METALLURGY CONSULTING

Passionate Metallurgy Professional With More Than Four Decades Of Industry Experience. Focusing On Helping Industries And Educational Insititutions Adopt Best Practices In Metallurgy and Heat treatment

A gold medalist in Metallurgical Engineering from Karnataka Regional College,Surathkal (Now it is NITK Surathkal).

Served at senior management levels in well known firms such as Automative Axles, John Fowler, MICO(Now Bosch)

Member of The Institute of Engineers (India), Indian Institute of Foundry, Council member of Shivamogga Chapter of IIF and committee member of Institution of Engineers

Training Programmes
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Introduction to Materials and Heat Treatment

1. Classification of materials and steels, Iron carbon and TTT diagrams, hardenability
2. Different heat treatment process
3. Carburizing, induction Hardening
4. Defects and distortion in heat treatment,
5. Castings, forgings ,Electroplating, phosphating , blacking and shot peening processes.

Target participants – Fresh engineers, shop supervisors, junior managers , technicians , design engineers.

Induction Hardening

1. Iron carbon and TTT diagrams,
2. Hardenability importance,
3. Determination and application,
4. Theory of induction heating,
5. Skin effect , proximity effect, ring effect and concentrator effects.
6. Induction heating power supplies and auxiliary equipment.
7. Selection power and frequency,
8. Design and fabrication of Induction coils,
9. Flux control and its benefits,
10. Causes of failure of induction coils,
11. Quenching , common problems and remedial measures.
12. Case studies.

Course can be designed for one day or two days with additional subjects of carburizing and other surface treatment topics.

Advanced Heat Treatment

1. Classification of steels -IS, SAE/AISI/E, Iron Carbon diagram, TTT diagrams,
2. Hardenability –Concepts, Hardenability calculation,
3. effect of alloying elements of on hardenability.
4. Detailed discussion on different heat treatment processes.
5. Case carburizing- Carburizing atmospheres-Generation different methods
6. Quenching- Different methods, selection of quenching medium.
7. Carbon potential measurement and control- Oxygen probe and dew point.
8. Induction heating principles, advantages,
9. Coil design and fabrication, coil failures,
10. Magnetic flux control, different equipments and case studies ,
11. Nitriding , carbonitriding and ferritic nitrocarbursizg.
12. Defects and distortion in heat treatment causes and remedies.
13. Vacuum principles, vacuum furnaces, and high pressure gas quenching,
15. Vacuum heat treating cysles for different steels.
16. Shot peening, principles , benefits. Safety in heat treatment.

Problem Solving in heat treatment and Metallurgy functions, be it quality , productivity or customer related.
Selection - Materials and Process selection / definition for engineering automotive components
Vendor Management - Review, Re-design processes, Accountability, Risk Management
Accelerated Setup using Industry Best Practices - Setting up Heat Treatment plant and Metallurgical laboratory, beginning with equipment selection , vedor identification , procurement, installation and commissioning and training of staff

Association with Industry And Instititutions

TESTIMONIALS

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Mr. Pramod, GM, Toyota Industries Engine India Pvt.Ltd, Bangalore

Our members from all departments like QC, Maintenance, Manufacturing and PE attended the program and the feedback about the training program has been excellent. I have been told that the members found it was very knowledgeable and useful, understanding such a critical process such as hardening.