Colm Lyons

• Internship carried out as part of the Professional Experience Programme for Engineers module as part of my undergrad. This role encompassed a wide array of tasks mainly aiding in the development of a manufacturing process for a new product as part of the company’s range, as well as everyday engineering tasks.
• Measurement and record keeping of trial part dimensions and characteristics.
• Gained extensive expertise on the operation and maintenance of the in-house EDM machine. Worked alongside SoDick engineers to allow the machine to operate using 0.1mm cutting wire. Developed and documented the process for accurately cutting rake and flank angles on cutting inserts. Implemented a maintenance schedule to ensure the machines reliability alongside my supervising engineer.
• 3D design of bespoke components, producing technical drawings to a professional standard. 3D printing of parts. 3D printer maintenance and repair.
• Calibration of measurement and tooling equipment on the workshop floor.
• Technical drawing and router creation for ‘blank’ die product.
• Contacting external companies pertaining to different tasks such as image system development.
• Creating SOP’s to ensure the processes I developed were not lost when my internship ended.

• Company Overview: Family Dairy Farm
• Family farm initially operating as a sheep and beef enterprise, later diversifying to offering agricultural contracting services such as sheep shearing, relief milking, reseeding, silage services and some fabrication work. In 2024 the decision was made to diversify the farm from a suckler and sheep enterprise to dairy. This was a massive undertaking by the family which saw us pool together to project manage the construction of the new dairy facilities and setup a temporary milking parlour and milk cooling apparatus until the facility was ready for use, calf and milk 70 first calf heifers, while also carrying out as much of the construction process as we safely could ourselves.
• General farm work such as animal husbandry, grassland management and building maintenance.
• Repair and maintenance on machinery and equipment.
• Electrical and plumbing works.
• Family Dairy Farm

Maintenance of Industrial gas and oil AHU systems

Fitting of new heating and plumbing systems

Troubleshooting and fixing issues in heating and plumbing systems