Mixer #3

In 2007, I had gotten another job that paid better and was able to save up to start getting what I needed. This job tasked me to do a plc control replacement for a mixer (Called Mixer #3) that was having issues. The HMI on it had died, we had gotten another one in and I tried and tried to get that new screen to work with the Mitsubishi plc. I had issues, not really knowing anything about them, I was sure I could get them working. I ran into road block after road block and could not get them working.
     One afternoon, I was troubleshooting an issue with mixer #1 and my boss came by to ask what I had found with it. I stated that I hadn't found the issue yet, but let me convert this flour laden relay system with a whole new plc control system. He and his boss were behind me and said to get mixer #3 working first. So, I finished finding and fixing this mixer and talked with the boss on what I will do for mixer #3. I told him that I would need to replace the plc and the hmi as I cannot get the ones we have to work and that I have a system in mind that is cheap and I'll make them work. He asked for a quote and I got a part list w/ prices and totaled them for him. He approved the ordered and I placed the order. I downloaded the manuals for the plc and hmi. I studied like it was finals waiting for the parts to arrive. I caught up with the boss a few days later to tell him that I have a personal goal to get mixer #3 running within 30 days from the day I get the parts. He looked surprised.
     I got the parts in and I poured over it until I go it done. It took me 2 weeks from the time I got the parts to getting the machine running. I was still debugging this system for the next several weeks just to make sure I had everything right. I had also continued to work on this program to remove the redundant code that I had put in when I was dripping wet at programming the plc and hmi.