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2004 Instructor Profiles14th Annual Shot Peening & Blast Cleaning Workshop
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Instructor/Company |
Title Description |
| Francois Xavier Abadie Saint-Gobain Zirpro |
Shot Peening with ceramic beads Surface Treatment Product Manager for Saint-Gobain ZirPro which manufactures ceramic shot. After Mathematics and Mechanical studies, François-Xavier had his first experience in R&D for design and automation of packaging for large distribution networks. Then he has been in charge of the design office of an American EOM for sealing devices for Aerospace and Defense. Since 1988, François-Xavier has been involved in surface treatment; first for a well known shot blasting equipment manufacturer as R&D engineer, and then in 1994 for Saint-Gobain ZirPro, starting as Area Sales Manager for France and Benelux. François-Xavier has a strong background in shot blasting and shot peening processes. He has extensive experience of equipments, products, and processes, as well as customer's applications. |
| Pete Bailey Electronics Inc |
Flapper peening theory and applications Media shape inspection practice Flapper peening practice Prior to retirement Peter was Staff Engineer, Advanced Manufacturing Process Development Manufacturing and Quality Technology Department General Electric Aircraft Engines, the last 12 years concentrating on shot peening. Mr. Bailey joined General Electric in July 1972. Prior to that time he was involved in the development of dispersion-strengthened mill products with E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., and then Fansteel, Inc. Prior to his DuPont and Fansteel experience, Mr. Bailey worked for the Linde Division of Union Carbide Corporation, primarily in the application of industrial gases to steel making. Degrees: BS Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University 1956, and MS Metallurgy, Stevens Institute of Technology 1961. |
| Michele Bandini Peen Service |
Peening of carburized gears Managing Director of Peen Service, Michele has been involving in Shot Peening since receiving his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 1990. He has been involved in several studies concerning either shot blasting or shot peening surface treatments and in particular the shot peening application and benefits as R&D engineer of Norblast. He has been co-author of several thesis concerning Shot Peening Process, Benefits and Application. Michele teaches at the Mechanical Engineering University of Bologna and Milan in Italy. He is in charge of the shot peening technology transfer in the company Ipar Blast, an associate company of Peen Service in Spain and starting from 2005 he will also teach at the Mechanical Engineering University of San Sebastian in Spain. He is also a specialist of residual stress measurements with the X-Ray Diffraction Technique and offers his knowledge and experience to the design department of Peen Service’s customers and cooperates with them to solve their problems by shot peening. |
| Bill Barker Progressive Technologies |
Shot Velocity Measurements Air Blast Machines types and applications Sales Engineer, Progressive Technologies, Grand Rapids, MI. Bill received his BS degree in Physics in 1983. He then served seven years in the US Navy as an instructor at the Naval Nuclear Power School as well as a Submarine Qualified Officer aboard the nuclear submarine USS George C. Marshall (SSBN 654). He has worked in technical sales and application engineering at Progressive since 1991, focused on the processes of shot peening, grit blasting, thermal spray coating and high pressure waterjet stripping. Bill has responsibility for serving Progressive’s customers in the aerospace OEM and MRO industries. |
| Walter Beach Peening Technologies of Connecticut |
Shot Peening Audits Following his education at Porter & Chester Institute in 1988, Walter joined the Carlyle Johnson Machine Co., where his primary responsibilities included converting the company’s design work from paper-based drafting to CAD, and designing electromechanical clutches and brakes for industrial and military applications. Since 1991, Walter has been employed by Hydro Honing Laboratories, starting as a process planner, and now as the Quality Control Manager, and co-owner. He was responsible for obtaining various OEM approvals and underwriting the quality control manual. In 2002, Walter played an integral part in obtaining the first NADCAP approval for a shot peening facility. Hydro Honing Laboratories is located in East Hartford, CT, with a satellite facility, Peening Technologies of Georgia, in Atlanta. Walt is an avid volleyball player and Atlanta Falcon fan. |
