Charlie Ren
348 Leslie St.
 416-778-5295 
 Toronto, ON
 Charlie_rch@yahoo.ca  
M4M 3E2
 

Junior Material Process Engineer
 
Highlights
 
Ø        Bachelor of Science in Refractory Material Engineering
Ø        15 years of experience as a Refractory Material Engineer in refractory material research and development.
Ø        2 years of experience in Technical Support for  refractory material application
Ø        Excellent abilities in AUTOCAD 2002 to design refractory brick dimensions and entire assembling for metallurgical furnaces
Ø        Solid experience on site solving problems about different materials used in steelmaking and offering technical support to customers  
 
Professional Experience
Research and Design
Ø      Explored new refractory material development, such as  porous plug for bottom blowing of converters, Isostatic hydropress MgO-C tap hole brick of 250t converter, Al2O3-ZrO2-C slide-gates for 300t teeming ladles
Ø      Researched magnesia carbon bricks for the lining of 90t converters to get the highest campaign life of converters
Ø      Designed refractory brick dimensions and assembling for metallurgical furnaces
Ø      Created a new type isolating Magnesite-(MgO-C) brick used in the top cone of 90 ton converters
Ø      Studied and produced bulk materials, for instance, plastic material, gunning material, High Al2O3  and Corundum castable material for ladle lips and torpedo mouth and MgO-CaO slag-splashing material for converters
Ø      Developed binding material (phenolic resin) for tap holes of 90t converters which reached 145 heats liquid steel tap
Organization
Ø        Organized all kinds of refractories to be used in different furnaces
Ø        Arranged new material tests in different furnaces, maintaining steelmaking production lines running in normal condition and finished testing reports
Ø        Controlled all kinds of specific refractory cost(Kg/per ton steel) and reduced production cost by applying new technologies
Ø        Setup and analyzed whole processes and found main effective factors to solve specific problems
Technical Support and Service
Ø        Developed new markets in steelmaking industries in all kinds of refractories used in torpedo, converter, teeming ladle, exchanging ladle and tundish
Ø        Provided exact information about specific refractory materials to customers
Ø      Instructed customers to analyze, adjust and improve material application conditions to get optimal results
Ø      Accumulated hands-on technologies and design-drawings for different furnaces

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Computer
Ø      Integrated MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access
Ø      Excellent abilities in Autocad 2002 to design refractory brick dimensions and assembling for Metallurgical furnaces
Ø      Created databases to solve practical problems for production
 
Interpersonal
Ø        Energetic, enthusiastic and very good cooperating team worker.
Ø        Good communication and interpersonal skills with customers when solving problems on-site and offering technical support
Ø        Interacted and liased with different customers to develop new markets in steelmaking industries
Ø        Strong and warm attitude to inquire and meet customers demand for stable markets
Ø        Assisted other co-workers to finish projects before the deadline
 
Employment History
 
2003-2006
Assembler
Everlast Aluminum Ltd
2001-2003
Technical Support-Refractory Material Engineer
International Refractory Trade Company of WISCO
1995-2001
Refractory Material /Metallurgical Engineer
No.3 Steelmaking Plant of WISCO
1990-1995
Refractory Material Engineer
Wugang Refractory Company, Ltd.
1986-1990
Refractory Material Technician
Wugang Refractory Company, Ltd.
 
Education

 

1982-1986
Bachelor of Science in Refractory Material Engineering
Xian Metallurgical and Architectural University

 

Publications
Ø        “Analysis on Causes to Slag Sticking in Torpedo Ladle” Technology in Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation, Vol.40, Sep, 2002
Ø        “Control On Factors Influencing Sulphor of Hot Metal in 320t Torpedo During Desulphurization Process” Steel-making, Vol.7, 2001
Ø        "The Application and Management of Refactories in WISCO." WISCO Economics, Vol.4, 1999
Ø        "Experiment of Predeoxidation Process With Compound Deoxidiers of Al, Mn and Fe Substituting Pure Al." Steel-making, Vol.4, 1998
Ø         "Present Status and Development of Refractories for the Ladle in No.3 Steel-making Plant of WISCO." Technology in Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation, Vol.9, Sep, 1998