Eric Stelter

Background

About Eric Stelter

CAPABILITIES Applied Research and Development, Process Development and Commercialization Experience for Advanced Manufacturing, Industrial Scale Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing, 2D Printing, Roll-to-Roll and Web Processing. Strong Background in Systems Engineering, Materials Optimization, Quality Engineering, Reliability & Robustness, Product Development & Commercialization including Phases and Gates, Materials Physics, Electromagnetics, Electrodynamics, and Mathematical Modeling COMPETENCIES • Co-development of processes and materials for advanced manufacturing, industrial scale 3D printing processes and powder-based additive manufacturing systems, laser printers, UV ink jet systems, and aqueous ink jet systems for coatings, circuits, metals, thermoplastics, and polymers. • Management of computer simulations and integration of simulations with product design and development • Product roadmap development, patent portfolio development, and patent landscape characterization, including benchmarking and competitive analysis • Technical leadership: Group leader with international teamwork and conference planning experience ACHIEVEMENTS • Commercialized and improved robustness and performance of 3D and 2D printers, resulting in increased competitiveness due to an almost 2x increase in process speed and reliability without major design changes • Developed new applications of powder-based toner printing and ink jet printing in advanced manufacturing processes, including 3D Printing, powder coating, coil coating, and printing on metal with dry polymeric toner particles using high speed 2D printing methods. Successes include “breakthrough” parts and a demonstration on a production line in Europe • Solved ink, print head, and drying issues for high speed ink jet printing. Experience with piezo ink jet, UV inks, continuous aqueous ink jet, and web systems • Solved complex multidisciplinary problems and optimized complex systems to improve product performance leading to new product introductions and several series of patents covering core technology. Used modeling of many-variable systems with interactions, Response Surface Methodology, Design of Experiments (DOE), Taguchi Signal to Noise (S/N), and mathematical modeling of magnetic and electric fields, electrical properties of particles and mixtures, powder mechanics, powder flow, mixing, and heat transfer • 70+ US patents in 3D printing, toner printing, and ink jet as well as 6 publications and 5 additional conference presentations on physics of material deposition, photoconductivity, adhesion, and diffusion