Opportunities in of Wet-End Chemistry Service and Consulting

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Technical Service Work (lab and pilot plant) provided by NC State University's Department of Wood and Paper Science

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	Click here to access a variety of areas of expertise within the faculty at NCSU's Department of Wood and Paper Science. The faculty at NCSU are encouraged to accept contracts for private technical consulting.
	Click here to learn how your company can make use of the technical and physical capabilities of the Wet-End Chemistry program and the complete Wood and Paper Science program at NCSU.

Italian hand-made sculpture commemorating invention of the first continuous paper machine

Those seeking employment opportunities might consider some of the companies and organizations listed in our "links" page. The departmental sectretary or placement office at your university also can be of great help. In addition, the programs at NC State have a recurring, occasional need for post-doctoral research associates. Those offering employment opportunities for university graduates should contact Lisa Morgan at (919) 515-2888, lchriste@unity.ncsu.edu. Send us an e-mail if you want a message to be posted on the physical bulletin board in our department.

Training at Your Location:

Here are some "hot topic" areas for suggested short-course / consulting sessions by Marty Hubbe in 2005:

1. The dispersion science of papermaking
2. Emerging issues in papermaking wet end chemistry
3. Deposit control technology - a fundamental approach
4. Dry strength agents and how they work

One or more of these topics could be fashioned into a seminar, short course, or unstructured consulting to meet your company's needs. In each of these subject areas there either has been recent research at NC State University, or I have recently written a detailed literature review, which would be suitable for adaptation as a short course / consulting session. The formal presentation part of each consultation can last between one and four hours, depending on how deep the client wants to get into the topic. Please contact Marty Hubbe (919) 513-3022 to follow up.

If you already browsed through the section entitled Educational Opportunities, then you may know about some of the "Hands On" short courses that we conduct periodically at NCSU. In some cases it may be advantage to come to campus and be able to use our laboratory and pilot plant equipment to gain some experience, along with participants from other companies. In other cases, depending on your needs, it may make better sense for us to bring a course to you.

One of the great advantages of having a course at your own site is that we can tailor the contents to match your needs. Based on past experiences, the typical off-campus short course is likely to involve either one or two days of interactive lecture and case-study exercises. Usually it ends up with extensive discussions of how the subject matter can be applied in the client's operations.

The best, most useful courses will require careful preparation, so it is best to give us as much notice as possible. Also, we may have to schedule around other commitments and semester courses. Here are some of the subject areas for which I and my colleages are prepared to give courses at your site:

• Paper machine wet-end chemistry (introductory or advanced)
• Wet-end sizing, especially in the area of ASA and AKD sizing
• Uses of wet-end starch
• Fillers, dyes, and paper optical properties
• Introduction to pulp and paper technology (college-level overview course)
• Wood chemistry
• Process control and simulation

Japan TAPPI 2001 seminar in Tokyo

July 16, 2001

Here are some different off-site short-courses that Marty Hubbe has presented for various companies:

We are eager to develop additional course material to meet your needs. If you think that we can help with some of your training needs, please send me an E-Mail or call (919) 513-3022.

Technical Consulting:

The faculty in our department are available for private, confidential consulting in their areas of specialty. The following table lists faculty members and the areas of technology where each may be able to provide assistance to you on a contract basis:

Please send me an E-Mail or call me at (919) 513-3022 if you need some technical help, a second opinion, or a tailor-made short course to meet your needs regarding chemical additives to paper machines. In the past two years I have been retained to make special short-course presentations and paper machine systems in the following areas:

• Overview and introduction to wet-end chemistry
• ASA sizing agent uses and product development (two-day course)
• Starch products for wet-end applications
• Formulation strategies for wet-end additives
• Analytical chemistry related to papermaking
• Wet-end chemistry audit of paper machine system

Depending on our mutual schedules, I can be ready to make a general or specific presentation on any of these topics on short notice at your location. For other topics such as paper optical properties, retention aids, strength optimization, charge measurements, etc. (or a topic of your own choosing) it is best to let me know as far as possible in advance of your anticipated date.

Sponsored Research:

Pilot paper machine, often used for contracted studies

Pulmac screen fiber length analysis

Tear & compression test equipment

Stock-prep tanks, pilot plant

Opportunities for your company to sponsor research at NCSU can take at least two main forms:

1. Grant support for publishable graduate research in an area where improved technological understanding is critical to your company. If some of your long-term research needs possibly could be met in this way, CLICK HERE and go to the "Corporate Partners" section of this website.
2. Technical service work in which the company requests routine analyses, using existing methods to obtain specific, confidential data in the short term. for more information about getting technical service work done, contact Christy Yochelson , pilot plant manager. She also can be reached at 919-515-7761.

Let us know if either of these areas can help you meet your objectives.

Pulp disintegrator used for paper recycling studies

Steam-heated dryer cans on the pilot paper machine