Alwin B

Experience

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  Wheels india limited

  Jul 2012 - Feb 2014

  Senior Manufacturing Engineer

  Process improvement and troubleshooting of GMAW, FBW, and SMAW welding processes. It involves scrap reduction, rework reduction, process cycle time reduction, manpower fatigue reduction etc.

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  Centre for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research, IIT Madras

  Aug 2016 - Sept 2020

  Project Officer

  • Managed activities to establish the SMART (Surface Modification and Additive Research Technologies) lab.• Maintained cold spray and HVOF processes in the lab, ensuring its safe and smooth operation• Worked on a UAY project titled "Cold spray technology development for repair and coating of gas turbine engine components" for GE Aviation.• Coordinated various industry projects and projects of master's degree students related to cold spray and HVOF process.• Performed various testing (Hardness, wear, adhesion etc.) and microstructural analysis (SEM, XRD, spectroscopy etc.) of the coatings• Prepared reports to document findings and drafted manuscripts for publication. Show less