Weir Valves & Controls USA

Weir Valves & Controls is a subsidiary of Weir Group located in Ipswich, Massachusetts that focuses on designing and manufacturing different types of valves, in a large variety of sizes, for commercial and nuclear applications. My main role there consisted of developing drawings of parts and assemblies for new orders, to be later approved and machined.

CAD Designs and Drawings

Much of my time at Weir involved working on computer-aided design of countless part, assembly, and drawing files with SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD design software. This could include anything from designing and dimensioning every part and assembly in a valve design to updating a variety of old parts and assemblies from past AutoCAD files. For each new part I developed or revised, I would update information in a supply-chain management system and issue engineering change orders. For new orders, I would design parts or gather already existing parts write a final bill of materials with an assembly drawing.

Testing and Actuator Setup

Other than the CAD I worked on, some of the more hands-on work included valve operational tests to make sure finalized valves were working to their requirements before being shipped to customers. This incorporated running valves and tracking torque, current, and opening and closing times to make sure these valves closed properly under specified pressures and emergency shut-offs. I also was tasked with figuring out how to program solenoid actuators for some valves and write a procedure to allow easy set-up for future orders that used them.

SAM RAPPAPORT

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