Chemical Engineer, 04420

Industry: Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Paint, Cosmetic, Ink and Food Industries  


Resides: West Virginia


Salary: Open

 

Relocate: Yes

 

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EQUIPMENT DESIGN, FORMULATION, PROCESS AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT

Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Paint, Cosmetic, Ink and Food Industries  

  • Thin Film Coating  
  • Batch Processing       

·          Formulations –Original, Modifications and Improvements

  • Polymers, Organic, Cross Linkers, Resins, Minerals

·          Plastic Recycling, Thermo-kinetic Compounding

  • Factory Design and Start-up, Plant  Scale-up
  • Trouble Shooting, QC & QA
  • Plant Management and Department Management
  • Manufacturing with Powdered Metals

PURCHASE, DESIGN, MODIFICATION AND INSTALLATION OF:                                                


  • Coating Lines    
  • Dryers         
  • Grinders          
  • Production Lines                                               
  • Mixers                
  • Dispersers                            
  • Scrubbers (Air Quality Emissions)          
  • Raw Materials   
  • Compounders                        
  • Solvent Recovery Systems                             
  • Cost Reduction Procedure Implementation 

 

Training, Coordination and Supervision of Technical and Non-technical Personnel

Sigma Six

   

INTERNATIONAL SALES AND NEGOTIATIONS–

Contract Negotiations, expedite equipment for international shipments  

 

INVENTIONS AND PATENTS

Developed and invented three new types of proprietary high shear dispersers and mixers.

 Invented and patented a thermo-kinetic compounding machine to process plastic, either “virgin” or recycled, with fillers such as: rubber, fibers, and minerals. It is the only machine in the world capable of compounding co-mingled plastic without pre-separation by types.

                                                             

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

EXCELSIOR COATINGS, INC., Cleveland, Ohio.

3/99-8/00

Director of Operations.  Responsible for the total operation of a paint factory including: production, scheduling, shipping & receiving, quality control, engineering, maintenance, hazardous waste disposal, plant safety, and compliance of all EPA and OSHA rules and regulations. Improvised and installed innovative ways to increase production and improve yields,

while reducing manufacturing costs.

 

MASCHINENFABRIK GUSTAV EIRICH, Hardheim, Germany.

8/93-3/99

Consultant, Under Retainer. Sales Engineer & Technical Advisor for the marketing, sales, installation, and start-up of EIRICH/ DRAISWERKE machines and equipment throughout North America and Europe. Machines were placed in the ink, paint, food, cosmetics, plastics and pharmaceutical industries.  Introduced new equipment methods to process powdered metals.

 

DAVID RICE CONSULTING (Self Employed), Elkins, West Virginia.

12/85-3/99

Owner / President. 

 Consultant to companies in the processing industries as project engineer for the start-up of new factories processing minerals, making ink, paint, magnetic media, paper, plastic components, and producing powdered metal parts. Duties included coordination of

work activity with eight to ten American or European engineers and fifty to over one hundred engineers and workers of the host country ie: India, Korea, Japan, China, Australia, Argentina, and others around the world.  Major consulting projects are listed on next page.

   

COMPUTER RESOURCES, INC., Cary, Illinois.

12/84-11/85

Director of Research & Development.  Specifically hired to implement the manufacturing of floppy discs (5 ¼ and 3 ½ inch). Introduced three new products in an eight-month time frame. Introduced new thin film coating technique.

 

BROWN DISC MANUFACTURING, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

7/81-12/84

Manager of Research & Development and Chemical Processing.  Designed, built, and installed mill room, coating line, and solvent recovery system. Start-up engineer in the new factory. Developed formulations and processes for manufacturing floppy discs.

 

TWIN CITY AIRWAYS, Chehalis, Washington.

10/77-7/81

 Owner / President. Operated a Fixed Base Operation with flight school, air charter service, aircraft maintenance, aircraft and fuel sales. Each year the company increased gross income by over seventy percent (70%). Served as Airport Manager and was appointed by the FAA as “Aviation Safety Counselor for the Northwest U.S.A.”

 

VERBATIM, INC., Sunnyvale, California.

11/73-10/77

 Project Engineer. Responsible for the design, installation, and start-up of mill room and solvent recovery system in the new floppy disc factory. Developed formulations and manufacturing processes to improve the product. One of the original engineers hired to establish the factory. Later promoted to Manager of Manufacturing Engineering with responsibility for implementing new ideas and methods to improve yields and increase production without interrupting manufacturing.

