CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. – Providing a significant return on investment, with an estimated savings of $40,000 or more per year, Jakob Stropas, Letterkenny Army Depot’s co-op student, recently completed reprogramming of the Programmable Logic Controllers governing the 13 dip tanks at the depot.
The LEAD PLCs, in a severely degraded operational state, exhibited numerous software defects and lacked user-friendliness for maintenance technicians and dip tank operators.
Stropas, a Franklin County Career and Technology Center graduate under the Mechatronics program, agreed to take on the challenge of fixing the PLCs after supervision witnessed his potential in other PLC work.
“With Jakob’s expertise in the PLC controls from his work...
09.15.2025 | CHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, US |
Story by Todd Wivell
