Samuel Bath
Andergrove,QLD
Summary
Highly driven and passionate about delivering RCM and technical support outcomes to my clients and the business. Working with various condition monitoring technologies and maintenance techniques in close collaboration with the greater service team to add value to the customer, the business and to my service team.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Reliability Technician
SKF Australia
01.2022 - Current
- Providing technical reliability support to the mining industry
- Implantation of site condition monitoring programme, reliably engineering and asset management which Includes; writing and implementing trigger action response plans for pulley bearings, Training site maintenance staff on proper bearing installation and maintenance, laser alignments training and failure/RCA analysis for site
- Vibration analysis includes, fault finding, base line/commissioning testing, acceptance testing surveys and reporting
- Balancing high speed fans and blowers
- Motion amplification surveys on surface assets
- Precision laser alignments on gearboxes, motors, fans, compressors & Tugboat engines
- Setting up and monitoring online vibration systems
- Shut down projects includes full trunnion bearing & housing replacement on ball mill, HSB Trunnion bearing inspection and shoe replacement & slew bearing inspection on bucket reclaimers and ship loaders
- Bearing inspections and installation on main ventilation fans
- Using SKF vibration analysis and diagnostics centre
- Building SKF data bases.
Condition Monitoring Technician
Noble Engineering Services
01.2018 - 01.2022
- Responsible for underground mine, site reliability engineering programme
- Condition monitoring technology includes: Vibration analysis includes, fault finding, base line/commissioning testing, acceptance testing surveys and reporting
- Thermography includes, fault finding, base line/commissioning testing, acceptance testing surveys and reporting
- Analysis of vibration data and reporting using AMS machinery management and RBMView
- Installing and maintaining machinery remote accelerometers
- Ultra-sound includes, used with thermography to fault find on longwall hydraulic systems
- Oil Sampling and analysis of site assets
- NDT technology includes: Magnetic Particle (MPI), colour contrast and fluoro testing includes: finding and reporting defects, baseline and acceptance testing to standards, tending defects and wear
- Thickness Testing (UT) includes: trending wear on chain runners and wear plates.
Shift maintenance fitter
Highland Pine Products
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Responsible for plant breakdowns and repairs in the dry mill area
- Includes all mechanical equipment i.e.; Saws and planer
- Chain/Belt/coupled drives and conveyors
- Sorting, grading, stacking, strapping and collating equipment
- Servicing and maintaining hydraulics/pneumatics systems
- Working with shift electrician to fault find
- Weekend shutdowns.
Maintenance Fitter and Machinist
Toucan Industrial
01.2007 - 01.2017
- Specializing in industrial power transmission, installation and reconditioning
- Working on complete gearbox overhauls, ratio change and servicing, up to 5 ton units
- Heating bearings and couplings for fitting using induction heaters
- Electric motor mechanical rebuilds (up to 250kw) Brake motors, Pumps, Fans etc
- Laser alignment of shafts and belt drives
- Fitting Bearings, (setting clearance, high speed and high temperature)
- Oil sampling for preventive maintenance
- Basic Machining, Milling, Turning, Grinding and drilling machines
- Hydraulics and pneumatics, Troubleshooting, rebuilding cylinders and valves etc
- Set up of power transmission, project, commissioning and refurbishment
- General fitting, machine maintenance in industry
- Fan Set ups, commissioning, overhauls, setting up bearings, belt drives, couplings and Impellers
Education
Engineering Trade Fitting Mechanical - Engineering
TAFE
Lithgow07.2015
Skills
- Fitter Machinist
- Vibration Analyst
- Condition Monitoring
- Asset Reliability Practitioner
- Balancing Fans
- Motion amplification surveys
- Precision laser alignments
- Asset Reliability Practitioner
- Bearing Technology and Maintenance
- Materials Technology (Multi Sector)
- NDT Magnetic Particle (MPI)
Industries And Work Activities
Surface And Underground Mining
- Condition monitoring and NDT service, extensive reliability technical work, Balancing and alignments, Bearing inspections and installs, on and off-site power transmission service, shutdowns, break downs.
- Reporting and data base management
Timber Mills
- Break downs and troubleshooting of machines, Bearing set ups, Hydraulics, pneumatics, Power transmission and mill machine Maintenance.
Food Industry
- Shutdowns and break downs, Power Transmission and machine Maintenance.
Cotton Gins
- Commissioning Gin, fan set ups and overhauls, rebuilding gin stands and feeders
Silos
- Bucket elevator drive unit overhauls.
Ticketing
- White Card
- Australian Black Driver license
- Underground Coal Mining, Certificate 2 thought Coal Services
- Mine Emergency Response And Rescue, Certificate 3 thought Coal Services
- First Aider
- Standard 11 for surface and underground mining in QLD
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 01/08/95
References
- Steve Redman, Managing Director, Toucan Industrial, (04) 2937-1882
- Vince Broom, Application Engineer, SKF Australia, (04) 1730-3616
- Mitch Cosgriff, Field Services Supervisor Hunter Valley , SKF Australia, (04) 3600-1680
- Tim Thorpe, Western Region Manager, Noble Engineering, (04) 5572-0201
Certification
- Certificate 3 in Engineering Trade Fitting Mechanical
- Vibration Analyst Category 2 - MOBIUS Institute
- Asset Reliability Practitioner [ARP-E] Reliability Engineer - MOBIUS Institute
- Materials Technology (Multi Sector) - ATTAR
- NDT Magnetic Particle (MPI) Level 2 - ATTAR
- Motion Amplification Training - GVS
- Infrared Thermographer Level 1 - Infraspection Institute
- Root Cause Bearing Damage Analysis - SKF
- Bearing Technology and Maintenance - SKF
Timeline
Reliability Technician
SKF Australia
01.2022 - Current
Condition Monitoring Technician
Noble Engineering Services
01.2018 - 01.2022
Shift maintenance fitter
Highland Pine Products
01.2017 - 01.2018
Maintenance Fitter and Machinist
Toucan Industrial
01.2007 - 01.2017
Engineering Trade Fitting Mechanical - Engineering
TAFE
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