Michael Ruffin

Professional Accomplishments Self-Motivated Professional with 10+years of manufacturing and research & development experience  Proficient in all forms of ceramic processing techniques of raw material such as; o formulation batching (solvent & aqueous), o ceramic powder milling, o colloid processing,o isostatic pressing, o slip, tape casting, centrifugal casting, pressure casting, o extrusion and spray drying. Adept in all forms of binder removal and sintering, e.g. Solid-state, High Temperature Vacuum Sintering, & Hot Isostatic Pressure (HIP) sintering. Skilled in operating and maintaining research to production equipment needed for ceramic material characterization, e.g., TGA/DTA, SEM/EDAX,  Skilled in surface area measurement, particle size and Optical Microscopy of Green and Fully Dense Ceramic body.  Hands on engineer capable of maintenance, repair and purchase of all production equipment from ceramic forming equipment to electrical kilns. Generated updating documentation of production for manufacturing procedures for operator training. Designed embedded metalized Spray Tube Capacitor and customer requested API price quotations