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Expert in Wet-End Chemistry
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert has over 20 years of experience in alkaline papermaking, using rosin size, alkeny succinic anhydride (ASA), and alkyl ketene dimer (AKD). He successfully supervised the conversion of one mill to ASA papermaking and one to AKD papermaking.
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Expert's expertise has been acquired through 35 years in the field of paper chemistry. His work has involved the normal wet-end chemistry and associated materials such as retention aids, starches, deposit control chemicals, and their interactions with fibers and fillers. He is also knowledgeable of starch, latex, and various sizing materials used at the paper-machine size press.
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Expert has extensive experience with product development, process development, quality control testing, and manufacturing and environmental control of fine and specialty papers. He also has experience making paper to meet specified color standards. He has been involved in the manufacture of pastel to deeply-colored grades of paper using basic, direct, and cationic dyes in both acid and alkaline papermaking systems.
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With over 21 years of experience in wet-end chemistry, Expert can answer a variety of questions associated with wet-end paper operations. He has worked with single- and dual-component retention aid systems, deposit control systems for both acid and alkaline papermaking, optimization of both ASA and AKD sizing systems, and interactions of wet-end chemicals with virgin and recycled fibers and fillers (clay, calcium carbonates, TiO2, and others).
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Expert is experienced with the manufacture of fine and specialty papers using recycled paper products and recycled pulps in both acid and alkaline papermaking systems. He installed a "stickies control" system for recycled paper grades saving considerable costs in down time.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
Madison, Wisconsin;
Green Bay, Wisconsin;
Appleton, Wisconsin;
Waukesha, Wisconsin;
Oshkosh, Wisconsin;
and Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
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Institution |
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1959
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M.S.
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Paper Chemistry
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Institute of Paper Chemistry
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1957
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B.S.
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Chemical Engineering
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Drexel University
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1994 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Independent Consultant
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1986 to 1994
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Riverside Paper Corporation
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Technical Director
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1973 to 1986
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Appleton Papers, Inc.
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Technical Director
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1970 to 1973
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Filter Materials, Inc.
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Technical Director
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1963 to 1970
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Mosinee Paper Corp.
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Quality and Technical Sales
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Manager
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1961 to 1963
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General Motors
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Development Chemist
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1959 to 1961
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Kimberly-Clark Corporation
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Product Development Chemist
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Associations/Societies
Expert is a member of the Paper Industry Management Association (PIMA) and the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI).
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Professional Appointments
He was a member of the Local Sections Operating Council (LSOC) of TAPPI from 1975 to 1987.
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Awards/Recognition
He was awarded the LSOC Outstanding Local Section Member Award in 1988. He has received five Special Certificate Awards and two Division Leadership and Service Awards from TAPPI.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Papermakers
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- Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI)
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- Coating Basestock Seminar
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- Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI)
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1984 to 1984
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China
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Expert was a member of a PIMA group that traveled to China in 1984 to give seminars to Chinese papermakers.
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Training/Seminars
Expert conducts a course entitled "Practical Wet-End Chemistry for Mill Personnel." This three-day course covers background development, optimizing acid/alkaline sizing systems, retention and drainage phenomenon, and deposit control and cleaning systems.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Expert has experience locating vendors of retention aids, deposit control chemicals, starches, fillers and sizing materials.
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