With over 40 years of experience, Aerospace Welding Consultant specializes in advanced welding techniques and welding automation for the aerospace, defense, and energy sectors. His deep knowledge of aerospace welding and hands-on skills ensure optimized weld quality, delivering high-quality, efficient, and repeatable solutions tailored to your project's specific needs, along with comprehensive welding consulting services and welding process improvements.
Aerospace Welding Consultant specializes in advanced welding techniques, possessing intimate, hands-on knowledge of the following:
Processes: Electron Beam Welding (EBW), Gas Tungsten Arc (GTAW or TIG), Variable Polarity Plasma Arc (VPPAW), Laser Beam (LW), Keyhole TIG (KTIG), Additive Manufacturing (AM – EBW, Laser and Arc (WAAM) processes), Orbital TIG (OTW), Resistance Spot and Seam (RSW), Gas Metal Arc (GMA), Inertia (IW), Friction Stir Welding (FSW), Cold Metal Transfer (CMT-GMAW), all types of arc welding, brazing, heat treatment.
Materials: Titanium, Platinum-Rhodium, Tantalum, Aluminum, Nickel-Base (Super Alloys), Stainless Steel, High Strength Low Alloy Steel, Magnesium Alloys.
Controls and Automation: Develop, optimize, and qualify automatic weld schedules; program welding systems from Pro Beam, Sciaky, Jetline, Hobart, Hamilton Standard, PTR, Weldline, and others; implement into production using welding automation techniques.
Testing: Metallurgical analysis; Tensile, Toughness, Charpy and Fatigue Testing; interpret Radiographic, Fluorescent Penetrant, Visual, Ultrasonic, Magnetic Particle Inspections; all forms of NDT.
Documentation: Customized weld schedules, shop procedures, step-by-step instructions for optimized weld quality, minimize distortion, root cause analysis, recommendations, reports.
Troubleshooting: Summa Cum Laude Ohio State University Welding Engineer graduate with decades of experience in Research & Development, Production, and Repair environments involving aerospace welding. Demonstrated problem-solving abilities with many years of experience in successful welding consulting services.
Welding Improvements: Better welding process improvements enhance quality, customer satisfaction, AND profitability!
Repair Development and Implementation: Select and develop the appropriate repair processes (welding, brazing, plasma spray, HVOF, coatings) to restore parts to original or better condition.