A day in the life of....AME Systems

AME Systems business development manager Christian Carthew and quality manager Darren Bahl (right) outside the Ararat business, which produce electrical wiring harness for trucks. Christian is the second generation of his family to work at AME, which is managed and was started by the Carthew family.

The process of making the harnesses begins in the engineering department. Here engineering technicians Scott Woolley (left), engineering manager Greg Hinchliffe and draughtsman Jamie Batobalani (right) check a drawing for a cabin dashboard harness which contains no less than 492 circuits. The engineering department is responsible for design, layout and preparation for manufacture.

Methods engineers Rob Berandi (left) and Daniel Clark are responsible for making the assembly boards, many of which are wired for testing assembled looms. The boards are created from drawings from the engineering department.

Craig McGrath is pictured cutting cables to length and stripping the ends as well as printing codes onto the wires ready for terminating.

Verna Mason is pictured working at a terminating press. The integrity of the whole loom, or finished product, lies in the quality of fitment. The terminals are tested visually and by torque testing and precise measurement.

Carly Murphy caries out lead preparation, getting the wires ready to go onto the jig boards.

Employees go through the process of placing the leads and other components on the jig boards as they start the process of putting the harness together.

Cindy Tame is pictured with the finished product, a cabin loom that took six hours top create from the wire cutting stage. Three hours were needed just to put the wires on the board.

The final process in the whole operation is the distribution of the product. Rhys Burger is pictured packing looms and other parts to be sent to truck manufactures.

Ararat Advertiser February 21 2002