Expert Details

Special Effect Pigments and Manufacturing, Metal Oxide Coatings, Surface Coatings, Mica Grinding

ID: 731348 Georgia, USA

Expert has expertise in the product development and manufacturing of special effect inorganic pigments.He has developed the " sparkle" effect used by Colgate and Crest toothpaste and was the first individual to successfully put a metal oxide coating on a non mica substrate which lead to the development of glass, aluminum and titanium flake pigments. He has close to 30 years working in Research & Development Dept. and has expertise in implementing products into production, trouble shooting production problems and has trained production and pilot plant personnel. He also has expertise in doing surface coatings such as weather resistance coatings, multi layer coatings using sodium silicate, iron and titanium oxide coatings. He also has expertise in grinding and classifing mica, glass flakes, and silicon flakes and worked with production to adjust particle size distributions. He has also been a contributor to patents and has expertise in QC pigment analysis testing for TiO2 and Fe2O3 content, color evaluation and color blending.

He also has expertise in Magnesium Floride and Silicon Monoxide testing and trouble shooting.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1984	Degree: Bachelor of Science	Subject: Chemistry	Institution: Armstrong State College

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1984 to 2013	Employer: EMD / Millipore	Title: Research Chemist / Development Engineer I	Department: Research & Development
Responsibilities: He was charged with keeping manufacturing plant running smoothly. Research projects that came from Germany and developed assigned projects. Performed Q/C work and also performing audits every quarter internally.

Government Experience

Years	Agency	Role	Description
Years: 1983 to 1984	Agency: U. S . Customs Laboratory	Role: Chemist	Description: Analysize samples provided by import specialist to determine amount of duty to be collected. Developed a method to determine percentage of anthracene in products which became std.test method for all Customs labs.Also performed illegal drug analysis.

International Experience

Years	Country / Region	Summary
Years: 2006 to 2006	Country / Region: Germany / Europe	Summary: Invited over to work on glass Flake pigment project and to implement glass flake pigments into United States manufacturing plant.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Listed member in Who's Who in Executives and Professionals ( 2006)

Medical / Professional
He has done internships at Skidaway Institue of Oceanography and at the U.S. Customs Laboratory.

Publications and Patents Summary
Contributor to 5 patents: Contributor to US Patent # 5,266,107 Pearlescent Pigment and Process for producing same. Issued Nov. 30 1993 . Serial # 7 / 993.737 Contributor to US Patent # 5,702,519 A, Flaky Aluminum Oxide and Pearlescent Pigment and Production thereof. Issued Dec. 30, 1997 Serial # 08/710.252 Contributor to US Patent # 5858078 A, Platelet shaped Titanium Dioxide Pigment, Issued Jan. 12, 1999 Serial # 08/983.346 Contributor to US Patent # 6,056,815 A Methods and Composition related to Pearlescent Pigments Issued May 2, 2000. Serial # 09/263.061 Contributor to US Patent # 7,455,726, Photostabilized Effect Pigment, issued Nov. 25, 2008 Serial # 10/557,446

Publications and Patents Summary

Contributor to 5 patents:

Contributor to US Patent # 5,266,107 Pearlescent Pigment and Process for producing same. Issued Nov. 30 1993 . Serial # 7 / 993.737

Contributor to US Patent # 5,702,519 A, Flaky Aluminum Oxide and Pearlescent Pigment and Production thereof. Issued Dec. 30, 1997 Serial # 08/710.252

Contributor to US Patent # 5858078 A, Platelet shaped Titanium Dioxide Pigment, Issued Jan. 12, 1999 Serial # 08/983.346

Contributor to US Patent # 6,056,815 A Methods and Composition related to Pearlescent Pigments Issued May 2, 2000. Serial # 09/263.061

Contributor to US Patent # 7,455,726, Photostabilized Effect Pigment, issued Nov. 25, 2008 Serial # 10/557,446

Additional Experience

Marketing Experience
Worked with Owens Corning to produce thinner glass flake. Worked with Gulbrandsen in reducing impurities in FeCl3 solution.

Other Relevant Experience
Apply knowledge gained to bring quick and succvessful solutions to projects and manufacturing issues.

Language Skills

Language	Proficiency
German	He is proficient in speaking, writing and reading German.
French	He is proficient in elementary French.

Fields of Expertise

coating technology, color, inorganic pigment, iron oxide, metallic pigment, opacity, pigment manufacturing, pigment suspension, pigment technology, protective coating material, sodium silicate, aluminum flake, pigment filtration, pigment manufacturing quality control, pigment dispersing, color matching, lacquer, color science