James Reimer Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Perform research and development reduction and nitriding experiments for R & D Powder development team. Maintenance of tools, software and inventory of powders for experimental runs.

Maplewood, Minnesota, United States

Co-develop spreading/coating/drying and winding process for Class 4 Nextel Ceramic Fiber Towpreg NPI program. • Developed and further optimized a new fiber handling process to uniformly spread several bundles of ceramic fiber into a uniform sheet without damage• Collaborated with CRPL on the development of a coating system for consistent coating of a ceramic slurry onto the fiber sheet• Commissioned new process equipment to increase throughput and product quality• Led design and installation of tension control system in Menomonie to improve product quality• Collaborated with manufacturing to identify cost-effective solutions to scale technology to manufacturing • Modified existing AdMD twin screw extruder for compounding of Nextel chopped fiber into thermoplastic resins for Polymer Matrix Composite applications• Primary contributor to 4 invention submissions

Maplewood, Minnesota, United States

• Setup new 3M PPA application engineering lab located in 3M Building 280 • Led the commissioning of the PPA Optical Gel Counter• Identified new twin extruder and coordinated install. Provided compounding support for blown film analysis of various 3M PPA formulations • Optimized surface treatment processing parameters for glass bubble surface treater located at 3M Guin, AL facility and developed burn off analysis technique to determine silane coating weight. Collaborated with MRD to develop FT-IR test method of surface treated glass bubbles for 3M Guin Glass Bubble Quality department.• Co-author of 2 invention submissions

Oakdale, Minnesota, United States

• Performed formulation workup, milling, rheology and physical testing/ reporting for technical service personnel• Maintained ISO-9001-2000 certification for Elastomers Application Engineering, Polymer Process Additives (PPA), and Fluoroplastics labs through authoring/updating of standard operating procedures, job safety analysis, internal calibration and coordinating the external calibration services for the facility• Coordinate the purchasing of new lab equipment and instruments, modification of existing equipment, and personnel training for the operation of new/existing equipment• Collaborated with Research and Development Team on Perfluoroelastomer process development issues and applications• Safety/Hazardous Materials coordinator for the Elastomers lab.• Performed Gage R & R testing for rheometers and process capability analysis of new equipment