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He has been directly involved in the development, design, application and sales of clutches (brakes) for the past forty years.
He is the holder of three patents; 1.) A single piston, clutch-brake combination, 2.) A two-speed clutch and a axially compact brake for servomotors.
He has also written three white papers on the subject of holding, power-off devices for rotary and linear motion.

He has developed, designed, applied and sold fluid-power transmission devices for forty years.
He holds three patents for fluid-powered devices and has written three white papers on the attributes of using fluid-power instead of electrical power.

He has designed clutches and brakes for mechanical power transmission and has provided selection and performance data to customers to allow them to make the right choices for product duty cycles.

He has had forty years’ experience in the selection of pulleys and speed ratios used on pneumatic clutches.
The selection process includes knowledge of torque, speed and horsepower.

He has staffed trade show booths at the National Design Engineering show, Pack Expo, IMTS, Baking Industry show, Internation Fluid Power show, Hannover Messe and Fabtech for the past thirty years.
He is an expert in product placement, booth etiquette and attention getting methods.

Summary of Expertise
• Directly involved in the development, design, application and sales of clutches (brakes) for the past fifty years.
• Holder of three patents; A single piston, clutch-brake combination, a two-speed clutch and a axially compact servo motor brake.
• Writer of three white papers on the subject of holding, power-off devices for rotary and linear motion and the advantages of air vs electricity
• Designer of clutches and brakes for mechanical power transmission.
• Provides selection and performance data to customers allowing them to make the correct choices for product duty cycles.
• Experienced in the selection of pulleys and speed ratios used on pneumatic clutches.
• Knowledge of horsepower, speed and torque related to machine functions.
• Staffed trade show booths at the National Design Engineering show, Pack Expo, Baking Industry show, International Fluid Power show, Hannover Messe and Fabtech.
• Expert in product placement booth etiquette and attention getting methods.

Basic Expertise
Business development, product design, composite material selection for friction material, product design, new product market studies, distribution channels.




He has been deposed three times for asbestos material litigation and provided statements regarding the performance, installation, repair and safety of clutches and/or brakes on various machines. He has provided in depth selection and performance criteria for brakes used for tensioning paper on turret unwind stands in the newpaper industry. He has advised major converyor manufactures on the selection of clutch-brake combinations used in start/stop application and provided cost savings information for the same when compared to other methods of doing this work. He provided selection data for the application of clutches on high-horsepower motors used on mullers in the foundry industry.