Sunil Kumar Narayanan Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bangalore

Provided expert support for the design and development of elastomer seals and products, including material development, compound testing, and reliability analysis. Led failure investigations to resolve customer issues, conducted sealing simulation reviews to optimize designs, and developed elastomer compounds for aggressive fluids like biodiesel. Played a key role in supplier evaluations and provided technical support for critical projects, driving improved product performance and customer satisfaction.

Bengaluru Area, India

Technology project leader, responsible for identification and execution of strategic long term projects and short term technical support activities. Take care of global polymeric material development projects, product improvement and optimization, material selection, material quality improvement, technology transfer, specification development, vendor qualification, product failure analysis, technology knowledge sharing presentations and training.Highlights Development of PU valve seat for Knife gate valve at supplier in China for Brisbane unit. Right from development of specification, material formulation till establishing process and product quality control. RTFE seat developed for high performance butterfly valvePTFE lined Rubber seat (for butterfly valve) failure analysis and product improvement Support for North America Engineering team on Elastomer material development, solving quality issues, supplier process quality improvement

Mumbai Area, India

Carbon black application development and product improvement projects. Extensive cross functional interactions with customers, marketing, technical services and manufacturing teams. Establishing and functioning of R & D labs for rubber and carbon black. Pant quality lab audits and training. Identification of new project opportunities and business case preparations.HighlightsSignificantly contributed for development and establishment of special grade carbon black for low hysteresis high abrasion tyre grade carbon blackCo-inventor of a special grade additive incorporated carbon black recommended for tyre applicationsEstablished rubber and carbon black testing labs, from planning stage to commissioning, handling lay out designs,equipment specifications, procurement, import documentation, training and meeting regular operational requirements like maintenance, calibration etc.

Bangalore

Compound development, material characterization, specification development, process trouble shooting and problem solving, rubber to metal bonding processes, six sigma projects.HighlightsHigh hot tear FKM, low scorch compounds, low scorch FKM compound, improved mold/tool release base resistant FKM etc.Scrap reduction in industrial segment seals from 50 % to < 5 %, FKM seals from 20 to <5 % by compound modificaiton and process control.Process stabilization and quality improvement of outsourced metal treatment process (Phosphating) to achieve constant rubber to metal bonding performance

New Delhi Area, India

• Polymer Testing & Characterization • Product development support for external clients. (Formulation development, Decoding of product formulations and Failure analysis of products)

Nagpur Area, India

New products development & product testing - v belts & hose, Customer complaints, Rejection analysis, trouble shooting and failure analysis, Designing of Rubber Compound formulations for Oil seal and V-belt applications.Setting up mixing process for rubber compounds. Lab trials and scale up trialsHighlightsSeveral product development projects on power transmission v-belts for automotive customers like Swaraj mazda and Honda. Undertook product trials, product testing and report preparation Contributed significantly for Product failure analysis of v-belts and root cause analysis