Mill Service Engineer

Sendzimir is proud to add to our team a man with great background knowledge of both 20-High Cluster mills as well as Z-High® and Skinpass mills. Marc is based out of Asia and can easily travel to China, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia. He also works out of the US for several months out of the year.

Professional - Personal - Confidential - Reliable - Knowledgeable

Marc Richcreek started in 1973 at Coshocton Stainless as a mill operator for the cluster mills. Coshocton retrofitted two 4-High mils in house to the Z-High® configuration and Marc was instrumental in the mechanical installation as well as the start up of these mills.

Marc has since worked on brass and copper mills as well as carbon steel mills worldwide. He has spent considerable time in the Far East working on new mill installations and is quite familiar with start up and operational problems.

Sendzimir Engineering works to support Marc in the field with background engineering calculations and analysis as required. This team work has earned numerous accolades from customers worldwide! To his credit, he takes a cautious and sensible approach to the customer - "listen and you'll learn - then make changes one at a time to improve production."

In his own words, here are some more topics that he can focus on:

Assist in determining proper work roll crown to optimize reduction schedules and facilitate good strip shape

Assist in determining proper 1st intermediate taper length and rate of rise for optimizing reductions and attaining proper strip shape

Assist in determining proper coolant application for optimum strip shape and quality

Help identify and correct mill related defects

Help identify and correct roll grinder induced defects

Assist in determining proper mill maintenance schedules

Assist in selecting proper entry and exit tensions per pass

Assist in setting up new rolling practices, and aid in new product development

Assist in layouts for new equipment or revamps of existing equipment

Assist in optimizing pass schedules, speeds, and tensions for improved productivity and quality

Assist in evaluating existing equipment for quality/productivity enhancements. (ie. AGC, Mill models, cooling systems, wiping systems, shape control, etc. )

Can train, and/or give new rolling ideas to mill crews

Can assist in overseeing new mill installations or capital improvements

Can assist client on cost effectiveness when they are dealing with a supplier for capital improvements

Can assist client in dealing with customer complaints that are thought to be rolling mill related

Brief Resume

Job duties - Coshocton Stainless

Review Corporate goals for quality and productivity set forth for our plant each year and map quality and productivity goals for my units that will facilitate the meeting of Corporate objectives
Set monthly quality and productivity goals for each unit, track them on a daily basis, and work with crews to assure the attainment of goals
Work with General Supervisor to maintain roll inventory and rolling oil inventory
Work with Technology and the Roll Grinding Dept. to develop new roll finishes that meet changing Customer requirements
Lead Mill crew Home Team meetings monthly
Interview candidates for new hire positions
Interview candidates for Supervisory positions
Enforce safety regulations and policy
Travel as required to visit customers to maintain good customer-supplier relations
Implement new rolling techniques to enhance quality and productivity
Answer SCARs using the 8-D process
Rolling Mill Department coordinator for QS and ISO
Quality Management Process leader
Assumed the responsibilities for the General Supervisor in his absence

Projects / Accomplishments Coshocton Stainless

Prepared documentation for Mill group, coached mill crews, and wrote Standard Practices to attain QS and ISO certification
Worked with our Engineering Dept., T. Sendzimir Co., and Mull Machine to retrofit our 36” 4 high into a 36” Z high
Worked with the same group to revamp an existing 28” Z high
Conducted a verification of a Hess-Sundwig closed loop shape control system for a ZR 22BB-36 Z-mill
Worked with Armco Research to develop and implement Mill Management Systems on all 4 reduction mills
Spear-Headed implementation of a tension model to facilitate rolling consistency on the ZR 22B-50 Z mill (model is based on the yield curves of 200,300, and 400 series stainless).

Courses Taken:

Zenger/Miller Frontline Leadership
Basic Statistical Process Control
CSI Team Leadership
10-D Structured Problem Solving
Various Facilitator training courses