Our Staff Experience

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Our Staff Experience---
Over 250 years accumulated experience in Machinery Design, Operation and Troubleshooting.
You can read their full resume by clicking on their picture. 
 
 
W.E. Forsthoffer
• BA Mathematics - Bellarmine College
• BSME - University of Detroit
• Centrifugal Compressor Design- Siemens/Demag/DeLaval 1962-1974
• Rotating Equipment Selection, Design Audits, Field Operation and Troubleshooting - Refining, Petrochemical and Gas Industries - Mobil Oil 1974-1990
• President Forsthoffer Associates since 1990.
• Contributing editor Turbo-Machinery International Magazine
• Member Texas A&M Turbo-Machinery Advisory Committee

 
 
R.J. Aimone
• BS - United States Merchant Marine Academy
• MS - Stevens Institute of Technology
• Licensed P.E. - NJ and Virginia
• Pump Design - Worthington (1965)
• Contracting experience - Lummus (1965-1968)
• Rotating Equipment Selection Design Audits. Field Operation and Troubleshooting - Oil & Gas, Refining & Petrochemicals. Mobil Corp (1968-1998)

 
 
M.E. Crane
• Machinist - USN - (1944-1948)
• Machinery Supervision - Millwright (1948-1967)
• Rotating Equipment Selection, Design Audits, Field Start-Up, Operation & Troubleshooting -Mobil Corp. (1967-1990)

 
 
R.M. Salzmann
• BME - Rensselear Polytechnic Institute
• Turbo-Charger, Centrifugal Compressor, Steam Turbine & Pump Design - Siemens/Demag Delaval (1963-1999)
• API 617 Task Force Member.

 
 
J.M. Sweeney
• BME & BA Liberal Arts - University of Notre Dame
• Reciprocating Compressor Design, Installation & Troubleshooting (Cooper-Bessemer 1962-1973 & Creole Productions 1973-1988)
• Rotating Equipment Selection, Design Audits, Field Start-Up, Operation & Trouble-Shooting. Mobil Corp. (1988-2000)

 
 
J.E. Trice
• BSME - University of Arizona (1975)
• Rotating Equipment Field Condition Monitoring- Aramco
• Vibration Monitoring & Diagnostics Engineer- Bently Nevada
• Field Rotating Equipment Advisor- P.T. Badak (LNG)

 
 
Walter R. Neibel
• B.S.M.E. - - Fairleigh Dickinson University
• Licensed Professional Engineer -- New Jersey
• 1950 - 1956 M.W. Kellogg Co. - Piping Design. Piping Stress Analyst for refinery and petrochemical plants.
• 1957 - 1967 American Cyanamid Co.-- Mechanical Engineer - Design and Startup of Tonnage Ammonia Plants. Nitric Acid Plants, including design and evaluation. and selection of various mechanical equipment for Chemical Plants.
• 1968 - 1971 Air Reduction Co. -- Design. Evaluation. Selection , Start-Up, and Troubleshooting of Tonnage Air Separation Plants & Cryogenic Plants.
• 1971 - 1994 Mobil Oil Corporation -- Rotating Equipment Specialist for Refinery, Petrochemical and LNG Plants. Duties included design, evaluation, selection. startup and trouble-shooting rotating equipment for new and existing refineries and petrochemical. Duties also included conducting design audit meetings for new equipment.

 
 
Bill Hoppock
• BSME - Drexel University
• Centrifugal Compressor, Pump and Steam Turbine Design and Application - Siemens Demag Delaval - 1967 - 2003
• Certified PMP (Project Management Professional)



Michael Forsthoffer
•BSME - RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology
•Pump Seal design & field RCFA - John Crane 2004 - 2008
•Field Predictive Maintenance - Compressors, Steam Turbines and Auxiliary Systems 2001 - 2004

 

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