Rijssel Industrial automation is a one-man company founded in 2010 by Ronnie van den IJssel. Purpose is to assist machine building companies with experience and capacity. Focus is on PLC, SCADA, HMI, Safety and Networking in relation to the electrical and mechanical hardware of production equipment.

Programmer of complex PLC/SCADA systems in versatile industries;

- Infra; Afsluitdijk floodgates

- Oil & Gas; Ultra deep water drilling, pipelay, heavy lift cranes.

- Food processing; Chocolate processing, Bakery, Cheese.

- Internal distribution system; Order picking, palettizing, packaging.


Full Name : Ronnie van den IJssel
Date of birth : July 18, 1972
Address : Richard Wagnerlaan 20, 3533GD Utrecht
Email : info@rijsselautomation.nl
Phone : +31 (0)6-20445944
Website : www.rijsselautomation.nl

Work Experience

Elma B.V. // Software engineer
(2019 - 2023)
System engineering and commissioning on Afsluitdijk floodgate as a blueprint for other parts of the afsluitdijk upgrade with focus on PLC, HMI, Safety, network, security, hydraulics and the system architecture.

Royal Duyvis Wiener B.V. // Software engineer

(2016 - 2021)

Delivering and re-engineering of several machines after acquisition of Lehmann GmbH regarding 2- and 5-roll refiners. Additionally reengineering of standard cacao press software to new software standards (TIA). Also upgrade of WinCC Server / Client configurations in production line. Check and correct P&ID schemes and E-plan Electrical diagrams including safety. Design and program PLC software for safe operation of machines. Allen Bradley and Siemens PLCs. Programming control panels (HMIs) for operation and diagnosis of machines. Commissioning on site worldwide of machines including instructions for maintenance and repair. Generally contribute in standardize and automate the software engineering process..



Huisman Equipment B.V. // Control engineer

(2006 - 2019)

Several projects for this company. As last worked on highly innovative hydraulic robotic arms for modular drill pipe handling with PCS7 DCS. Worked on specification, documentation, programming, testing and offshore- commissioning and support of complex software for (key parts of) innovative ultra deep water oil drill equipment and coordination on 3rd party test simulation. Worked on active and passive heave compensation systems. Worked on complex hydraulic and nitrogen systems, redundant Siemens S7-417H PLC systems, PCS7, WinCC, redundant Citect SCADA network architectures and 3rd party interfacing. Besides this major project I did testing and commissioning for several heavy load deck-cranes, including safe pickup of load by magnets.

VandenPol Elektrotechniek // Programmer
(2011 - 2017)
Several projects:

- Modifications on Thermal Soil Decontamination system.

- Setup of Citect SCADA for a system for coating of artificial human heart valves by means of vacuum technics.

- Several PLC modifications for optimization of a potato processing plant.

- Creation for PLC and Citect SCADA for complete frites-line including wash, cut, coating, frying and freezing. Developed several tools for quicker development of future control systems.

- Several PLC modification for optimizing lamination process for panel production