Senior Associate Consultant
Ted Hutton

Ted Hutton - Plastic welding and thermoplastic welding consultant

Ted Hutton is a thermoplastics expert specialist with over 50 years of experience in the industry.  His recent work has focused on educating thermoplastic welders and helping companies improve their welding.  With an extensive background in standards work, Mr. Hutton has worked with the American Welding Society (AWS), the German Welding Society (DVS), the British Welding Society (TWI), and the Edison Welding Society.  He holds a Senior Plastic Welding Inspector certification from AWS.

• Developed rotomolding and powder coating KYNAR PVDF systems
• Developed ECTFE powder coatings
• Worked with materials including ECTFE, PVDF, and other fluoropolymers and polyolefins
• Certified welders to AWS standards
• Provided thermoplastic weld inspection services for new and existing applications
• Trained thermoplastic welders and qualified welders for semiconductor and chemical industry applications
• A fantastic trainer, consultant and one of our outstanding expert witnesses that takes complex ideas, simplifies them, factors in standards, and makes sure students are ready for the industry
  

Experience
Private Practice
2016 - Present
Founder

• Formed a consulting company to educate thermoplastic welders, certify welders to AWS standards, and to assist in the development of applications for companies
• Provided thermoplastic weld inspection services for new and existing applications
• Educated design firms and end users on the value of using existing thermoplastic standards to improve quality

ARKEMA
1999-2016
Senior Development Engineer

• Worked on KYNAR PVDF applications in the biopharmaceutical, chemical, semiconductor, and other industries
• Developed rotomolding and powder coating KYNAR PVDF systems
• Worked with customers to develop processing techniques, including extrusion, injection molding, coating, and welding/assembly of systems
• Created two patents for material processing

Westlake Plastics
1992-1999
Director of Technical Services

• Worked with materials including ECTFE, PVDF, and other fluoropolymers and polyolefins
• Patented sheet for radiation shielding for Los Alamos National Lab application
• Developed conductive and static dissipating materials for semiconductor applications
• Train thermoplastic welders and qualified welders for semiconductor and chemical industry applications
• Performed testing and evaluation of thermoplastic welds and welding procedures
• Worked with both the German Welding Society (DVS) and the American Welding Society (AWS) to standardize international thermoplastic welder qualifications and welding procedures

Allied Chemical
1981-1992
Marketing and Technical Manager
Technical Service Engineer

• Managed the HALAR ECTFE resin
• Developed ECTFE powder coatings
• Developed an ECTFE sheet lining system, including sheet extrusion with fabric backing, welding procedures, and bonding procedures

Liquid Nitrogen Processing
1973-1981
Supervisor
East Coast Sales Manager

• Worked with compounds and coatings

Pentube Plastics (Dixon Industries)
1983-1985
Chief Engineer

• Worked on three plastic processing plants
• Led engineering on projects including equipment design, thermoplastic welding procedure development, etching of fluoropolymer sheet and tubing for bonding, cost estimation for jobs, development of QA and QC procedures, and supervision of field lining projects

Education

• Drexel University - B.S., Mechanical and Industrial Engineering - 1975
  

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