George Herrera

Background

About George Herrera

WHAT I DO: I am a seasoned technical leader/manufacturing engineer/open & closed die forging expert with extensive material knowledge from low alloys to super alloys including stainless steel (304 316, 321, 15-5PH, 17-4PH & super duplex stainless F55 & zeron100) Titanium (CP, 6-4Ti, Ti and nickel alloys (alloy 600, alloy 625, alloy 718, alloy 925 & waspaloy). My forging solutions are customer centered and balanced between cost, quality and delivery requirements. MARKETS I'VE SERVED: My design experience is in the aerospace market (critical rotating engine components and structural parts), defense market ( ex: breech components, warhead cases, rocket motor cases, projectiles), industrial market ( ex: land based gas turbine disks, axle tubes) and oil & gas market (ex: valve bodies, casing heads, spools, chokes etc.) MY BACKGROUND: Technical Leadership SPECIALTIES- Complex closed die forging and die design - Extrusions - Lubrications and material coatings - FEA modeling - Die stress analysis - Die material selection - New product introductions - Cost optimization - Project management - Repair or rework instructions for product or tooling - Product or tooling salvage plans - Root cause and corrective action determination - Lean manufacturing - Continuous improvement / process improvement - Process capability calculation - Cpk - Estimating product cost and tooling cost - NDE and machining sources - Business development - Customer facing