Jobid=A.0.056
Introduction
From september we have an internship available for a student with a bachelor or master in Electrical engineering. In consultation with the department this can be a graduation study.
Your challenge is to develop an inventory of alternative electrical heating elements and sensors on the market. In this study, aspects such as cost price, installation time, and reliability are taken into account. A choice based on a selection method and a test with the chosen solution is part of this investigation.
Department
The product department R&D Extrusion, Cutters and Flexx is responsible for the development of flexible machines for breaker and body-ply materials for the tire building industry. Using extrusion technology is emerging in this industry. The development of this is an important part of the production process of breakers and body-plies and with the strip wrapping process of car tires.
This department is also responsible for the management and maintenance of the “standard” of our machines in our portfolio. We support other departments such as Sales and Production and we work together with different R&D departments on projects in cross-functional teams. Within R&D Extrusion, Cutters and Flexx we work with 25 professionals. The team consists of Mechanical Engineers, Software Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Process Engineers and a Technical Writer.
VMI R&D offers a enthusiastic and inspiring working environment. VMI will provide the required software and ICT requirements (laptop) to work on the problem. VMI R&D provides multiple extruders which can be used for testing. Together with a software / test engineer, tests can be executed.
What are you going to do?
VMI is using a lot of extruders for making rubber components for the Tire industry. To reach a good flow of the rubber the temperature of the Die-opening is a critical item. The Die-opening is a tool which is depending of the shape and the dimensions of the rubber strip. This is a change part. In the existing equipment the Die-opening and the electrical elements has to be quick changeable at a dimension change. The heating elements and sensors are vulnerable and the high temperature makes connections fragile.
The assignment:
What do we offer?
You are given the change to learn within a cosy team for 6 months. Your research will be of added value for the organization. You will receive a compensation for this internship and compensation for travel costs. Other benefits:
