Galvanizing Consultants
Who is Crithwood?
Geoff Crowley is the director of Crithwood
Geoff Crowley has over 40 years experience in the steel and coatings industries, including 14 years as MD of a 2 plant galvanizing company. An engineer with an MBA, he has a superior technical knowledge of all aspects of the coatings industries, especially batch hot dip galvanizing and powdercoating. Starting his career in the steel industry in New Zealand, he has worked in metals in NZ, Australia, Iceland and Scotland. He has been a non-executive director of several organisations, on the advisory board of Scottish Manufacturing Advisory Service, a director of the UK Galvanizers Association, a member of the executive committee of Scottish Engineering, and has sat on several other industry committees in Scotland. In any spare time, he is a qualified yachtsman and navigator, and has a well equipped home workshop for metals and timber fabrication. He manufactures oars, tillers and canoe paddles as a hobby.
Our promise
We will work fast and thoroughly to do the task agreed.
We warrant that you will get value for money. We recognise that your investment in our service must have a payback like any investment. If your idea won't return you a dividend, we will tell you. Our objective is to make your business more profitable, more enjoyable, just plain better.
Remuneration can be flexible. Usually a daily rate, but prepared to discuss reward based on improvements made. A share of the zinc consumption saved might be nice, but not necessary!
Recent projects
2021/2022
A Kettle change with furnace refurbishment (Europe)
Process optimisation in a general galvanizer (N. Africa)
Process optimisation and plant rationalisation with huge zinc savings (E. Africa)
Kettle change and zinc recovery after a leak - supervision, with startup recovery (Middle east)
Insurance inspection after a kettle leak. (W. Europe)
Process optimisation, zinc savings (USA)
Zinc consumption reduction, recommendations for plant re-modelling (USA)
Feasibility for a new galv plant (S. America)
Assistance in commissioning and start-up training (Canada)
Process optimisation and zinc savings, (Mediterranean)
Process workshops at Galvanizers Conference (Italy)
Master Classes in galvanizing operations, Galvanizers of Australia Conference (Cairns, Australia)
Process optimisation (India)
Process optimisation and training (Australia)
2023
A tour of ten hot dip galv plants across Australia and New Zealand optimising performance and advising on plant design.
Three Galvanizing Practices workshops at the Turkish Galvanizers Association (GALDER) Conference. (Istanbul, Turkey)
Galvanizing plant in Belgium, process optimisation.
Return visit to Moroccan galvanizing plant - further kettle training.
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