Craig Knight Email & Phone Number

Durban Area, South Africa

Hestico is a leading equipment and servicing supplier to the plastics and packaging industry dedicated to providing the best machinery at competitive prices and backed up by professional customer service. As Regional Technical Specialist and Manager with Hestico, I consult to the plastic packaging and manufacturing industry over a wide variety of machines and ancillary equipment, as well as providing specialist technical support, training, process optimisation, and cost-saving.- Responsibilities include: • Designing plastic manufacturing, systems and packaging processes for optimum output.• Selling specialist machinery and ancillary equipment.• Creation of standard operating procedures.• Conducting training for technical employees of the client. • Technical maintenance and specialist fault finding. • Process improvement and re-engineering of continuous problems. • Scrap reduction, process control, and operational support.• Machine Installation, commissioning, and Quality Control approval.• Training on existing and new machinery and processes - on-site and off-site.• Project planning (technical)• Commissioning of new machines etc.Self-Improvement: I attend regular online, local and international training on new and upgraded machinery and processes.- Machinery and equipment experience: Aoki (Stretch Blow Moulding), Arburg (Injection Moulding), Illig (Thermoforming, Packaging And Tool Systems), Uniloy (Blow Moulding), RRPlast (Plastic Extrusion and Plastic Recycling), W.Muller (Extrusion Blow Moulding Heads), Maquire, Yann Bang, and more.- Keywords:Plastics Manufacturing & Packaging, Machinery, Maintenance, Training - Extrusion, Injection molding, Blow Moulding, Central Feeding Systems, Blenders, Material Handling, Vacuum/Thermo Forming, Recycling Solutions etc. for the FMCG industry, and more.

Durban Area, South Africa

Service Engineer

Durban Area, South Africa

- Responsibilities include:• Senior Maintenance Engineer function is maintained.• Fully responsible for the efficient operation of the maintenance department which includes 4 artisans.• Plant regulatory and statutory compliance. • OHS (Occupational Health and Safety) overviews.•. GMR2 accountability (As per GCC factories - General Machinery Regulations 2)

Durban Area, South Africa

Injection moulding, injection blow moulding, extrusion blow moulding- Responsibilities include:• 5y Root Cause Anylisis• Electrical & mechanical work on 3 phase motors• Cable distribution, A.C drives and low tension switching• Fault finding on electrical circuits and wiring of panels• PID heating control• Testing and setting up amplifier cards• Hydraulic pumps, motors, cylinders, fluid management and fault finding on hydraulic circuits• Directional, Proportional and Servo valves• Pneumatic cylinders and valves, and fault finding on pneumatic circuits• Gearboxes, Conveyors and Pulleys• Moving and lining-up of machines• Distribution of material• Automatic blenders and fitting of granulator blades• Fault finding on material handling systems• Replacement of mechanical water pump seals• Assisting in shut-down planning, and planning of new projects- Machinery and equipment experience: B & W, Husky, Sidel, Uniloy Milacron, Wheaton, Krauss Maffei, Haitian, Seecor, Engel, Arburg, Beekum, Netstal, S.M.C, Zhongya - PLC Experience:• Siemens E.T 2005 and Siemens Sematic S7300• Allen Bradley - Compact Logix L32E, Allen Bradley - PLC 2/20, Allen Bradley - Compact Logix L31, Allen Badley mini PLC 2/16• Mitsubishi Melsec 061P• Opto 22 Model 200 Mystic Processor• Omron• Ge Fanuc• B & R 2005, 2007 and X20- Variable Speed Drives Experience:• Emerson control techniques• Siemens micromaster 410• Yaskawa vs mini j7• Omron sysdrive 3g3jv inverter• Weg cfw 08

Durban Area, South Africa

- Responsibilities include: • Run approved production• Streamline production process• Machine setting, maintenance & HACCP• Registers for the injection moulding department• Continued machine maintenance

Durban Area, South Africa

- Responsibilities include: • Injection moulding department OEE.• Husky 90 Ton Through 300 Ton• Assisted The Blow Moulding Dept in tool changes etc.• Haccp register upkeep.

Installation Rules - Paper One And Paper Two, S.A.N.S 10142

Trade Test, Electrician

N1 - N4, Digital Electronics, Mathematics, Electrotechnology, Industrial Electronics

Matric, Electrical/Electronics Maintenance And Repair Technology

Activities and Societies: Public Speaking, Pipe Band, Swimming , Rugby.