| John Cammett Naval Aviation Depot |
Peening Theory Peening Applications Low Plasticity Burnishing Dr. Cammett has served a total of thirteen years with and is currently Metals and Ceramics Branch Chief in the Materials Engineering Division of the Naval Aviation Depot, Cherry Point, NC. In addition to managerial responsibilities, Dr. Cammett’s technical activities with the Navy currently include: Analysis of aircraft component failures, development of repair/rework process methods and technical support of depot manufacturing operations. He also is involved in manufacturing technology investigations to determine feasibility for application to depot activities. Stemming from long time interest and involvement in machining and surface finishing/processing technology, Dr. Cammett is a consultant to and serves as workshop instructor for Electronics, Inc. in the area of shot peening. In a recent sabbatical hiatus from employment with the Navy, he worked with Lambda Research, Inc. on research and development of low plasticity burnishing. Dr. Cammett was employed 20 years with Metcut Research Associates in fatigue, fracture mechanics, residual stress measurement, metallurgical research and failure analysis. He also worked five years at the General Electric Company specializing in fatigue, low cycle fatigue and fracture mechanics properties of aircraft engine materials. He received his BS and MS in Metallurgical Engineering from Ohio State University and his PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. A Registered Professional Engineer, Dr. Cammett is a fellow of ASTM, past Chairman of Committee E-9 on Fatigue, past Chairman and life member of ASM International and member of the International Committee for Shot Peening. |
| Jack Champaigne Electronics Inc |
Peening Intensity Peening Coverage Saturation Curve Practice President of Electronics Incorporated and Editor of the International Newsletter; THE SHOP PEENER. Jack received his BSEE degree in 1968 from Purdue University and has been involved with shot peening since 1978. Technical achievements include ten US Patents and inventor of the MagnaValve. As editor of THE SHOT PEENER, he has assembled one of the largest libraries of articles on shot peening and related topics, which has become an industry resource. He is a member of the International Committee on Shot Peening, past-chairman of the International Conference on Shot Peening (ICSP6), which was held in San Francisco, CA. in 1996 and currently holds the position of Committee Chairman of the Surface Enhancement Division of SAE. |
| Chris Davies Potters Industries Inc |
Glass Beads Technical Service Manager of Potters Industries in highway safety and metal finishing industries. Chris began career with Potters in 1984. Has worked in many technical aspects of glass bead research, manufacturing, sale and marketing. He has led development of new products for highway safety and metal finishing industries. Is a member and participates in AMEC, ASTM, SAE, ASME, CIE. Degrees in BScMET in 1997 and MSM in 1999 from Thomas Edison State College. |
| Dennis Denyer GMA Industries |
Cast Steel Shot |
| Dan Dickey US Technology Corporation |
Air Blast Machine re-build 1983 Southwest Missouri State University Graduate School of Business. He was introduced to shot peening in 1983. He has developed and managed Innovative Peening Systems a shot peen equipment manufacturing facility from 1993 to 2000. In 2000 Dan purchased Innovative Peening Systems from his employer. Using a blasting method, Dan and Innovative Peening Systems developed a coating removal system for NASA on flight hardware and The Space Shuttle solid rocket booster nozzles. In 2003 Innovative Peening Systems opened a shot peening job shop in Atlanta GA. After four years of growth Dan sold Innovative Peening Systems to US Technology his present employer. US Technology is a maker of plastic blasting media used for aircraft coating removal. |
