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Automotive Collision Damage and Repair Valuations, Appraisal, and Diminished Value Assessment
A second-generation collision repair professional, Expert is the founder and CEO of an automotive consulting firm providing professional services to all parties. Clients include the general consumer, fleet operator, corporate clientele, insurance claims person, legal professional, and governmental agency --…
Product Design and Development; Plastic Part Design and Molding; Expert Witness, Patents
Expert has managed engineering and design consulting businesses since 1976. He has served clients in fields ranging from aerospace to sanitary services to medical monitoring and instrumentation. He has utilized his extensive experience in engineering, product development, manufacturing and aesthetics…
Aluminium, Magnesium, and Zinc High Pressure Die Casting
I am a Die Casting Expert for Aluminium/Magnesium/Zinc with more than 30 years of experience in the industry. Starting as a foundry engineer I progressed to foundry manager, operational manager and then managing director where I was a shareholder in…
New Product Development, Lean, Six Sigma Blackbelt, Semiconductors/MEMS
Expert has had extensive process engineering experience with a variety of types of CVD reactors, including atmospheric, vacuum/thermal, and plasma enhanced. He has developed copper CVD precursors, developed low-stress/controlled stress dielectric films, and metal films. He wrote a book on…
Metal Finishing; Anodizing to Zinc Plating – Processing, Design, Engineering, NAPCAP, ISO
Expert has been in the metal finishing business since 1980. With more than 30 years direct experience in aluminum anodizing, he specializes in plant deign and engineering, and installation and training. He is bilingual (English and Spanish). An expert troubleshooter.…
Powder Coating and Metal Finishing, Media Blasting, etc.
An area that Expert has extensive experience is in sandblasting and the more general description for the industry, media blasting. Having written a book "Media Blasting" for The Eastwood Company Expert has extensive knowledge of types of medias used in…
Paint Adhesion; Pretreatment Conversion Coating; Troubleshooting
Expert has academic degrees on both steel and polymeric coating and 20- year experience in metal finishing industrial in US; so, he knows pros-and-cons of painting systems, such as surface profile, surface preparation, mechanical finishing, chemical finishing, all type coatings…
Metal Finishing, Parts Cleaning, Electroplating, Electroforming
Expert has production experience with cyanide copper, pyrophosphate, and acid copper plating baths. He has worked in a laboratory environment with both the fluoroborate and alkaline non-cyanide baths. He has used these baths for PWB plating, wafer plating, electroforming, plating…
Corrosion and Metallurgical Failure Analysis
Expert notes that corrosion is a major problem that affects many industries. Expert has spent over forty years studying and solving corrosion problems in the construction, aerospace, defense, petroleum, utility and related industries. He was also the technical editor of…
Powdered Metals & P/M Products
Expert has founded and operated businesses that produce powdered metal parts. He is the co-founder and President of his organization. The development of metals and alloys has been the focus of his career. He understands thoroughly the manufacturing process that…