David Dobbins
Bakersfield, CA 93305
adym5m@r.postjobfree.com
GED USARMY Bad Kissingen Germany
AS Fine Mechanics 1986,
AS Electronics 1988,
Franz Oberthuer Schule
Wuerzburg Germany
Experience
1980 - 1984 Fichtel u. Sachs, Schweinfurt Germany
Set up and operation of Schutte 6 spindle turret lathes.
Maintaining extremely tight tolerances 4-6 micro tolerances.
(center diameter of shock absorber pistons) and doing such
In a manner that maintained a high production rate.
https://graffpinkert.com/inventory/schutte-sf42-screw-machine
1984 - 1988 Apprenticeship Training Indramat, Lohr am Main
School was in 2 week blocks in a 6 week period Technical School
Franz Oberthuer in Wuerzburg Germany.
One week was spent in the company workshop building projects that mirrored our experiences in school.
The remaining three weeks were spent in the manufacture and testing of Indramat products. AC Servo motors and drives
1988 - 1992 Indramat Customer Service, Lohr am Main
Repairs of customer owned amplifiers and control units to the component level. Restore update and modify. TDM 3.2 TDM 4.1
KDV TBM TCM Indramat is now Bosch.
https://www.classicautomation.com/Part/tdm32-20-300-w0?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkpHv38CdgAMVowd9Ch2Wng1jEAQYASABEgLXc_D_BwE
https://www.classicautomation.com/Part/kdv13-100-220300-220
1993 - 1998 DTI, Sioux Falls, South Dakota OTR
Driving an 18 wheeler back and forth across the nation, 48’, 53’ or 28’ doubles.
1998 – 2004 Bell + Howell, Durham, North Carolina
Field Service Engineer.
Customers include US BANK St Paul, IRS Atlanta Georgia, ADP Atlanta
Machines of Bell+Howell construction BH 6000, Mailstar, Mail Robot.
In St Paul and at the IRS I was embedded and maintained the equipment and inventory on an ongoing basis. I later received a field Service territory and had a 30 minute response time and multiple clients, our group ALWAYS made the quarterly bonus which was based alone on customer satisfaction.
https://bellhowell.net/production-mail-solutions-equipment/inserters/mid-to-high-volume-inserters/
2004 – 2013 Pro Panel Services Cartersville, Georgia
Small panel shop, I was the manufacturing element of it, so I did everything, from ordering parts, documentation, building the enclosures wiring them and proving them together with the clients process.
2014 to 2021 SK-Hydroautomation, Thulba. Germany
From the beginning I was involved in the manufacture of simple single element systems, to the complex multiple axis/phase/operation build. The Electrical enclosure was built during the mechanical base was created and the mechanical elements were mounted. Once everything was in place I would wire the electrical parts and devices usually to a sub panel and then from there back to the main panel. Once the system was built the testing and test operation was done. Parameters and levels set.
The customers were ZF, Mercedes, VW, Felss, Adritz
https://www.sk-hydroautomation.de/en/
2021-2022 Unemployed
The Mission @ Kern County 2022-Present
Mens Discipleship
Driving around and picking up donations from different businesses, Pizza Hut, Vons, Red Lobster etc.