| Jim Funke | Optimum machine settings process control Jim graduated from GMI Engineering & Management Institute in December 2000 with a dual Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. During his studies there worked as a co-op student at Ford Motor Company. At Ford, Jim worked primarily in Manufacturing Engineering and did his undergraduate thesis on Shot Peening of Suspension Coil Springs. After this Jim studied abroad in Germany for two years at the Fachhochschule für Technik Esslingen. There he completed his Master of Science degree in Automotive Engineering and wrote his graduate thesis at Mercedes-Benz in the field of Vehicle Dynamics. Presently, Jim is looking for opportunities to continue his career in the automotive field. |
| Bob Gillespie Premier Shot Company |
Media Specifications Founder and President of Premier Shot Company, Bob graduated in 1966 from Cleveland State University. Majoring in Metallurgy, he has over thirty years experience directly involved in the field of shot peening and blasting media. He spent seventeen years at Metal Improvement Company, serving as Manager of Technical Services and Division Manager of their Cincinnati Division and later as Director of Research and Development for the corporate office in Paramus, NJ. In 1988 he founded Premier Shot Company and has been involved in all aspects of shot peening from processing of parts to design and development of computer controlled shot peening equipment. Premier Shot Company manufactures high quality conditioned cut wire media for use in critical shot peening processes and also provides services such as complete shot evaluation and introduction of new technology items which involve Image Analysis for automatic inspection of shot peening media. |
Jeff Girman |
Shot Peening with ceramic beads Sales Manager for Saint-Gobain Zirpro in North America for the past 7 years. Jeff has been affiliated with Zirpro for the last 14 years. Jeff received a B.A. from Indiana University-Bloomington in 1989. Since 1990, Jeff has worked in the surface treatment industry with experience in mass finishing, parts washing, abrasive blasting and shot peening. Currently he resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina with his wife Annette and their two children Jeff Jr. and Claire. |
| Neal Goldfine Jentek |
Non-destructive inspection of shot peened components Dr.Goldfine is the founder and President of JENTEK Sensors, Inc, located in Waltham, MA. JENTEK Sensors, Inc. provides software, sensors and systems to the DoD, commercial aviation, energy and manufacturing sectors. Dr. Goldfine is also a Research Affiliate in the M.I.T. E.E. Dept. and an associate technical editor for ASNT’s Materials Evaluation magazine. He completed his Ph.D. from M.I.T. in 1990 and has Bachelor's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania in Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering . |
| Jim Harrison Metal Improvement Co |
Laser Peening Marketing Manager, Special Projects Metal Improvement Co. Inc. Wichita, KS. 67211. Jim is a graduate of the University of Kansas. He has worked at Metal Improvement for 16 years in both marketing and production. Areas of expertise include Lasershot sm peening, shot peening, peen forming and heat treat processing of metal parts. Prior to working for MIC, Jim worked for Learjet and the Coleman Co. of Wichita. In his spare time he prepares and races a 1972 Corvette in Sports Car Club of America solo events and hacks at golf balls. |
| Bob Hayward Progressive Technologies |
Air Blast Equipment maintenance Sales Engineer for Progressive Technologies. Bob is focused in the automotive and heavy vehicle industries, involved in a variety of media blast, high pressure waterjet & thermal spray applications since January of 1998. Bob has attended several Shot Peening Workshops since 1998. Prior to Progressive Technologies, Bob was employed by Micromatic Textron for 27 years, involved in numerous surface texturing processes such as honing, superfinishing and diamond sizing. Bob advanced through the ranks at Micromatic becoming Technical Sales Manager in 1986 and into Field Sales Engineering covering the automotive and heavy vehicle industries from 1991 through 1997. |
| Ted Hart Hart Consultants Yoshio Miyasaka Fuji Kihan Co., Ltd |
Microbead Peening to Reduce Sliding Friction US Patent 5,592,840 |
| Jeff Hershberger Electronics Inc |
Almen Gage R&R Repeatability and Reproducibilty Almen Gage Calibration Kit 1982 Jeff received an EET Degree at ITT Technical Institute. 1982 to 1988 Jeff worked at ISC Systems Corporation as a Field Service Engineer: installing, troubleshooting and maintaining computer network systems. 1988 to 2002 Jeff worked for CTS Corporation and has held these positions: R &D Technician at CTS Automotive Sensor Division Field Application Engineer CTS Electrocomponent Division Product Application Engineer CTS Electrocomponent Division Sample Shop Manager CTS Electrocomponents Division Product Engineering Coordinator CTS Automotive Division. During this time Jeff was awarded a US Patent on the Steering Wheel and Torque Position Sensor for drive by wire applications. 2002 Jeff joined Electronics Incorporated as an Engineer. Responsibilities include: R & D building and testing, controller repair and quality control. |
