We are proud and honored to have such a distinguished group participating in AIMCAL technical initiatives.
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By Board Resolution, AIMCAL has established a Technical Advisory Panel, lead by its two Technical Consultants, Ed Cohen and Eldridge Mount. This distinguished group of industry consultants was selected to participate on the Panel based on their years of industry experience, reputation and contribution to the converting industry.
Panel members are selected and approved by the Board for one-year terms, and up to eight individuals can serve at any one time. They will participate in all aspects of our ASK AIMCAL service and will provide tutorial at AIMCAL technical functions, including the Fall Technical Conference, Summer School, and AWeb. In addition to Cohen and Mount, the first class consists of Charles Biship, E. Lawrence (Larry) Gogolin, Edgar B. Gutoff, Dave Roisum, and Neil I. Steinberg. We are proud and honored to have such a distinguished group participating in AIMCAL technical initiatives, and we are confident that the panel will be a strong contributor to strengthening the technical services to AIMCAL membership and the Industry. Please welcome these individuals to AIMCAL.
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Charles A. Bishop
C.A.Bishop Consulting Ltd
Long Meadows, Newby
Middlesbrough, N.Yorks. TS8 0AQ
United Kingdom
Phone: [44] 1642 319430
E-mail: CABishopConsulting@cabuk1.co.uk
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On leaving school at 16 Charles served a four-year Craft Apprenticeship in Mechanical Engineering. During this time he also studied to gain O.N.C. & H.N.C in mechanical engineering at the local Technical College
On completing the apprenticeship he entered Loughborough University and studied for a B.Sc. in Materials Engineering. On gaining an Honours degree and a Diploma in Industrial Studies he moved to the Physics Department to research into vacuum deposition processes and went on to gain both an M.Phil. & Ph.D. by research & thesis.
After a period of time as a Post Doctoral research scientist at University where Charles also took on consultancy work he was headhunted into Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI plc). His first position in ICI was as a senior research scientist in Surface Engineering within the New Science Group. During his time within ICI he worked for business as diverse as Nylons, Polyesters, Explosives, Imagedata and Flex Products Inc. Projects included taking a laboratory process through to production, the technical input during the company selection process for the acquisition of a manufacturing company, troubleshooting a new $45M production line, technology scanning to provide new technologies as part of a route to new markets as well as numerous smaller product development tasks. During this time, work was carried out in the USA as well as the UK.
In December 1998 Charles elected to return to consultancy work and established his own business, C.A.Bishop Consulting Ltd., offering help on all aspects of vacuum deposition including system design, process development & scale-up, process control, plasma surface treatments and coatings, as well as troubleshooting existing processes and running training courses.
Charles has published over 40 technical papers, has 5 patents, has run training courses in the UK and is currently contracted to write a book ‘Vacuum Deposition onto Webs & Foils'.
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Edward D. Cohen
Edward D Cohen Consulting
15638 East Cerro Alto Drive
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268-1720
Phone: 480-836-9452
Fax: 480-836-9453
E-mail: EdCohen@aimcal.org
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Dr. Cohen is a technical consultant in all aspects of the web coating process. His expertise is in the coating and drying of thin films, coating process development and scale-up, polyester base development, film defect mechanisms, analytical characterization techniques and professional development activities for scientists. Specific services include process analysis, troubleshooting, educational programs and litigation support.
He has over 35 years experience in coating research and manufacturing technology with the duPont Company and retired as a duPont Fellow. He has extensive publications in the field and has published two books, Modern Coating and Drying Technology, Coating and Drying and Defects: Troubleshooting Operating Problems. Currently he is Technical Consultant for AIMCAL and President of the International Society of Coating Science and Technology. He has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University and a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Delaware.
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As a principal at Gogolin & Associates, Larry Gogolin consults in dozens of industries, which use web coating applications and helps clients develop and improve coating processes and select equipment. Prior to becoming a technical consultant in the process, chemical and coating areas in 1988, Larry spent 23 years at Polaroid Corp. where he managed the quality and technical support groups. He also led the technical group that contracted Polaroid’s excess coating capacity to external customers and helped develop specifications and sourcing for new coating equipment.
Gogolin has a Masters in Engineering Management and a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering.
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Edgar B. Gutoff
Gutoff Consulting
194 Clark Road
Brookline, MA 02445-5848
Phone; 617/734-7081
Fax: 617/734-7081
E-mail: ebgutof@coe.neu.edu
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Dr. Ed Gutoff is a consultant in coating, drying, and statistical process control. Dr. Gutoff organized the first AIChE Coating Symposium in 1982, and has published papers on coating and drying technology, and has developed software to model drying. Dr. Gutoff co-edited Modern Coating and Drying Technology and co-authored Coating and Drying Defects: Troubleshooting Operating Problems, and The Application of Statistical Process Control to Roll Products. After 28 years at Polaroid Corporation, he took early retirement in 1988 to do consulting. He is a Fellow of the AIChE and an Adjunct Professor at Northeastern University.
