Experience

Substation33

• Australia
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Volunteer

  • Feb 2015 - Present

  26Aug2018: For the last 1.5 years+, I have been the maker/assembler of the recycled Li-cell power packs for the 'Flooded Road' automated signs, and various related sub-tasks. 1.~2014: e-waste sorting - old computers, printers, domestic & other appliances, whitegoods, etc - taking them apart and sorting the components by type - plastic, metal(steel), Aluminium, Copper, Circuit boards, etc., (for onsale to other companies who are AS14001 approved). (There is NO general grinding- or heat- processing (eg de-soldering) treatment at Substation33). 2. ~2014/15: All circuit boards are put in common bins - it was also my job to go through those bins and sort the circuit boards into the categories requested by those Substation33 supplies. Involved recognition of various boards characteristics, and a degree of guesswork as well. Occupied about half my time at Substation33. 3. ~2015/16: Substation33 also has an 'Innovation Centre' where 3D-Printers are built and tested, and I accepted an invitation to move my services to there (~April 2016) - assembling 3D printers from a combination of recycled parts, 3D printed parts, and some purchased parts, eg controller circuit boards. For some recycled parts, e.g., the (stepper-)motors are all recycled, there is no coherent standard for the wiring of each, hence testing is required, so every machine is bespoke built. Post-assembly, there is also some fine-tuning required, e.g., power to motors (vs controller chip overheating hence motor stoppage while it cools off sufficiently - not good in the middle of a print), rate of delivery by the extruder (affects quality of print) and nozzle distance from the bed (affects adhesion of print to bed). My own input so far has been the use of recycled plugs-and-wires to attach the wiring to the circuit board (vs crimped individual wires, which can work loose over time and adjustments) and the use of flat cables for motor power supply (vs twisted-pairs 'rope') - easier to see what leads where.



Salmat

• Australia
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Junkmail contractor

  • 2012 - 2013

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