| Mark Ingram Electronics Inc |
Non-ferrous media sensor A new electronic device based upon capacitive sensing technology is used to detect presence or absence of media flow in air type suction peening and blast cleaning machines. An enhanced version can accurately display the actual flow rate of glass bead, aluminum oxide, ceramic bead etc. You throw it - we measure it. |
| Mark Ingram Electronics Inc |
MagnaValve applications for wheel blast machines |
| Mark Ingram Electronics Inc |
MagnaValve applications for air blast machines In 1983Mark received and Electronics Degree at ITT Technical Institute. Upon graduation Mark went to Crown International as a line technician later moving to an engineering department.1987 Mark joined Eneractive Group to design DC to AC converters for the RV Industry along with many other electronic devices for the industry. 1990 Mark joined Electronics Incorporated and began doing test and repair work in house and in the field. It was through this work that Mark gained experience and knowledge about the shot peening industry and has gone on to design new products for the industry. |
| Dwight Lutsko Jet Wheel Blast |
Abrasive Handling and Control Equipment |
| Joe McGreal Ervin Industries |
Blast Cleaning Concepts part 1 Blast Cleaning Concepts part 2 Joe McGreal graduated from St. Ambrose University in 1987 with a BA in Business Administration and Marketing. The past 14 years have been dedicated to abrasive blast cleaning, shot peening and factory automation. Joe has extensive experience in both compressed air and rotary wheel blast cleaning and peening systems. He has experience involving all blasting granules with a primary emphasis on carbon steel and stainless steel blasting media. In 1999 he joined Ervin Industries, Ann Arbor, MI., as a Technical Sales Representative in the Midwest region. |
| Bill Miller Boeing (Presenting for Performance Review Institute) |
NADCAP Shot Peening Audits Bill Miller was born in 1949 in Long Beach, California. His father was working at Douglas Aircraft ( Long Beach) at that time. Both parents worked at Boeing. Bill has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Alabama. He is a Member of International Scientific Committee on Shot Peening. He is Vice-Chairman of Non-Conventional Machining and Surface Enhancement for NADCAP (North American Defense Contractors Accreditation Program). Currently he is employed at The Boeing Company for 25 years in January 2002. Among other things, they make commercial airplanes whose parts require some shot peening. At The Boeing Company he works in their Manufacturing Research & Development with the job title of Process Analyst. His duties include process improvement/development, specification review/writing, vendor support, new equipment procurement support, technology development and all around question answerer. Previously Bill has been employed at family owned companies: Flying School and Fiberglass Company (boats, Hovercraft, race car bodies). He also was previously employed by Educators Manufacturing and worked in several manufacturing, assembly areas and shipping, the company made modular school furniture. He has been a truck driver, a warehouse manager, a warehouse worker (unloading rail cars), worked at an auto wrecking yard and for a while worked for the Unemployment Office looking for work for other people. |
| Alan Nudelman Composition Materials Co Inc |
Masking Techniques Alan graduated from the University of Illinois with a BS in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering. His career was with IBM in Marketing and business management. Alan attended the Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of Connecticut while working for IBM in Westchester County, New York. In 1988 Mr. Nudelman became President of Composition Materials Company. Composition Materials Company has become a major producer of Plastic Blasting Media (Plasti-Grit) and other abrasives. Today CMC distributes abrasives, masking systems, fillers and extenders for both industrial and consumer product areas. Composition Materials distributes its products through the well known names in geographic distribution both domestically and in overseas markets. CMC’s newest product area SpeedMask brings Alan to this workshop. |
