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Corrosion, Materials Selection, Fabrication
Expert has worked in the area of sulfuric acid plant corrosion and materials selection for the past 18 years and has been involved in the materials selection of some of the worlds largest sulfuric acid plants. Expert has performed failure…
Metallurgical & Welding Engineering
Background in metallurgical, welding, and quality engineering in steel manufacturing, fabrication, construction, heat treat, aerospace flight hardware, upstream / downstream oil and gas production & transmission (sour and sweet), and refining. Familiar with all welding and brazing processes, “hands-on” experience…
Functional Capacity Evaluation, Cost of Care, and Life Care Plans
Background in metallurgical, welding, and quality engineering in steel manufacturing, fabrication, construction, heat treat, aerospace flight hardware, upstream / downstream oil and gas production & transmission (sour and sweet), and refining. Familiar with all welding and brazing processes, “hands-on” experience…
Diving Accident Investigation
Bob notes that corrosion is a major problem that affects many industries. Bob 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…
Microscopic Yag Laser Welding
Expert specializes in aerospace and superalloys. He can identify and correct welding defects sometimes inherent in YAG laser welding, such as cracking from plasma shear, microfracturing, and porosity sometimes encountered in the welding process. He is an expert microscopic welder…
Stainless Steels, Nickel Alloys, Corrosion, Materials Selection, Welding, High Temp Alloys
Expert has helped engineers select the most suitable and cost-effective stainless steel, nickel alloy or other materials such as titanium for a wide variety of applications over his long career. The selection of the appropriate alloy must consider many factors…
Metallurgical Engineering, Failure Analysis, Heat Treatment, Supplier Development and Coatings
He has performed over 500 failure analysis of components which fractured due to fatigue. This has included both low cycle and high cycle fatigue failures due to mechanical, thermal mechanical and environmentally enhanced fatigue. He has specified and developed various…
Titanium Welding, Zirconium Welding, Hastaloy Welding, Stainless Steel Welding
After obtaining government certification Expert has used his extensive knowledge and practical experiance to complete and teach fusion welding on such items as Heat exchangers for the pulp and paper and petro-chemical industries, and high pressure vessels. After completing government…
Welding of Steels and Other Alloys in Structural, Aerospace, Pharmaceutical & Refinery Applications
Expert has extensive experience with many arc welding processes, including gas-tungsten arc welding (GTAW), gas-metal arc welding (GMAW), shielded-metal arc welding (SMAW), and submerged-arc welding (SAW). He is familiar with both manual and automatic versions of these processes, as applied…
Titanium and Titanium Alloy Applications, High-Strength Weldable Titanium Alloys, Hot Rolls, etc.
He took part in the development of high strength weldable titanium alloys for sea water application, Ti-Ni shape memory alloys for tube connections and vessel sealings, technology of hot processing and surface improvement of titanium alloys, application of titanium for…