Luyolo Mbango

Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong personal, technical, and organizational skills eager to secure Polymer Technology position in engineering, manufacturing, and research environment. Ready to help team achieve company goals. Experienced as Polymer Trainee with 1 year of experience in engineering manufacturing industry with N3/Gr12 in electrical technology. Excellent reputation in resolving problems with quality execution working as a team with fellow workers.

2022-2022 Aberdare Cables PTY(LTD)Polymer Trainee: 1 Year ContractActivities ISO 14001, ISO 9001, ISO 45001 Laboratory

• House Keeping and PPE wearing i.e.

  Good Laboratory

  Practice (GLP)

• Measurement Analysis
• Ensure equipment is calibrated before testing.
• Laboratory Analysis of Material
• Analysis of Test specifications i.e. SABS/ SANS
• Material sampling, storing, Testing and Development
• Testing Equipment handling and operating
• Electrical cables testing
• Metals, coppers, tapes
• Polymer material testing
• Polymer equipment utilization i.e. Extruder, curing press, tensile testing, and 2 roll mill
• Conducting tests using gases
• LIMS, MES, Microsoft packages and Cable design interpretation (CAD)
• Continuous improvements and basic Kaizen Applications-Beginner level
• Rubber and plastic compounding
• Reading product design and engineering drawing
• Research and development
• Continuous improvement

• Invented a way to dissect a High Voltage cable and nominated for finished cable testing.
• Demonstrating cable tests to SABS and ESKOM Auditors including report
• Worked with HOD to Investigate the root cause when Cables were failing to meet minimum Spec requirements.

Diploma: Polymer Technology NQF-6 (2019-2022)Major Courses and activities:

• RUBBER TECHNOLOGY- Practical and theory

●Two roll milling and Banbury mixer

●Mixing techniques and calendaring

●Types of elastomers

●Injection mould and die swell.

●MonTech testing equipment and software training

●DMA and DSC testing- Wet grip and Rolling resistance tests

●Vulcanization, Curing and pressing.

●Compound formulations and calculations involving cost comparing of compound.

●Rubber testing i.e. Payne effect, Mooney viscosity, rheometry and more.

●Industrial and conveyor belting formulations.

• Plastics technology-practical and theory

• Plastics processing- Extrusion, Moulding
• Injection, Blow moulding, Roto moulding
• Mould designs, parameters, and troubleshooting.
• Material comparison
• Types of plastics
• Trained in Arburg Machines.
• Feed Hopper design and how it affects the product.
• Cleaning the Die to ensure next batch is not contaminated.
• Checking electrical Wiring and Engineering Designs
• Safety around machinery
• Product Inspection- Bubbles (Air), Sprue and runner
• Machine inspection- Hydraulics, Robot cages, conveyors and cooling systems are fully functional.
• Material costs and properties
• Product inspection

• SAPMA MODULE 1-6
• solvents and binders
• Substrate Preparation and pre treatment
• Metal Treatment
• E-coat systems
• Corrosion Resistance and Ageing test
• Paint formulations
• Salt spraying
• adhesives
• Evaluation and testing of paints i.e. WFT, moisture testing.
• Tint testing and production
• Pigments and dispersion
• PH and conductivity

• Gas chromatography, Ultraviolet Visible spectroscope, HLPC
• Gas testing
• Process design, DFA analysis, Material balance (Bypass and Recycle), Fluid Flow
• Acid and base reactions 
• Chemical reactions