| Larry Pope W S Tyler |
Larry is the President of W.S. Tyler and has held numerous positions within the company during his 40+ years with the organization. He is Vice Chairman of the ASTM E29 committee that writes the standards on test sieves. He is Vice President of the American Foundry’s Society mold and core sands committee and is a US delegate to ISO TC24 technical committee on test sieving. He is an instructor at the shot peening workshops sponsored by Electronics Incorporated. He has attended universities in both the United States and Canada and is an instrument rated private pilot. |
| Alain Portebois Wheelabrator Sisson Lehmann |
Gear Peening Techniques Sales & Marketing Manager of ISPC Wheelabrator Sisson Lehmann, Charleville-Mézières, France. Alain is a graduate of the University of Reims / France. He has been involved for over 25 years in mechanical surface preparation. His experience covers all kinds of applications and equipments using wheelblast, airblast and wetblast technologies. During the years, he has also held positions in Aftermarket for Products and Services and understands very well, customers, maintenance and production requirements. Alain’s present focus is on worldwide sales for special airblast shot peening and surface preparation equipments to the aerospace and automotive industries. |
| Terry Reckart WS Tyler |
Media size inspection with sieves Media size inspection with image analysis Media Screens for size classification 1973 - Terry enlisted in the United States Navy. Made eight deterrent patrols aboard the fleet ballistic missile submarine Kamehameha (SSBN 642) as part of the Gold crew. Terry was honorably discharge from the navy in 1979. 1980 - Terry worked as a nuclear plant startup engineer for 14 years and started up nuclear plants in Ohio, Arizona, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia (High Level Waste Vitrafication Facility). 1994 – Terry returned to school and obtained a degree in Business Management from Lakeland College. 1995 - He went to work for W.S. Tyler in Mentor, Ohio as the Quality Control Manager and in short time, became involved in a new photo optical particle analysis technology. 1998 - Terry became Product Manager for the Computerized Particle Analyzer (CPA). As the CPA Product Manager his responsibilities include sales and service of the instrument in North & South America, Mexico and Canada. |
| Mark Renius Metal Improvement Co |
Merits of Peening Job Shops Technical Services Manager, Detroit Division, Metal Improvement Company, LLC. Mark graduated in 1972 from Macomb Community College with an Associate Degree in Metallurgical Sciences. He has worked in the metal or metal treating industry in application engineering for over 35 years and has been involved with Metal Improvement Company and precision peening for the last six years. Commercial precision peening of components for the automotive industry is his primary responsibility. Mark is currently a member of SAE, AGMA and ASM International and is a past ASM International Chapter Chairman and Chapter Charter Trustee. |
| Volker Scheidau Schlick Roto-Jet |
Flexible & Traceable Peening Technology Sales Manager, Schlick roto-jet. Volker studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Dortmund where he received his Engineering degree. After graduation he spent two years in an engineering firm for recycling technologies. Volker joined Schlick roto-jet in 1997. His first three years were dedicated to engineering. From 2000 to 2001 he was a Sales Engineer. In 2002 he became the Sales Manager. Volker’s main focus in sales is automotive applications and shot peening. |
| Dominique Schwab Wheelabrator Sisson Lehmann |
Gear Peening Techniques General Manager of ISPC Wheelabrator Sisson Lehmann, Charleville-Mézières, France, Dominique graduated Senior Engineer from French “Grande Ecole d’Ingénieur”. He started in Peugeot as a project manager and he joined Promecam Sisson Lehmann in 1984 as an Automation Engineering Manager. He counts twenty years of experience in peening process and equipment manufacturing. His responsibilities include the product manufacturing and development, the worldwide sales of airblast shot peening machines in aerospace and automotive industries within International Surface Preparation Group. |
| Jerry Sheyka EMI |
