IEM Technical Visit to Mechmar Boiler
Friday, January 20, 2012
Last November I joined a group of Institution Engineers Malaysia (IEM) members for a technical visit trip to Mechmar Boiler in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia. This was the first time I visited a boiler manufacturer company. Honestly I was thrilled to learn and explore how a boiler is made and what the factory looks like. I mean the production plant site. In total there were about 20-30 engineers from IEM. The program started at 9.30 am up to 12.30 pm.
Some information about Mechmar Corporation (Malaysia) Berhad
Mechmar Boiler was established over 30 years ago. Currently, Mechmar Boiler is the leading industrial boiler and pressure vessel manufacturer within the Asian Pacific region.
With a core emphasis on superior engineering and strict manufacturing quality standards, Mechmar continually strives and meets the ever increasing expectations of today’s customers for reliable heat, power or steam generation at an economical investment cost.
Mechmar wide product range serves to meet the heat, steam or power needs of our customers regardless of their industry and location. Their products are the result of years of continuous and rigorous detailed engineering and dedication to providing quality in our manufacture and in our service to our customers.
The headquartered of Mechmar is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mechmar’s engineering team reinforces their commitment to their customers by providing sound engineering input with attention to detail. With two world class manufacturing and fabrication facilities in South East Asia both of which are ISO9001 certified by Lloyds, we meet this commitment with speed and at competitive prices. (Information taken from Mechmar official website).
Products manufactured by Mechmar
Here are the list of products manufactured by Mechmar Corporation (Malaysia) Berhad:Oil/Gas-Fired Boiler
- Titan HT
- Titan AS
- Titan MB
- Titan MCC
- Titan MCH
- Titan BD
- Titan MTH
-Various Custom Made Boilers
-Reconditioned boilers
For more comprehensive list of products, please click here.
The factory administrator of Mechmar Boiler gave us some explanation on the history and business of the company.
A nice pen as souvenir for the IEM delegates. Luckily they provided a free pen because I forgot to bring my own pen.
This is the view in the production facility of Mechmar Boiler
One of the oil/gas fired boiler nearly completed
One of the oil/gas fired boiler nearly completed
That's me with some nice background in the Mechmar Boiler facility
Taking a group photo together in the boiler manufacturing plant
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posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 6:48 PM,
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My Ph.D Progress so far... Oct 2011 Updates
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
I'm now in my 5th semester and I must admit that I'm very worried with my own performance as a Ph.D student. I have basically 8 months more to complete my studies (I was given 3 years for a my full time Ph.D). Otherwise I will have to extend my study to another semester.
I am now midway in my experiments. I am also preparing several technical papers to be published in index journals. It's really not easy. The mood and motivation are always against me. Let's see today's example...
I tried to work on my technical paper draft in my office room. After several minutes I felt sleepy (I did not sleep late at night). Then, I experienced some headache. Both of this elements (sleepy + headache) makes a perfect combination to demotivate me from pursuing my work. I tried to fight the negativity. I relaxed for 2-3 minutes. Then, I thought myself...maybe I should do other work that still can contribute towards my study. I then decided to learn a new optimization method from youtube since I am going to include them in my study. So, I decided to stop working on the technical paper draft for a while and studied this new optimization method. It works... I felt energized to learn a new stuff. This is indeed a good technique which I personally discovered (maybe this is not new to you guys). I have the option of perhaps give up, rest, sleep, relax, chit-chat with my friends, drink some coffee, watch some movie in my laptop but instead I decided to work on something else which still contributes towards accomplishing and perfecting my thesis. I'm really glad to do that.At the same time, to keep up my spirit and assure continuous momentum, I changed my desktop wall paper. It has a message that I should complete my study in the allocated time. This constantly reminds me that I have an unsettle business to complete (the Ph.D off course!!!). This is the final major hurdle that I need to conquer after the other 2 big projects which is to be a professional engineer and chartered engineer, all within a space of 3 years. Fuhhh.... it's really tough but I'm glad I managed to complete the other two.
Enough rambling for now. I'm going to continue with my work. Need to work on something... If you have any motivational quote for me, I really welcome and appreciate them very much. Thanks in advance.
p/s- The photo above shows the Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) equipment with its PC. The PC is very old. It still uses the 3.5" floppy disc. Although it is old, it is still very useful and important for me because it provide one part of my catalyst analysis. The TGA is still in good shape as it is regularly maintained.
