microcontroller based system to control the automatic ZETA automatic gearbox in Trolleybuses. • Acted as bilingual liaison between the KIEPE german company and the maintenance team in local training. Show less

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  NOVACERO S.A.

  Aug 2003 - Oct 2013

  Senior Electrical Project Engineer

  Electrical and Automation Project Manager • Obtained a record 0.5% in electrical non-planned stops for the mill plant as Maintenance director. • Designed a DC drive system for 500kW 480V used in a start-stop cutting system for steel bars from recycled components. Engineered with basis in the NEC CODE for safety and dimensioning of power components. • Conducted the implementation of energy management system based in ISO500001 including measurement infrastructure based on Modbus RTU, energy indicators and improvement projects with immediate return. • Implemented the technology migration for high power DC drives (500kW to 1500kW) from Allen Bradley and Avtron to new digital Siemens DCM control system, increasing velocity response in the process. • Programmed an application based on MySQL and PHP used for the traceability and batch control. • Consolidated a culture of “zero incident” in electrical maneuvers in the department as part of safety committee. • Contributed actively in the ISO14001, ISO18001 and ISO50001 standards implementations in the company. • Designed a prototype for wireless 6 button control over cranes using ZigBee Technology. Show less

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  TCS INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

  Nov 2013 - now

  Technical Director

  Main Lead Engineer • Beckhoff system integrator and commercial manager for ecuadorian territory. • Commissioned and programmed the overhaul of a bottle blow molding machinery for Unilever Group. Incrementing 8% productivity using Beckhoff Automation hardware, software, motion control, and multiple PID control loops. • Led ISO50001 Standard implementations for FAMILIA SANCELA and PROVEFRUT, increasing the energy efficiency in the plant. • Provided Beckhoff Automation technical support for hardware and software in the Ecuadorian territory. • Developed an HMI application based on HTML5 using Movicon NEXT platform for rice processing plant. Application awarded by Progea International as study case for remote access HMI implementation. • Programmed an automation system to control 14 rice aging furnaces with remote access and cloud interaction, using the Beckhoff hardware with libraries for SMTP, Controller Toolbox and MQTT over WinCE O.S. • Directed a project to integrate data from odometers in Trolleybuses using Xbee wireless technology. • Designed Beckhoff and Progea training programs and modules for companies in public and private sectors. Show less

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  SoftWear Automation, Inc

  Jan 2020 - Oct 2021

  Senior Beckhoff Consultant

  - Contribute to establish the programming structures implemented inside the Beckhoff technology adopted by the company.- Validate and recommend the hardware configurations implemented in the sewing robots including IPC, IO, Servo motion systems.- Commissioning and initial developing software for the biggest prototype in the company portfolio for T-Shirt robotic production using Beckhoff CNC, motion control NC and TwinSAFE components.- Testing the TwinCAT Softwear customized library using object oriented programming.- Hardware commissioning and initial programming for one prototype conformed by 17motion axes including AX80xx TwinSAFE embedded servos, EL72xx micro servos and EL70xx Stepper drives.- Deploy Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 HMI technology establishing the visualization standard for the company. Show less