Wheel Re-build Projects President of EMI, Inc., South Bend, IN., Jerry received his B.S.M.E from University of New Mexico in 1966 and his M.B.A from the University of Notre Dame in 1979. He was an engineer for Dodge Manufacturing prior to joining Wheelabrator Corporation and in 1987 became President of EMI, Inc. A full service company specializing in Shot Blast & Vibratory Finishing services, Blast Equipment (new, used & rebuilt), Dust Collection Equipment and many Technical Services in the area of sample parts finishing, testing and demonstrations. |
| Bob Shoen Wheelabrator |
Wheel Machine Maintenance National Service Manager, ISPC Wheelabrator. Bob joined Wheelabrator in 1991. Bob’s responsibilities as a Senior Service Rep included New Equipment Installation and Aftermarket Field Service throughout North America. Bob became the Regional Service Manager for the Mid West in 1996. He worked closely with the Maintenance and Engineering departments to develop Maintenance programs and Process improvements for Wheel Peening and Cleaning equipment. Bob became the National Service Manager in 2003. He now travels throughout North America focusing on Equipment maintenance programs, Rebuild projects and Customer Training. |
| Michael Sorenson Boeing Commercial Airplane Group |
Lean Manufacturing at Boeing Shot Peen Problem Resolution at Boeing Project Manager - Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (BCAG). A native of Billings, MT, Michael has been employed by the Boeing Company for the last 18 years in the Puget Sound region. His first (6) years were spent at the Auburn Fabrication Division as a Manufacturing Engineer. From 1992-2004, he worked as a process engineer in the Machined Products manufacturing business unit, with primary areas of responsibility of supporting the shotpeen, processing and assembly areas. He led efforts in lean improvements, coordinating new shotpeen work, purchasing new shotpeen machines and training. In early 2004, Michael accepted a position in Renton as a Project Manager in the Core Production Engineering group, leading efforts within BCAG for simplified process specifications. He also serves as the BCAG Manufacturing Subject Matter Expert for the shotpeen process. Michael resides in Federal Way, WA, with his wife, Dena, and 4 year old son, Luke. Degrees: B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology and Minor in Industrial & Management Engineering from Montana State University, 1986. |
| Herb Tobben Clemco Industries |
Air Machine Nozzle design and application |
| Yoshihiro Watanabe Toyo Seiko |
Stress-Sonic Peening Dr. Watanabe studied shot-peening in University 1990-1998 and proceeded to obtain to doctorate. Presently, Dr. Watanabe is President and C.E.O of Toyo Seiko. Toyo Seiko's main product is cut wire for shot-peening. Its unique feature (many sizes, hardness variation and materials) attracts customers. Toyo Seiko also has other kind of products and services; Super micro ball, steel fiber and machine maintenance service. Dr. Watanabe is not only president of Toyo Seiko but also a board member of Japan Association of Shot-Peening, a member of International Science Committee of Shot-Peening and a committee of Japan Industry Standard. |
| Jim Whalen Progressive Technologies |
Advanced peening techniques and applications Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Progressive Technologies. Jim has been involved with the shot peening process for over 17 years. Upon receiving his BSME he joined General Electric and held several positions in both the Corporate Manufacturing Management Program and the Manufacturing Technology laboratory (MTL) within GE Aircraft Engines. He gained shot peening expertise by developing new peening processes, tooling analytical analysis and inspection tools, and equipment to peen critical aircraft engine components. Jim was instrumental in introducing NC peening to GE’s production division by specifying and installing new equipment, NC peening methods and operator training. During these assignments Jim also received a MSME from the University of Cincinnati. Jim has also had the distinguished honor of being part of their team named the 1993 “Shot Peener of the Year”. In 1994, Jim left GE to join Progressive Technologies as Manager of Process Engineering. In this position, Jim developed and enhanced Progressive’s process experience to aid in the design and build of industry leading peening, blasting, and water jet machine tools. |
| Ron Wright Wheelabrator |
Wheel Blast Machines type and applications |
