Kalana Gunasekara

Facilities Section

• Evaluation of power fed back to th grid from regenerative braking of hoist motors of quayside cranes
• Annual fire hazard survey of Admin. section
• Preparing panel board maintenance roster for Admin. section
• Performed monthly meter readings in Substation 1
• Participation in converter station preventive maintenance for 11kV dry-type transformer

Equipment Maintenance Section

• Suggesting improvements for equipment performance to minimize faults by analyzing Breakdown Record Sheet of 3 months for 19 twin-lift STS45 spreaders (Bromma, ZPMC) and 14 quay-side cranes (ZPMC)
• Participated in CAN bus modification, hydraulic system troubleshooting, gearbox repair and wire-rope lubrication works with Electrical and Mechanical teams
• Inspected troubleshooting of 1 Yaskawa converter panel fault causing hoist drive fault
• Supervised jib crane troubleshooting performed by outsourced support technicians

Stores

• Assisted to prepare sensor database
• Studied material request and releasing process

ACL Cables Factory - Piliyandala (3 months)

• PLC programming project with the Assistant Engineer to establish communication between VFD and Siemens CPU
• Panel wire identification to prepare the electrical drawing of the newly installed extruder machine

Lanka Electricity Company Private Limited (3 months)

Negombo Branch (10 weeks)

• Studied job costing, consumer tariff categories and on-site visit to several bulk transformer installation work and new RC pole installation work in Negombo and Ja-Ela area
• Visited primary 3 primary substations and studied operation, protection, measurement and back-up power methods
• Visited transformer workshop and studied different types of test and maintenance equipment
• Visited meter testing of domestic single phase meters and way-leave clearance works on-site

Head Office (2 Weeks)

• Studied the strategies followed by company to maximized reliability, minimize losses and improve quality of service
• Visited AnteLECO Metering Company and studied meter manufacturing process