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GrantX

Mon Jun 04 2012, 08:31AM

Registered Member #4074 Joined: Mon Aug 29 2011, 06:58AM
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Pretty happy at the moment :D

I haven't finished my EE course yet, but I've been accepted as a casual employee with Dyne Industries, a transformer manufacturer. had an interview last Tuesday and they said they might call me in the next 2 months but I got a call in the middle of class today!

No idea what they'll have me doing yet, but I'm just pleased my course has started paying itself back :p

What sort of entry level work would I start with? Stacking laminations? As far as I know, they make mainly smaller transformers, up to maybe 50kVA or so and usually custom designed, rather than production line.

Mads Barnkob

Mon Jun 04 2012, 09:19AM

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Congratulations on your new job and I am positive that you are brought in to start up their new division... Cyberdyne Industries... ;)

Dr. Brownout

Mon Jun 04 2012, 01:47PM

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Congratulations on the new job, I worked as a transformer design engineer for almost 15 years. the largest we could wind was 3MVA. We did everything from motor starters to distribution and as small as 5VA single phase control transformers. I would still be designing them had all the companies here not moved out of the country.

Hard to say what they will have you starting out doing could be just about anything you may be stacking, testing, or just about anything.

--Brian

Ash Small

Mon Jun 04 2012, 03:11PM

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The best thing about a job like that will be rooting through the scrap bins, but make sure to get the correct permissions before removing anything.

Tetris

Mon Jun 04 2012, 04:02PM

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That's so cool :D as ash small said, if a transformer doesn't meet qualifications, see if you can buy it for reduced price or something. Who on 4HV wouldn't want a pig?

Avalanche

Mon Jun 04 2012, 09:27PM

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Congrats on the job, should be a blast!

XravenorX wrote ...

What sort of entry level work would I start with? Stacking laminations? As far as I know, they make mainly smaller transformers, up to maybe 50kVA or so and usually custom designed, rather than production line.

Having dealt with a similar local company pretty often, you could be doing anything along the lines of:

* checking customers designs, probably modifying them to turn them into real designs using your standard parts, like copper sizes, insulation etc
* testing final products, and recording results as part of the quality system, including flash testing, mutual/leakage inductance calcs etc
* operating the vacuum impregnator thing
* deciding wtf to do when something doesn't meet spec, or the customer wants to return it for whatever reason
* dealing with couriers and planning deliveries, specifying lead times etc

How not to suceed at your career:

* say "I've noticed the I is always lower case compared to the E, so I've made it upper case"
* "Why are E and I and O the only letters used? Do you want to see my designs?
* "I've heard all this talk of an air-gap in the magnetic circuit, what about having an air-gap in the electrical circuit instead?
* "I've saved money on this design by making the core 2 solid pieces of iron"

etc.

GrantX

Tue Jun 05 2012, 08:14AM

Registered Member #4074 Joined: Mon Aug 29 2011, 06:58AM
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Thanks everyone!

Yeah when I was applying, all I could think of is Cyberdyne, haha.

And I definitely cant wait to see what surplus or scrap they have sitting around :p

Thanks for the advice Avalanche, I'll keep those in mind, haha.

I've got my first day tomorrow, so I'll post an update tomorrow evening

Proud Mary

Tue Jun 05 2012, 12:54PM

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Well done on getting the job, son. You're on your way!

Steve Conner

Tue Jun 05 2012, 06:57PM

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Avalanche, shush. There's also C, U and R cores, and that ferrite pot thing that looks like [(o)]

And congrats on the job!

Ash Small

Tue Jun 05 2012, 07:21PM

Registered Member #3414 Joined: Sun Nov 14 2010, 05:05PM
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Steve Conner wrote ...

and that ferrite pot thing that looks like [(o)]

RM cores, maybe?

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