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Array Expert has developed and implemented chemical safety procedures for several clients, including a chemical recycling facility, and metal finishers using strong acid and alkaline chemistries, etchants, and electropolishing chemicals in their manufacturing and/or wastewater treatment processes. Activities include safety…
Steel and Iron Casting Processes, Foundry Consulting, Metallurgy, and NDT Non Destructive Testing
Expert has extensive foundry experience with a strong emphasis in melting steel using both acid and basic processes. He developed metallurgical and operational melting procedures that optimized the acid and basic slags. He is very familiar with the use and…
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…
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…
Failure Analysis and Objective Forensic Analysis: Ballistics
Expert has expertise in the the evaluation of metallurgical failures, including root cause analysis. He spent a sabbatical at Perkins Engineering in the UK conducting failure analysis in their materials lab and has 17 years experience conducting independent investigations in…
Mechanical Properties of Metals
Expert has studied aluminum alloys from the 2xxx, 5xxx, 6xxx and 7xxx series and studied their grain size, tensile properties, heat treatments, corrosion resistance, and fatigue behavior (both room temperature stress - life (S-N) and crack growth behavior). His work…
Fasteners
Expert offers consulting services to hardware manufacturers, distributors, and OEM users on issues related to engineering, design, application, training, and sales of threaded fasteners, lock nuts, and machined and cold-headed parts. He is a member of the editorial staff of…
Photovoltaics
PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECT; PHOTOVOLTAIC ENERGY SYSTEMS. Expert has expertise in all aspects of photovoltaics, including technology analysis and forecasting, PV powered products, market assessment, economics of PV systems, and manufacturing of PV modules. Expert conducts workshops, seminars, and…
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…
Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Processing, Materials Failure Analysis
Expert has gained extensive experience in the uses of ferrous metals and alloys (carbon and alloy steel, high strength steel, structural steel, heat resistant steel), non-ferrous metals and alloys, superalloys, stainless steels (austenitic, ferritic, martensitic, and precipitation hardening grades), tool…