Rajamanickam Rajendran

Experience

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  SUJANA METALS PRODUCTS LTD

  May 2005 - Aug 2007

  Engineer (Projects & Maintenance)

  Key Areas:- Project execution of automatic steel rolling mill.- Product handled - DC drive (ABB), AC drive (ABB), PLC (ABB), 33KV Substation, HT breakers, Transformers, ACBs, HT motors.- Applications - Rolling press stand, Conveyors, Furnace, Rotary cutting shear, Pinching roll, Thermo- mechanical treatment, Cooling bed, Cranes.

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  Larsen & Toubro

  Sept 2007 - Aug 2020

  Key areas:- Basic & detail design of new product- Review & Validation of Electronic Schematic & Layout- Design of Power system topology, Gate driver, Capacitor Optimization & Snubber selection- Flow chart finalization for software development- Loss calculation, thermal analysis & Guidance to mechanical model development- Testing & Validation, Test Protocols, Product Certification Key Areas:- Simulation & analysis using MATLAB & PSIM- Validating design with hardware in-loop & Software in-loop simulation- High voltage panel engineering & Insulator development- Design & Execution of MV Drive test facility- Design of testing setup for photovoltaic inverter- Point of contact for Academic partners, Technology partners & future areas of development Key Areas:- Capturing voice of customer (VOC)- Competitor Bench-marking & Technical specification- Cost analysis & Project Feasibility study- Management approval & Budget allocation - Conducting technical seminar- EMI-EMC and other environmental tests Key sites handled:- Variable speed Ship-lift system which is used to dock the ship through hoist.- Master-slave Medium voltage drive in Kiln application- Synch and De-synch transfer in medium voltage inverter- Complete cement plant automation- Pipeline SCADA system (Water & Oil)- Automatic testing bed of motors & Generators- Cold rolled steel plant (Pickling line) Product Commissioned :- DC Drive (LNTOR)- AC Drive (Yaskawa, Vacon, L&T)- Medium voltage drive (Yaskawa)- Slip power recovery system (L&T)- PLC (Siemens, Schneider, Allen Bradley)- SCADA & DCS (Siemens DCS, Citect, FIX-32)

  • Assistant General Manager - Research & Development (Power Electronics Drives)

    Jan 2019 - Aug 2020

  • Senior Manager - Research & Development (Power Electronics Drives)

    Jul 2014 - Dec 2018

  • Assistant Manager - Research & Development (Power Electronics Drives)

    Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Assistant Manager - Commissioning (Drives & Automation)

    Jul 2010 - Jun 2013

  • Commissioning Engineer (Drives & Automation)

    Sept 2007 - Jun 2010
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  Schneider Electric

  Sept 2020 - now

  Assistant General Manager - Research & Development (Power Electronics Drives)

  Product worked :- Medium voltage inverter- 415V & 690V class inverter- Active Front End System- Active Harmonics Filter- PMSM & BLDC Drives- Slip Power Recovery system (SPRS)