Gary Hughes – Barden Corporation (UK) Ltd
Gary joined Barden, a world leader in the design and manufacture of super precision ball bearings, as a Technician Engineer in 1996
after studying Mechanical Engineering at Loughborough University. Initially, he
provided support to the Engineering teams (reports, calculation, examinations,
drawings) before progressing through the department in various roles (Design
& Development Engineer, Product Engineer, Senior Engineer) before being
appointed as the Product Engineering Manager in 2011 where he manages a team of
14 engineers, including product design engineers and application engineers.
The company has used the EMC for almost 20 years; initially
when Barden started developing their super-finishing techniques and standard
optical microscopy just didn’t provide sufficient magnification or resolution to
understand how the surface finish of their products could be influenced.
As well as surface finish, Barden has increasingly used
the EMC for other analysis, including failure analysis of bearings (either from
the field or those in production); examination of grain micro-structure; identification
of elements associated with known contaminants; distinguishing between coatings
and their substrates.
Abdul Saeid – Fine Tubes Ltd
Abdul joined Fine Tubes Ltd, a global metal tubing manufacturer, in January 2013 as a Process Engineer. Prior
to this, he was a researcher at the National Centre for Industrial Microwave
Processing (NCIMP) at the University of Nottingham where he also completed his
PhD in February 2012.
Having made the jump from academia to industry, he has appreciated the
benefits of analytical tools, such as SEM (scanning electron microscopy) and EDAX, from different
perspectives. During his doctorate in Chemical Engineering he was involved in
characterising the mineralogy of oil sand and oil shale deposits. He then
worked as a Research Associate developing novel techniques for processing
contaminated North Sea oil drill cuttings using SEM to determine the
micro-structure of varying feed stocks.
Whilst at Fine Tubes, use of SEM technology has been primarily for
assisting in root cause analysis, assessing properties of raw materials and as
part of studies into developing new production techniques. It is hoped that
future use of SEM will allow Fine Tubes to enhance production efficiency and
generate new lines for production.
To register for next Thursday's breakfast, please go to:
www.surveymonkey.com/s/EMC_workshop_3rdApril
Or feel free to contact Claire Pearce for more details about the event, the free support we can offer to eligible businesses and the EMC in general:
- 01752 588908
- 07738 858494
- claire.pearce@plymouth.ac.uk
Or feel free to contact Claire Pearce for more details about the event, the free support we can offer to eligible businesses and the EMC in general:
- 01752 588908
- 07738 858494
- claire.pearce@plymouth.ac.uk