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I'm now a Chartered Engineer (IChemE)
Friday, September 30, 2011
In the early morning of yesterday, I noticed one email from Karen Brown of IChemE which I read from my Samsung Galaxy Ace Mobile phone (not iPhone). I was very anxious to read her email because the title of the email stated "IChemE Application to transfer to Chartered Membership". I scanned the email swiftly and later read it word by word. Yes! The result from the interview in August is out and I'm now accepted as a member of IChemE and Chartered Engineer. This is the beginning of my professional career as a professional engineer under IChemE.
Among the interesting massage obtained from the email was that I am now eligible to use designatory letters MIChemE after my name. In addition, I am also eligible to use the CEng designatory letters after my name too. CEng stands for Chartered Engineer. This status is given by the Engineering Council of UK.
Based on the email from Karen, I logined into my IChemE website wanting to updated my personal status. I saw that my membership status has already changed to Member Status. Everything has been automatically updated. This is so cool.
I'm now in the process of preparing the IChemE personal stamp and also waiting for the certificate.
I must say that I'm so proud to be an IChemE member. I remembered becoming an IChemE student member in 1998. Then in 2000 I upgraded the membership to Associate Member allowing me to use the designatory AMIChemE. Now in 2011, thanked God I successfully managed to be an IChemE member. Being an IChemE member, I am allowed to do some professional networking, collaborations, knowledge sharing, participate in subject groups and the one that I always use is Knovel database to read online books that is subscribe. This is mainly for my Ph.D research references.
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Among the interesting massage obtained from the email was that I am now eligible to use designatory letters MIChemE after my name. In addition, I am also eligible to use the CEng designatory letters after my name too. CEng stands for Chartered Engineer. This status is given by the Engineering Council of UK.
Based on the email from Karen, I logined into my IChemE website wanting to updated my personal status. I saw that my membership status has already changed to Member Status. Everything has been automatically updated. This is so cool.
I'm now in the process of preparing the IChemE personal stamp and also waiting for the certificate.
I must say that I'm so proud to be an IChemE member. I remembered becoming an IChemE student member in 1998. Then in 2000 I upgraded the membership to Associate Member allowing me to use the designatory AMIChemE. Now in 2011, thanked God I successfully managed to be an IChemE member. Being an IChemE member, I am allowed to do some professional networking, collaborations, knowledge sharing, participate in subject groups and the one that I always use is Knovel database to read online books that is subscribe. This is mainly for my Ph.D research references.
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posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 6:41 PM,
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My IChemE Chartered Engineer Interview
Thursday, August 04, 2011
After the previous Professional Interview (PI) and writing examination conducted by Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM) last April, I sat for another interview which is the Chartered Engineering interview by IChemE. The interview was carried out by 2 Fellow IChemE members yesterday morning in Dayabumi, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. I was accompanied by my beloved wife to drive to Kuala Lumpur as early as 4.30 am.
The purpose of this interview is to assess my training and experience whether I am fit to be a member of IChemE and chartered engineer. Before this, under IChemE, I am an Associate Member (which I can use the AMIChemE designation after my name). If my interview yesterday is successful, I will be upgraded to Member and Chartered engineer. With that after my name, I can use the designation of MIChemE and CEng.
This is the meeting room where my chartered engineer interview was held (at level 5 Dayabumi building)The interview was scheduled at 9.30 am but it actually started at 9.50am. The interview was relatively tougher compared to my IEM previous interview (which took about 50 minutes). Among the points that the interviewers were seeking for are some proof of chemical engineering application that I practiced in my previous jobs. They also look for some elements on creativity, innovation, leadership and contribution to society. The interview hoovers around discussing the information that I had provided earlier in Form C - Competence and Commitment Report.
Myself before the interview. Luckily we arrived early in KL and the building. I can relaxed and stabilized myself before the interview. Do I look nervous? haha....The interview ended after about 2 hours. It was really a mental challenge to answer all the questions threw by the lead interview who is a very experienced lady chemical engineer. Nevertheless I'm glad that the interview went smooth and I believed I managed to answer all the questions. For now, I just hope to receive a favourable result. From the information that I have, the result is very fast which is about roughly 10 days.
After the interview, we immediately travel south back to Johor Bahru. Yes, we purposely drove to KL for my interview. It was very tiring but at the same time, I'm glad that I managed to complete both IEM and IChemE interviews this year.
What about you? If you are not yet a member of IChemE, you can begin now. Seek for more information on how and why to get chartered from IChemE website.
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posted by Kipas Repair JB @ 6:29 PM,
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The Author
I’m Zaki. I used to be a project, process and chemical engineer. Few years ago I successfully became a Chartered Engineer (IChemE) and Professional Engineer (BEM). I'm now employed as a chemical engineering educator/researcher/consultant. Hope you like reading my blog. I welcome any feedback from you. My email: zaki.yz[alias]gmail.com. TQ!