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Eldridge M. Mount
EMMOUNT Technologies
88 Country Downs Circle
Fairport, NY 14450
Phone: 585-223-3996
Fax: 585-223-3480
E-mail: emmount@msn.com
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Dr. Mount earned a BA in Chemistry and an ME and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering. A specialist in polymer processing, He joined ICI Americas in 1978 where he did screw design and biaxially oriented polyester film manufacturing and orientation process research. In 1981 he joined Mobil Chemical Films Division performing manufacturing research, biaxially oriented polypropylene product and process design and high barrier metallized film development. He holds five United States and two European patents, in the field of metallized films and high barrier metallized films. His research has encompassed metallization process and product design for OPP films, Clear barrier coatings, atmospheric and vacuum based film surface treatment, film treatment system specification and start up, polypropylene, polyester and polyethylene extruder screw design and characterization, film coextrusion process studies and trouble shooting.
Dr. Mount has been an industrial scientist and research Manager for 25 years with a strong manufacturing focus and has worked as an expert witness and managed the Intellectual Property Process. He is currently principal consultant for EMMOUNT Technologies.
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David Roisum
Finishing Technologies Inc.
1305 Orchard Ct.
Neenah, WI 54956
Phone: 920/725-7671
Fax: 920/725-7699
E-mail: drroisum@aol.com
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Dr. David Roisum of Finishing Technologies is a well-known authority on web handling and converting. He has authored three books and nearly 100 papers and articles, such as his monthly Web Works column in Converting magazine. Roisum’s background includes a variety of web manufacturing and converting experiences. At Beloit Corp. he was a machine designer and then research manager for winders. At the Web Handling Research Center he served as an advisor and helped set up a pilot lab. At Kimberly-Clark he served as an internal converting consultant to all business units. More recently, as an independent consultant, he has helped troubleshoot a variety of problems in the paper, film, foil, nonwoven and textile industries. An accomplished professional speaker and instructor, Roisum has been praised for his skill at translating highly technical information into a common sense practical reference. He has been honored several times with TAPPI’s Finest Faculty award based on positive feedback from short course attendees.
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Neil I. Steinberg
Somerset Engineering
106 Silver Creek Court
Greer, SC 29650
Phone: 864/244-8829
Fax: 864/292-3883
E-mail: steinbni@aol.com
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Neil I. Steinberg, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, is chief engineer with Somerset Engineering, a consulting firm specializing in web processing and related technology. Steinberg, a retired DuPont Senior Research Fellow, was DuPont’s corporate polyester film technology steward. He has extensive experience, both theoretical and hands-on, in the manufacture and coating of polyester and similar films. Current technical interests include coating, drying, polymer processing, heat transfer, process control, and mathematical modeling.
He is a licensed professional engineer and has authored many articles and papers on coating and laminating. Alma maters include The Cooper Union and Stevens Institute of Technology (Ph.D.).
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Timothy J. Walker
TJWalker+Associates Inc
1335 Church Street #C7
Decatur, GA 30030
Phone: 404/373-3771
E-mail: tjwalker@tjwa.com
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Timothy J. Walker is a web handling, winding, laminating, and slitting specialist with 20 years experience in process development, production support, and technical education. He is president of TJWalker+Associates Inc, providing services in web-based processes and technology management.
Before starting his own company in 1999, Tim was corporate web handling technology leader for 3M, leading 3M’s web handling process development lab and their corporate process technology management committee.
Tim served for many years on the Industrial Advisory Board at Oklahoma State University’s Web Handling Research Center and co-taught their “Application Seminar on Web Handling” course. Tim has presented at the AIMCAL Technical Conference and Summer School, the International Conference on Web Handling, Converting Equipment Manufacturers Association meetings, and International Society for Coating Science and Technology Symposium.
Tim has a Master’s in Management of Technology from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Iowa. He writes a monthly column for PFFConverter magazine, Web Lines.
Tim resides in Decatur, GA, a suburb of Atlanta, with his wife (Lisa) and dog (Mozart). His hobbies include golf, drawing, and comic book collecting.
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James M. Wheeler, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, retired from Eastman Kodak Co. in 1998 where he held various management positions including nine years as the director of Coating Technologies. While at Kodak, he served as president, Industrial Advisory Board, Syracuse University College of Engineering and as chair, Industrial Board of Directors, Center for Interfacial Engineering, University of Minnesota.
Wheeler currently holds an adjunct faculty position in the College of Engineering at Syracuse University and teaches short courses in Robust Product Design and Manufacturing with particular emphasis on Coating Processes. He has recently taught short courses for AIMCAL, the International Coating Society and Technology Symposium, and the Manufacturing Association of Central New York. As president of WESEECO, a company dedicated to the development, distribution and service of computer based learning systems, he recently published a CD-ROM entitled Robust Product Design and Manufacturing.
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