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Carbon Black, Recycling of Tires, Rubber and a Variety of Manufacturing and Testing Processes
Expert is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of an organization focused on consulting and chemical brokering to the rubber and plastics industries. Prior to this position, Expert was a Vice President of Marketing and Sales at Continental Carbon.…
Formulation Requirements, Rubber Moulding, Rubber Extrusion, Rubber Coextrusion
Expert has been involved in formulation and compound development with natural rubber, synthetic rubbers such as styrene - butadiene rubber, ethylene - propylene terpolymer, butadiene rubber, chloroprene rubber, NBR, silicone and various other elastomers. These Compounds were generally used in…
Valves, Control Valves, Piping, Pipe Couplings, Pipe Joining, Valve Testing, Valve Codes, and Standards
Expert, PE is an engineering consultant with over 35 years of mechanical engineering experience. Licensed Professional Engineer in NY and PA. Services provided include consulting and expert witness in the following areas: Product Safety Signs and Labels, Guards and Barriers,…
Buyer Specified Rubber Product Development, Industrial Problem Solving, Reverse Engineering
Expert is currently heading a polymer research centre and has developed several buyer specified rubber products for various applications. His contributions include dvelopment of fire resistant rubber products, antistatic shoe soles, special type rubber bands for multi band ligator, various…
Forensic Engineering, Intellectual Property, Failure Analysis of Plastics, Rubbers, Composites
Expert has 30 years experience in investigating product failure and its consequences. It includes accident analysis following personal injury such as road traffic accidents, industrial accidents, and accidents in the home. He originally became involved in the subject by investigating…
Hydraulic Hose Failure Analysis, Expert Witness
Expert has over 26 years of experience in the design, development, manufacturing and failure analysis of hydraulic and industrial hose. He is very familiar with methods of hose extrusion, reinforcement and vulcanization, having worked with hose made from rubber, thermoplastics…
Applied Rubber Technology, Design of Experiments, and Training in Both
The primary rubber-forming process he works in is molding, including compression, transfer, and injection methods. His experience with molded products is broad, including automotive weather strip, milking inflations, various types of vibration mounts, seals, diaphragms, aerospace components, vehicle tracks, and…
Adhesive Consulting, Formulating, & Research in Structural, PSA, Hot Melt, Epoxy, Urethane, & Wood
Expert D. Expert has done adhesive failure analysis projects in connection with establishing cause in litigation cases or in research and production problems. For example, a wood millwork manufacturer claimed an adhesive was faulty, resulting in customer loss and damages.…
Fatigue of Elastomers
Expert managed a tire components development group for a major synthetic rubber supplier for 15 years. During this time he personally established a state-of-the-art fatigue laboratory to assess the fatigue crack growth resistance of various elastomers, compounds, and blends of…
Biomaterials and Product Development R&D for Orthopedic, Cardiovascular, and Other Implants
Expert has helped assemble, and been lead author on 510(k) and IDE applications to the FDA. This has often included telephone conversations, and occasionally personal visits, with the FDA to discuss unique aspects of the devices and/or materials in the…