About Us
- 46 years of experience in the field of galvanizing & electroplating.
- Knowledgeable in design and maintenance aspects of furnace and heating units for all types of galvanizing plants.
- Can independently design galvanizing and electroplating plants with its ancillary units (Ex: Environmental systems).
- Effective at multitasking and working under pressure to accomplish group and organizational objectives in fabrication, erection & commissioning of plant.
- Committed collaborator, team player and a veteran in the field.
Feb 2013 onwards
- International Zinc Association ,Belgium (IZA) in colloboration with Indian Lead Zinc Dev Association ,New Delhi (ILZDA) in a project funded by Common Fund
for Commodities (CFC) under the auspicious of U.N has developed Interactive Management Tool (IMT) for application in general galvanizing plants to enable them to know their position where they stand as far “Good practises in Galvanizing process” and thereby giving them the necessary tool to reach higher standards in “ Best Galvanizing Practices” among the world.
- As a Consultant , I undertake Technical Audit in various Galvanizing Plant on
behalf of Indian Lead Zinc Dev Association New Delhi
- In that connection ,I worked as Consultant doing the technical audit applying the IMT in M/S.Kamani Engineering co, Jaipur in their Galvanizing Plant and assisted them with various suggestions as well as improving their standards to achieve higher standards in achieving “Best Practises in Galvanizing” during Feb 21-24, 2013 based on the Interactive Management Tool.
- The KEC management have expressed deep appreciation for the same and I do hope to visit them again in another 3 months to review the status of various
activities that have been planned based on IMT.
Jan 2012 – Jan 2013
Worked as consultant in Ganges International P ltd, Puducherry to improve their performance in their general Galvanizing Plant.
1. Reduced the overall zinc consumption from 7.5 % to 5.5 % . 2. Reduced the zinc ash formation from 21 % to 14 %, 3. Reduced the zinc dross formation to just 7% 4. Reduced drastically the regalvanizing rejection to lowest. 5. Educated & conducted classes in groups at all levels of employees in the galvanizing practises and various operations in shop floor, 6. Erected & commissioned Flux regeneration plant for filtration of Iron
from Flux automatically during Jan 2013 and7. Brought down the fuel cost by switching over to Bio-Mass gas
commissioned the plant successfully after initial teething problems,
effectively bringing down the cost of Fuel by more than 50 %.This in turn
reduced the total cost of consummables / ton of galvanized products
drastically.
From April 2011
- Consultant for TJSV petroleum Products, Tiruppur, Tamilnadu State, India.
- Being a newly commissioned galvanizing plant, stream lined the documentation as well as the flow of materials. Production rate/hour increased by almost 45 to 50%
- Decrease in Zinc consumption from 9.5 % to 6.5 % resulted in the profitability of company.
- Zinc coating on products considerably reduced by adopting correct practises and implementation of proper documents.
- Zinc bye products recovery being implementated.
June 2007 – Nov 2009
United Steel Gratings Factory, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
- Took over as CONSULTANT / PLANT MANAGER for their Hot dip galvanizing Plant for erection and commissioning their 16 m x 1.6 m x 2.8 meter deep galvanizing Bath with collaboration from PROTHERM of U.K.
- Constructed all the ten Pre-treatment tanks with acid proof lining and flux heating systems and erected and commissioned along with gantry cranes for pickling purposes.
- Erected the hot air dryer along with enclosure and all the smoke coming out of zinc bath are sucked through exhaust system and treated and clean gas is only let out in the chimney as per local authority requirement.
- Erected and commissioned the overhead circular monorails and hoists system for dipping operation through the zinc bath enclosure keeping in mind the accuracy in alignment.
- The plant produced an output of about 120 tons / day of galvanized steel structures and gratings within 5 to 6 months of start up of production.
- Galvanized steel structures for customers like KBR Singapore, SaudiAramco, Gulf Steel Works, Flour Daniel, NCC, Zamil etc.
- Got the ISO 9000 certification for Quality systems to be adopted in our Galvanizing plant and prepared all the various documents like SOP, Work Instructions, Process control charts etc.
- Very good knowledge of Chemical Lab procedures for galvanizing and plating processes and set up the chemical Lab for the plant.
- The various quality systems thus adopted and implemented, paved the way for approval for Registered vendor of Galvanized steel by Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia which is a prestigious one.
