Nick Boettcher

General

• Leading and training technicians with standardized practices
• Meticulous work ethic, strong problem solving, and critical thinking skills
• Interpersonal communications and trust with customers and team-members
• OSHA, electrical, mechanical, chemical, crane, rigging, and forklift safety training
• Writing procedures and documenting work especially using Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Evernote, Google Sheets, Google Photos, and Google Docs

Electrical/Electronics

• AC & DC electrical understanding and troubleshooting
• General machinery fundamentals, including welding, tool-room equipment, hydraulic, pneumatic, climatic controls
• Electrical soldering abilities to complete circuit board repairs, wire electrical connectors, extend or join cables, and setup control panel components
• Electrical conveyance system maintenance especially for CNC chip-removal such as Jorgensen Conveyor Systems
• Commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting of variable frequency drive (VFD) systems especially the following: BOSCH Rexroth, Unidrive SP, Unidrive M-Series, Yaskawa, Kollmorgen, and Kollmorgen ServoStar drives and related commissioning software
• Position-Feedback Device Troubleshooting, Testing, Maintenance, and Installation including Rotary Encoders and Linear Scales

• Well-versed with electrical equipment such as electrical meters, megohmmeters, and oscilloscope devices
• Interpret and diagnose various electrical circuits and components by reading equipment electrical prints to troubleshoot problems with e-stop circuits, main power circuits, input/output technology, power-supplies, motors, variable frequency drives, feedback devices, cabling, mill and control computers, IFM digital pressure and flow transducers, thermistors, thermocouples, proximity switches, and roller-cam limit switches
• Cable management/install experience with machines, mill-head subassemblies, remotes, and panels
• Crimping pins/ferrules to assemble electrical terminals and connector housings, especially ethernet, Speedtec, and Intercontec Connectors for feedback device brands such as Renishaw, AMO, SICK, Baumer, and Heidenhain
• Programmable controls and electronic equipment maintenance, tepair, yuning, and calibration including TARUS Aldebaran, TARUS Spud, TARUS-NC, Heidenhain TNC640, Lemoine, and Fidia CNC Controls
• Program and adjust IDEC Smart Relay PLC for machine auto-lubrication routines using functional-block programming with WindLGC V8 or V61
• General troubleshooting techniques, Commissioning, and Maintenance of Communication Systems including LAN, Wireless, and SERCOS III Protocols

Machinery/Mechanical

• Commissioning, maintenance, repair, retrofit, and troubleshooting of CNC machinery including Postmills, Claymills, Gantry High-Speed Mills, Gun Drills/Deep-Hole Drilling Machines, Lathes, and Grinders
• Remove, disassemble, rebuild, geometry correction/alignment, installation and calibration of equipment including 5-axis milling heads, 32 axis milling heads, index-able milling heads, ball-screws, gearboxes, hydraulic counterweight, drawbar assemblies, and spindles
• Well-versed with mechanical precision measuring equipment including micrometers, depth-micrometers, gauge blocks, calipers, dial indicators, height-master gauges, bore gauges, precision levels, machine squares and Hamar laser systems
• Machine preventative maintenance, travel limit system commissioning, leveling, squaring, corrections, motor tuning, and axis tuning
• Commission drives, chiller and instrumentation to perform spindle bearing break-in procedures