JUMP 5 FINAL JUMP

Good morning, so I start to talk about my experience in Cerro Verde,

The experience began in August, I started to work by IMCO, IMCO is a great company from Arequipa, so that company make jobs of maintenance of machines’ and installation about mechanic and electrical instruments. That company was create in 2006 by two brothers.

IMCO work by different mines, the main client is Cerro Verde, but IMCO work by another’s mines for example Antapacay, Las Bambas and Southern Cooper.

When I arrived to the mine, first I was scare because I didn’t know anybody and didn’t know where did I go to work neither. But after a week, I started to work in Area 4, that area is about the process to (retain the water), and (clarificar el agua y almacenar el agua), after that process, the water is (reutilizado) to crushing area, molib plant, (floating plant).

So, I started to work in electrical room 53, that room controller different instrument’s for example valve’s, pumps, tanks and sensors. The wirings of all field devices have to send to a main control panel “IO”.

In that panel, I had to configure the sensors, the valves with a measure instrument it calls “Hand Held 475”, that instrument is only use with a special protocols communication, fieldbus communication and hart protocol.

So, about two weeks was during the commissioning to electrical room 53, Then we had to go to the next electrical room 54, it calls “the primary Booster”. That area is the main group of valves to reclaim water and pump to different process.

That area has different instruments for examples motoring valves, level sensors, flow sensors. All devices are connecting by different protocols in that case use foundation fieldbus and 4-20 mA hart and profibus communication.

Then, the next area was PTAR, it was a good experience because, I met a good people for example my partner is American, so I had to do many jobs with him but the most important was I learned a lot of technical and abilities of him.

The PTAR, reclaim the water our city, then the water is clarifying for different process and before the water go through for sludge pump and tanks to treatment.

I was 1 month in PTAR, I saw different instruments but the most important I learned how to use many instrument measure, I had to talk with foreigner people and work together.

The best experience that I had in this area was met a good people of EEUU. And my supervisors and different people.