Henkel

January 2022 - August 2022

During my Engineering CO-OP at Henkel my main task was to assist the Engineers with their projects and help increase the safety of the facility. My projects ranged from making guarding for pinch points, sourcing parts to copying control board, to modifying machinery to be safer for operators to work with. Henkel is an international company with over 50,000 employees, this gave me a lot of experience in what it takes to implement a process change for a production company that other sites my also implement. This CO-OP taught me what the working environment is like at a company of that size. Most of the time I was collaborating with someone on a project to identify the best solution for the problem, then it was my task to source components, design and build the solution, and then to the required documentation for the change I did.

Some of my projects at Henkel

Tube Cutter

One of my first projects was to modify at tube cutting machine to be safer for operators and to cut multiple sizes of cardboard tubing. The safety enclosure was already installed when I got there and it was my task to modify it to be safer and easier for the operators to use. I did this by modifying the control system to use a two hand lock out that would disengage the machine if they let go of the switch. This allowed me to remove some of the guarding devices to make it easier for the operator to change over the machine when cutting different lengths. In addition to the modifications I also made and installed a 5S board so that all of the tools and components for that machine had a dedicated space for them.

Curing Mold

Another project was to design and produce a curing mold for test pucks of the product. This project required me to design a mold that matched the test piece speciation documented by the testing equipment. After it was designed I created blueprints for the component and had it manufactured by a local business.

Belt Tensioner

The belt tensioner project was to design, build, install, and test a belt tensioning device of my own design. The design parameters of this project were calculating the correct belt tension for a drive train that was subject to varying load and rpm, and to be installed internally with minimal modification to the original equipment. Once the project was done I wrote up a maintenance procedure for the tensioner so that repairs would know how to be done once I left.

Papper Charger

Due to the high wear environment the failure rate of the Papper chargers was significantly reduced. With the OEM no longer allowing us to send in the chargers for, repair it was my task to source the replacement components and repair the chargers. It was then was my task to produce a guide on how to repaire the chargers and where to souce the components once I left. During my time ther over 30 of the chargers failed and had to get repaired by me.

Pinch Point Shielding

An almost weekly task for me was to make pinch point shield for equipment around the facility. Most were done by adding a Plexiglas guard to the hazard that did not inhibit the machine but still allowed operators to work on the machine. The design of the guard varied from just a simple panel to and entire enclosure for the posible risk.

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