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The High Temperature division of Mersen India began its operations in 2005 and was responsible in setting up the operations Key Responsibilities: • Identification of new product profiles and markets • Market research and potential product mapping • Production, Quality Assurance, Raw Material procurement, Vendor Development, Stores and Recruitment

Key Responsibilities: • Built up customer base in South India • Introduced the brand of Mersen to customers who were so far buying from dealers • Share the benefits of buying Mersen products (delivery and cost benefits) • Created awareness of various Graphite and Carbon grades for different end uses like • Electric Discharge Machining application • Non-Ferrous metal continuous casting application - Aluminium, Gold, Copper, Brass • Sintering application - diamond tools, hard metal • Furnace application - vacuum furnace structural • Hydel segment application - hydro electric power plants • Steam turbine seals • Thrust pads application - submersible pumps

Plant Manager of High Temperature division's manufacturing facility. This facility machines custom made industrial consumables in Carbon & Graphite Key Responsibilities: Plant operations: Production, Quality, Maintenance, Stores and Logistics. Machining of "Make-To-Order" (custom made) industrial consumables in Carbon and Graphite. Key areas of operations: Machining of: • EDM electrodes, using 20000 rpm Makino V33i VMC • Fuel cell plates • Vacuum furnace structural (furnace furniture) • Trays for hard metal sintering • Continuous casting dies and crucibles • Crucibles for nonferrous metals • Split seals for steam turbines • Shaft seals for hydro turbines • Thrust pads &Axial bearings Resin impregnation of • Seals, Thrust pads and Axial bearings New plant and machineries • Erection of new plant building • Selection and installing of new machines like • 6 surface grinders • 2 milling machines • 2 lathes • 2 bandsaws • 3 Makino & 1 Hurco 20000 rpm vmc • Resin Impregnation setup including Autoclave, Curing vessel and heating oven, oil heating unit

Head of plant operations of manufacturing facility at Guwahati. The plant manufactures • Mechanical grade carbon shapes • Electrical graphite blocks • Sintered metal graphite blocks • Carbon brushes • Metal graphite brushes Key Responsibilities: Block and Brush plant operations. • Areas of focus • Powder preparation of carbon and ingredients. Usage of Intermix / Internal Mixer. Slurry Mixer. Steam Dryer. Blenders. • Powder Compacting hydraulic and mechanical press • Oil heated sintering kilns. Pyro block ceramic felt lined round kilns & Bogie Hearth furnaces. • Electrically heated batch & tunnel furnace for metal graphite sintering • Graphitization of electrical carbon using twenty induction furnaces. • Phenolic resin Impregnation of Carbon • Brush fabrication of electrical and metal brushes New plant and machineries • Vendor visit in India & China for selection and finalization of specs for new machines like hydraulic presses, brush fabrication machines • Pre-dispatch onsite inspection at vendor premises • Installation of new machines • SPM for electrical brush production – block cutting, line grinder, drilling and tamping machines (From China) • Hydraulic presses for electrical and mechanical grade carbon block moulding (From India & China) • Inter mixers (kneading mixers) for carbon powder (From China) • Bogie hearth furnace (in house fabrication) • 3000 hertz frequency generators for graphitization induction furnaces • Water filtration and softener plant Refurbishing and capacity enhancement projects of plant and machinery • Round brick lined kilns to pyro foam lining reducing fuel consumption and cycle time • Mechanical presses with OEM • Water recycling for reduction in water wastage • 3000 hertz frequency generators refurbishing and wiring • Autoclaves • Cooling towers • Water lines for induction furnace cooling water system and resin impregnation