Shin-Etsu Silicones of America,Inc.(“SESA”:A U.S.subsidiary of ShinEtsu

 

　　Chemical Co.Ltd.,Japan)recently announced the hiring of Robert

 

　　Jovingo as LIMS Process Engineer for their state-of-the-art LIMS™(Liquid

 

　　Injection Molding System)Technical Center in Akron,Ohio.

 

　　Jovingo will play a key role in the continued development of the LIMS Technical

 

　　Center which features an ARBURG,110 ton,All-Electric horizontal liquid injection molding press,as well as an 60 ton

 

　　hydraulic ENGEL press at its epicenter.Jovingo’s primary focus will be to support the design of new LIMS products,

 

　　provide full-scale process development and testing of LIMS materials,and assist new and existing customers with

 

　　training,molding trials,and process improvements.

 

　　With over 25 years of experience in liquid silicone molding,Jovingo has worked with some of the biggest LSR molders

 

　　in NE Ohio.He began his career at Quality Synthetic Rubber,Inc.(Twinsburg,OH)where he served as their Liquid

 

　　Injection Process Engineer/Manager,and installed their very first LSR press in 1992.From there,he became the HCR

 

　　Process Engineer and department supervisor at Forest City Technologies(Wellington,OH),and,most recently,he

 

　　worked at Robin Industries,Inc.(Berlin,OH)as their Research&Development Process Engineer.

 

　　Jovingo brings with him extensive hands-on experience both operating and maintaining liquid injection molding

 

　　presses.He is also very skilled in installation,as well as set-up and maintenance of the related ancillary equipment such

 

　　as dosing systems,tooling,and automation.Additionally,he has completed ENGEL Certified Maintenance and

 

　　extensive ed2go Advance Supervision and Management classes.He is highly regarded in the industry and well

 

　　networked in the US and Europe.

 

　　Core products at the forefront of Jovingo’s initial charge will include SESA’s Select-Hesive™and Optical LIMS

 

　　products.In addition to testing adhesion and expanding Shin-Etsu’s library of compatible thermoplastic substrates,he

 

　　will focus on optimizing the process parameters for SESA’s new Optical LIMS materials.Notably,he will lead an

 

　　integrated demonstration of the advanced handling and molding properties of SESA’s optically clear X-34-1972-3 in the

 

　　production of silicone Wayfarer-style eye glasses at LIGHTFAIR®International 2019(May 21-23/Philadelphia,PA).

 

　　AUTHOR CONTACT:

 

　　Eric Bishop/Shin-Etsu Silicones of America,Inc.

 

　　513-232-8917/ebishop shinetsusilicones.com

 

　　EDITORIAL CONTACT:

 

　　Ray Farrar/Method Media LLC

 

　　(216)861-0862/rayf methmedia.net

 

　　According to Jovingo,“The goals of the LIMS Technical Center are to drive the

 

　　design of new LIMS products,and provide full-scale process development of

 

　　LIMS materials.Additionally,we will provide value-added support at new and

 

　　existing customers with training,molding trials,prototyping,production start-up,

 

　　and process improvements.”