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Expert in Powder Metallurgy Lubricants and Binders, Fine Particles, Polyurethanes, Smoke and Flammability
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Expert has leveraged his background in chemistry to the development of new lubricants for the powder metallugy compaction and ejection processes. These lubricants have been formulated for excellent powder, green, and sintered properties including compressibility to form green compacts, sintered part cleanliness, and reduced environmental impact. Under ISO/TS 16949 registration, he led the development of these materials from benchtop to full-scale batch manufacturing, developed rigorous quality specifications for the raw materials and finished goods, and provided marketing materials for successful product launches.
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Expert has led development of a variety of noise control materials. These include coatings and sheets as vibration dampers, heavily loaded thermoplastic sheets as noise barriers, and cast polyurethane as floor mats. Different types of mixers and compounding equipment were used in their commercialization. He also has extensive knowledge of acoustical polyurethane foam used for sound absorption, used either alone or in conjunction with noise barriers. All products were thoroughly characterized by measurement of numerous physical and mechanical properties, chemical resistances, and flammability / smoke generation.
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Show Only Primary Areas of Expert Consulting
Secondary Expertise
adhesive testing, base metal (chemistry), coordination chemistry, design of experiments, dry lubricant, fine particle dispersing, fine-particle technology, flexible urethane foam, materials testing, metal powder, metal powder component, metal powder property, metal sintering, mixture experiment, organometallic chemistry, paper chemistry, paper property, paper quality, papermaking fine-particle retention, particle characterization, particulate matter, plastic material property, polymer flammability, polymer mechanical property testing, polymer testing, polyurethane chemistry, sintered iron material, sintered metal, sintering, thermal analysis, thermoplastic material analysis, urethane foam testing, vibration damping, wet-end chemistry
Basic Expertise
alloy, coating material, ferrous metal, ferrous metallurgy, galling, high-pressure molding, hot isostatic pressing, hot pressing, isostatic pressing, metal alloy, metal atomization, metal coining, metal injection molding, metal powder pressing, molding press, nonferrous metal, nonferrous metallurgy, powder metallurgy coining |
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1983
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Ph.D.
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Chemistry
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McGill University
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Dean's Honour List
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1978
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B.Sc.
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Chemistry
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University of Victoria
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First Class Honours
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2010 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Consultant
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He is a consultant in chemical specialties and acoustic materials.
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2006 to 2010
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H.L. Blachford Ltd.
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R&D
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Manager / Assistant Manager
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He was responsible for managing a team of 9 involved in the development of new powder metallurgy lubricants, anti-tack agents for rubber, metal stearate powders and dispersions, and acoustical materials.
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1994 to 2005
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H.L. Blachford Ltd.
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R&D
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Group Leader / Formulator
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He led a research team in the development of lubricants for powder metallurgy and acoustic materials for noise reduction and vibration damping.
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1991 to 1994
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McGill University
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Chemical Engineering
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Research Associate / Lecturer
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He led paper properties research in a key paper drying research group.
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1986 to 1990
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Domtar
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Research Centre
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Project Scientist
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He researched methods to lower costs for gypsum board manufacture. He also researched and optimized the wet end chemistry of newprint and was part of a team that developed a new security paper.
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1984 to 1986
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DuPont Canada
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Research Centre
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Research Scientist
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He developed new value-added products based on polyethylene.
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1983 to 1984
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National Research Council of Canada
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Division of Chemistry
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Research Associate
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He prepared, manipulated, and characterized reactive inorganic and organometallic compounds.
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Associations/Societies
CIC, ACS, APMI, EPMA
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Publications and Patents Summary
He has 21 publications and 3 patents.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- Advances in Powder Metallurgy and Particulate Materials / MPIF
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- Tappi Papermakers Conference Preprints / TAPPI
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- Advances in Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Material / MPIF
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Recent Client Requests:
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Expert in binder for powder metallurgy for consulting on Binder and binder mixing process.
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Expert for consulting on Polyurethane Intumescent coating.
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Training/Seminars
He presented "Lubricant Development in the P/M Industry" as an invited speaker at:
1. Advanced Mixing and Lubrication Technologies in P/M Seminar, Cleveland, OH, April 27-28, 2004.
2. P/M Lubrication Technology Seminar, Ypsilanti, MI, October 1-2, 2002.
3. P/M Lubrication Technology Seminar, Toronto, ON, November 9-10, 1999.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection A very important aspect of his role as R&D Manager was to ensure secure sourcing of raw materials for various specialty chemicals and acoustical materials. Second-sources were identified, sufficient material was brought in-house for initial assessment in the laboratory and ultimate evaluation at the full production scale.
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Other Skills and Services
He has recently completed training at McGill University which resulted in the awarding of a Certificate in Project Management.
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