Harper International Corporation
David Geldard has extensive experience in engineering management and mechanical design, currently serving as Engineering Department Manager, Design Supervisor, and Mechanical Designer at Harper International Corporation since September 2011, focusing on large thermal processing equipment. Prior experience includes a role as Mechanical Engineer at Koike Aronson, Inc. from September 2007 to September 2011, where all technical aspects of custom thermal processing and welding systems were overseen. Additionally, David was the lead US engineer for a multinational product development team at Prestolite Electric from July 2003 to September 2007, managing all mechanical elements of development projects. David holds an MBA from the University at Buffalo School of Management, along with BSMET and AASMET degrees in Mechanical Engineering Technology from SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Erie Community College, respectively.
Harper International Corporation
Harper International is a global leader in complete thermal processing solutions and technical services for the production of advanced materials, including Furnaces, Kilns, Calciners, and Ovens. Harper designs systems from research scale to full production line operations, with a focus on processing materials at high temperatures from 500 to 3000°C and in non-ambient atmospheres. Our expertise is in the scale up and production of advanced materials such as carbon fiber, ceramic and metal powders, nano materials, nuclear materials, and carbon materials. Our toolbox of systems includes Slot, Rotary, Pusher Tunnel, Belt Conveyor, Vertical Conveyor, Box, Elevator, and Ultra-High Temperature (UHT) furnaces, and well as Oxidation Ovens for carbon fiber. Our process expertise is unparalleled, supported by our robust engineering focus and PhD staff, and includes calcination, graphitization, carburization, controlled oxidation, oxide reduction, purification, pyrolysis, drying, reduction, solid-solid reaction, gas-solid reaction, metalizing, debinding, waste remediation and more. Harper also offers services to support our customers from beginning to end, with our Ignite™ and Pulse™ programs. Through Ignite™, Harper offers customers our depth and breadth of experience in thermal processing to analyze, optimize and scale up their material production. This extends to access to a number of research and piloting facilities with multiple furnaces and kilns to help develop the most efficient and effective regime to meet their goal, as well as tolling services as an intermediary step during process development. With Pulse™, we are the customers' one-call for technical support, domestic and overseas field service, proactive preventative maintenance programs, replacement parts, and engineered solutions for a broad spectrum of your service and maintenance requirements for Harper furnaces. For a list of current career opportunities: www.careersatharper.com