Tom Erik Harnes

Industriell Systemtekniker - Nortrafo Production AS

Steinkjer, Trøndelag, Norway

About

After 20+ years on the factory floor packaging fish, driving forklifts, CNC machining, winding transformer coils, operating and maintaining complex machines while solving problems hands-on, I'm now aiming to shift towards automation, programming and digital transformation. With Python, C++ and a growing toolbox of skills, I'm combining that firsthand factory experience I've built since the late 90s to develop smarter systems, reduced waste and bring Industry 4.0 a little closer. I'm currently building tools that bridge the gap between factory floors and intelligent systems, including: KIEL - ERP-driven production prioritization. A real-time dashboard showing what can and should be produced, based upon shipping date, priority and part availability. OnSite Presence Monitor - Live presence and evacuation tracking dashboard. Atlas Protocol - A modular digital twin framework designed to automate the construction of 3D files, technical drawings and BOMs, traditionally done manually. Technically enabling mass customization at scale. If a design follows logical rules, it should be automatable. Using Python, C++, Dash and FastAPI I focus on practical, lean solutions rooted in real industrial needs. Long-term, my goal is to push towards intent-driven design automation and smarter manufacturing where software reduces waste, simplifies workflows, eliminates errors like incorrect drawings or incompatible parts, and let experience shape the code. I've also made some GUI apps in Python that takes basic input data and outputs CSV type files for use on production machines that procuses transformer cores and wire winding machines. The programs require minimal input and generate ready to use programs. These are also programs I'm concidering on redoing in C++.

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