 

 

MEMOREX CORPORATION, Santa Clara, California.

6/65-11/73

 Research & Development Engineer, and Process Engineer. Responsibilities were to develop new formulations, processes, equipment, and machines used in the manufacturing of magnetic tapes and floppy discs.  Primary emphasis was on mill room, chemical processing, coating and solvent recovery.

 

EDUCATION and TRAINING

BS, Agricultural Engineering, West Virginia University

BS, Chemical Engineering, San Jose State University

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Commercial Pilot: Airplanes S&ME L, Helicopters, & Gliders

Flight Instructor: Airplanes S&ME, and Gliders. Instrument Instructor: Airplanes

U. S. Marine Corps, Honorably Discharged

 

 

ATTACHMENT:

CONSULTING PROJECTS; 1985 to 1999

   

PREMIER MILL CORPORATION, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Consultant to Premier for the purpose of designing and building prototypes of: inline blenders, inline dispersers, and continuous resign injection machines. Improved dispersion mills and mixers. Made many trips to Korea, Canada, Colombia, China, India, and many U.S. plants as start-up and project engineer.

 

FLISTEX MAGNETICS, New Deli, India.

Project Engineer building a new videotape factory. Designed and installed cryogenic liquid nitrogen system for solvent recovery. Designed and installed steam system for heating the dryers. Designed and installed tank farm and solvent handling system. Started up mill room equipment and coating line.

 

NATIONAL SOLVENT CORPORATION, Medina, Ohio.

Designed and installed a new mixing and milling system to disperse paint pigments in water base resigns. The new system was able to affect a $1,600 per day savings plus increase production by a factor of four.

 

SUNGKUNG MAGNETICS (SKM), Suwon, Korea.

Design and Project Engineer for start-up of two chemical systems in coating factories for the manufacturing of audiotape.  First one begin 1988, second one begin 1990.

 

SPIC ELECTRONICS, Madras, India

Project Engineer for start-up of computer tape and floppy disc plant including mill room, formulations, coating line, calendars, curing, and punching. Supervised start-up of solvent recovery system and trained plant engineers to operate and maintain all equipment.  Designed thin film coating stations. 

QUEMCO INCORPORATED LTD., Barranquilla, Colombia.

Installation and Start-up Engineer for a new plant producing calcium carbonate, which was sold to and used by the paper manufacturing industries.

 

TONYANG POLYESTER CORPORATION, Kumi, Korea,Project Engineer for equipment installation and start-up in a new videotape factory. Primary responsibilities were mix/mill room, coating line, calendars, and solvent recovery system.

 

MEDIOS MAGNETICOS, Buenos Aries, Argentina.

Trouble-shooter in their audiotape factory. Started up their videotape factory. Designed coating line and mill room. Specified equipment, supervised start-up, and trained operators to run all equipment and systems.

 

AATEC, LTD., Perth, Australia.

Identified and implemented improvements in mill room, coating line, and calendars, resulting in: reduced dropouts, increased yields, and improved product quality.

 

ACME GROUP of COMPANIES, LTD., Hong Kong.  Project Engineer.

Coordinated the initial phases of building videotape and floppy disc factories in these Chinese cities: Zhu Hai, Shumzhen, Joko, Shontao, and Shanghai. Specialized in installation and start-up of equipment, trouble-shooting equipment after start-up, and training Chinese engineers and operators to run the plant.

 

MAGNATEK COMPONENTS, INC., Paterson, New Jersey.

Designed equipment, machines, and systems that were installed and used in magnetic media factories in China, India, Canada, Korea, Argentina, and England. Was project engineer for installation, start-up, and training for all equipment in those factories.

 

GARWARE MAGNETICS, LTD., Bombay, India.

Directed a formulation and process improvement project to raise yields to an economically suitable level and to restore credibility to a plant with major problems. This required intense and careful negotiations with all of the department heads to avoid upsetting or offending the plants engineers and managers.

 

SHANGHAI MAGNETICS, Shanghai, China.

Designed mill room, specified equipment, supervised its installation, trained operators, and started-up the mix processing facility. Developed videotape formulations with outstanding magnetic properties. Started-up coating line and calendars. Installed and started-up a vapor incineration system to prevent solvent vapor emissions into the atmosphere, and to reclaim solvent to produce heat for the drying ovens.

 





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