Joseph N. Scialabba

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North Ridgeville, OH 44039

508-***-****

OBJECTIVE: Maintenance Manager position utilizing my experiences with bearings to benefit the repair process and dependability of the machines being serviced.

SUMMARY: B.S. Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. Strong analytical skills, and extensive background in bearings focusing on technical support, problem solving, selection, specification, lubrication, and bearing failure analysis. Responsible for and improving machine utilization and maintenance. Increasing responsibility and experience, in Applications Engineering and bearing design guidelines and industry.

WORK

EXPERIENCE: Koyo Bearings North America, JTEKT North America (JNA), Westlake, OH 7/11 – 5/15 Senior Application Engineer

Technical support services for bearings in the steel industry and sales territory. Helping customers size and select bearings, perform failure reports and internal as well as external training sessions. Promoting bearing sales through demonstrating value added engineering expertise and services.

Primetals Technologies Ltd, Worcester, MA 12/96 – 7/11

Senior Product Engineer 14 Years

Design Engineering responsibilities for all bearing technical support issues including selection and design guidelines, lubrication recommendations, calculation models, and failure analysis. In house and customer training sessions.

Garlock Bearings, Thorofare, NJ 2/93 - 12/96.

Applications Engineer

Technical support services. Selecting self-lubricating and prelubricated plain bearings for new and existing applications and failure analysis. Developed bearing drawings and reviewed customer drawings and specifications for quotes and purchase orders. Wrote Engineering Change Requests and Orders.

INA Liner Technik, Bensalem, PA 2/92 - 2/93.

Applications Engineer

Responsible for selecting linear bearings for new and existing applications, lubrication recommendations, and performed failure analysis. Wrote technical reports, tested products, and laid out and assembled display kits.

ACHIEVEMENTS: Created list of steel mill definitions JTEKT North America (JNA).

Created presentation on steel making processes and associated equipment JNA.

Created presentation on Koyo products, approach, and equipment they are used in for steel mills JNA.

Created part number unification list for all the Z-Mill Bearings sold by JNA.

Created KVA report which kept a customer from going to the competition JNA.

Created steel mill market study/training presentation for training purposes for JNA.

Have done customer training presentation on bearing failures JNA.

Have trained internal people on bearing basics, manufacturing of bearings, and catalog usage JNA.

Created a presentation on high speed bearings for customers Primetals Technologies Ltd (PTL).

Created presentation on Lamiflex thrust washers for customers PTL.

Created presentation on Clevite bearings for customers PTL.

Created presentation on rolling element bearing failures for in house use PTL.

Developed guidelines for proper clearances, when and how to account for inertial ring growth in rolling element bearings PTL.

Identified a design flaw in a custom bearing design PTL.

Developed a program to calculate required oil flow, oil film thickness and guidelines, and life adjustment factors PTL.

Developed guidelines for determining preload and the required oil flow adjustments PTL.

Curve fit bearing equivalent load calculation factors PTL.

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ACHIEVEMENTS:

CONTINUED Developed design program for journal bearings sizes inertia and thermal growth effects PTL.

Developed a program for calculating journal bearing preload, machined clearance, pad radius,

as influenced by inertia, temperature, and interference fit PTL.

Developed a bearing failure database for tracking common failures to assist in root cause analysis PTL.

Developed a bearing part number database to form a company catalog of commonly used bearings to help reduce and better control inventory and costs PTL.

Participated as a member of the United Way campaign committee for Garlock Bearings.

Developed a comprehensive interchange guide for INA Linear Technik and made it computerized.

Wrote a technical report for field sales specifying the advantages and disadvantages of using different types and grades of greases in applications for INA Linear Technik.

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University,

State College, PA.

Financed 70% of college through summer jobs and student loan programs.

E.I.T. Review Course, 8/88 - 3/89.

E.I.T. Certified 4/89.

Kahler Communications, Inc. Process Communications Management Seminar 12/89.

Dale Carnegie, Effective Speaking and Human Relations, 12/89.

ABMA Advanced Concepts of Bearing Technology 6/02.

PERSONAL

INTERESTS: My Daughters School & Extracurricular Activities

Basic conversational Spanish

Interested in Learning Italian

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