- Presented a paper on Hot Dip Galvanizing for a seminar on Corrosion organized by Saudi Aramco, Dhahran , Saudi Arabia, during May 19-21, 2009 representing United Steel Grating Co.(USG)
- Can independently handle projects of this nature coordinating with all concerned authorities including Quality control, Purchase and other connected depts.
April 2006 – Oct 2006
Took over a small assignment in M/s.East Coast Construction and Industries Co Ltd. for the preparation of Project Report for Putting up structural galvanizing facility for their own captive purposes.
March 1996 – Sep 2005
M/S Al-Babtain Power and Telecommunication Co., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Project Manager (Jan 2004 – Sep 2005)
- Was entrusted with the responsibility of the erection of a galvanizing plant of production capacity of 16 Tons/Hour in collaboration with CIC HOLLAND.
- Was involved with the project from its conceptualization which included taking critical decisions about kettle size (15.5 x 2.25 x 2.8 metres), production requirement and project design.
- Oversaw the civil construction, fabrication and complete erection of all galvanizing equipments as well as cranes, boilers, pumps and other treatment units.
- Conducted a work study and norm fixation program from Dec 2005 to Feb 2005 in collaboration with National Productivity Council, Mumbai, India.
Galvanizing Engineer (March 1996 – Dec 2004)
- Incharge of one of the biggest galvanizing plants in the company with zinc kettle size of 14.5 x 1.4 x 1.8 metres with collobration from KORNER OF GERMANY.
- Achieved highest production capacity of approximately 3500 Tons per month.
- Items galvanized include high mast poles, oil platforms, transmission towers, poles and irrigation systems.
- Formulated the ISO 9000 quality requirements and process controls as process owner for the galvanizing and electroplating plants.
- Implemented a process of kettle changeover and production in a record time of 12 days.
- Erected and commissioned a new polypropelene pickling tank line of size 14.5 x 1.5 x 1.8 metres in 2004 with technical assistance from GM Gruppo of Italy.
- Incharge of an electroplating unit based on the chloride process.
June 1992 – Feb 1996
- Worked as a consultant for the following projects in India.
M/S Tube Investments of India Ltd., Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Involved in the preparation of project report for fabrication, erection and commissioning of their 15-200mm NB pipe galvanizing plant.
M/S Bangalore Cable Industries, Bangalore, Karnataka
- Was assigned the responsibility of design, fabrication and erection of their structural galvanizing unit.
- Suggested methods to enhance zinc efficiency and jigs design for improved production.
June 1988 - May 1992 Galvanco, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Production Manager
- Supervised the working of their galvanizing plant of size 14 x 1.6 x 2.0 metres as well as critical machinery such as OH cranes, compressors, heaters, dryers, blowers and pumps.
- Achieved a production of 2500 tons per month of various items which included poles, irrigation system and tower angles.
- Designed, erected and successfully operated a 40 ton ceramic kettle A to Z for production of smaller components.
- Also designed fixtures, special jigs and liquid heaters for flux heating.
- Successfully operated and maintained the 320 ton capacity zinc furnace with microprocessor controls.
- Took steps to reduce zinc consumption progressively & streamlining of maintenance of the plant.
Jan 1981 – June 1988
M/S Shivmoni Steel Tubes Ltd, Bangalore, Karnataka
Superintendent of Galvanizing and Finishing Mills
- Erected and commissioned the automatic tube galvanizing plant of size 15mm–150mm NB in collaboration with M/S Walter Korner of Germany.
- Was also responsible for supervising the working of the rolling mill and finishing unit.
- Evaluated and adopted measures to reduce zinc consumption and increase production.
Aug 1975 – Jan 1981
M/S Apollo Tubes Ltd., Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Galvanizing Engineer
- Supervised the erection of the tube galvanizing and finishing sections of their unit.
- Planned and executed the pollution control system for the entire unit thereby acquiring the due clearance from the Pollution Board.
- Managed the working of the Quality Control department.
Dec 1964 – July 1975
M/S Seshasayee Industries Ltd., Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Galvanizing Engineer
- Joined as Senior Supervisor in charge of Planning dept and subsequently given in charge of galvanizing plant and its organizing.
- Quickly promoted from Senior Supervisor to Engineer in charge of galvanizing, forging and assembly divisions of this organization who were the leading producers of transmission and substation equipment.
- Designed a galvanizing furnace with refractory lining without the steel shell.
- Specialized in galvanizing techniques of grey castings, pipe fittings and lab analysis of various chemicals and metals.
- Underwent a basic course in statistical Quality control conducted by Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta.
