Silicone Consultant: Silicone Adhesives, Sealants, Gels and Coatings (649)
Expertise
Consultant for the manufacture and formulation of specialty silicone adhesives, sealants, gels and coatings.
Access to three fully equipped labs to customize coatings, both thixotropic and self-leveling sealants and adhesives, thermally conductive products, high temperature stable products, high consistency rubbers, silicone greases and other silcione compounds.
Consults on all curing chemistries, room temperature, ultra violet (UV) and heat cured silicone chemistries.
Silicone process troubleshooting, silicone development, product quality assessments, test methods, processing enhancements and equipment design.
Customization of silicon viscosity, cure speed, color, adhesion, tensile strength, tear strength, elongation, modulus, temperature resistance and cure systems.
Silicone applications for consumer products, automotive, industrial, electronic and medical devices.
Emulsions, dispersions, greases, pressure sensitive adhesives (PSA) , RTV's, silanes, primers, HCR rubber, fluids and coatings.
Experience
Independent Silicone Consultant, 1996 - Present
Consultant on silicone adhesives, sealant, coating, formulation and cure mechanisms.
Dexus Laboratories, R&D Director, Specialty Chemicals, Twinsburg, OH, 1995 - 1996
Developed 14 new products in 6 months.
Functioned as product manager for a key product introduction program.
Coordinated technical interfacing with marketing, manufacturing and sales.
May National Associates, Technical Director, Clifton, NJ, 1994 - 1995
Developed a silicone RTV quality and process control operation.
Set-up laboratory and hired and trained a QC technician.
Established QC test methods including color matching by computer.
Norton Performance Plastics, Senior Materials Chemist, Akron, OH, 1993 - 1994
Managed a product development program targeted at high performance silicone HCR products.
Developed a novel silicone cure modification technique.
Introduced a new mode for the processing of silicone liquid injection molding (LIM).
Supervised pilot extrusion runs of developed compounds to meet target property profiles.
Loctite Corporation, Automotive and Consumer Group, Cleveland, OH, 1987 - 1993
Section Head managing a process and product development group responsible for the automotive after market and consumer silicone product lines.
Process Chemist responsible for scale-up and introduction of all new products in Cleveland.
Developed a new silicone processing technology and product.
Supervised pilot runs of new processing equipment in the USA.
Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Product Manager, Columbia, MD, 1986 - 1987
Presented technical papers at conferences.
Conducted viscosity and rheology seminars.
Developed a distribution network for product lines.
General Electric, Quality Control, Silicone Products, Waterford, NY, 1973 - 1986
Processing and testing experience with the full line of silicone products: emulsions, dispersions, greases, PSA's, RTV's, silanes, primers, HCR rubber, fluids and coatings.
Troubleshooting of continuous polymerization and compounding systems problems.
Conducted raw material, in-process and final testing using GC, IR and UV spectroscopy techniques.
Honors & Publications
One patent issued, three pending.
Education
B.S., Chemistry, Regents College, Albany NY