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Digital Printing, Inks, Flexible Packaging, Coatings Materials & Processes, UV Cure, Printed Electronics
Some clients call expert "our reserve technical director", referencing his ability to succeed with any activity a manufacturing technical director may be assigned. Such activities range from issues a vendor may have with its suppliers through to those of an…
Textiles, Fluoropolymers, Chemicals
He has been involved in surface modification for 20 years. His main expertise is in fabric modification to make water and oil repellent textiles. He founded a company, Nano-Tex, in 1998 to do this. He is now manufacturing the chemicals…
Electrostatic, Particulate and Environmental Process Development and Commercialization
After earning his PhD in solid state physics from Ohio State, Expert has centered his attention for more than 40 years on providing state-of-the-art equipment and services to enable and improve industrial operations that involve electrostatic and particulate processes. As…
Process Engineering, Inorganic Chemicals: Chloralkali, Sulfuric Acid, SO2, and Fertilizers
Expert’s graduate work (M.Sc. and Ph.D.) was in adsorption of gases in molecular sieve zeolites. The work included exhaustive experimentation on equilibrium and kinetics of adsorption and included calculation of adsorption energy from electrostatic and van der Waals forces acting…
Chemical Plant Manufacturing, Process Development, Polyester Polymer, Polyester Film Coating
Expert has extensive experience working in chemical plant manufacturing at several DuPont facilities: Niagara Falls, NY; Victoria, TX; Savannah River, SC; Cape Fear, NC; Sabine River, TX; and Florence, SC. He has always worked in a technical role in manufacturing…
Air, Water and Solid Waste Pollution Control & Energy Recovery in US & Asia
Expert was responsible for the introduction of activated carbon fiber adsorption systems into the U.S. as a licensee of the Japanese firm that developed them. This involved technical liaison with the Japanese as well as sales/marketing to customers. He was…
Powder Coating Technology, Processing, Performance and Markets
Since 1978, Expert has been internationally involved in the development of organic powder coatings. His expertise lies mainly in bringing novel technical concepts from the laboratory to full commercial status, both in North America and Europe. His knowledge spans from…
Coatings and Fluoropolymers
Abrasive blasting has been a solution to many applied coating situations. Expert has used this technique of preparation for a variety of applications over the past thirty years--everything from finite etching of glass to coarse surface preparation of classifier chutes…
Chemistry of Materials
APPLIED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Expert has extensive experience in applied inorganic chemistry. Using new sol-gel methods that employ hydrogen peroxide, Expert has made a variety of ceramics and minerals, for example, forsterite, enstatite, and members of the olivine family. Sols (colloidal…