Mauricio Venegas

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Polyurethane Engineer Specialist

PUFOAMTECH

Aug 2023 - Current (3 years 3 months)

Polyurethane Sr. Principal Process Chemist Consultant

Freelance (Self employed)

Jan 2023 - Current (3 years 10 months)

Consulting work for several customers is areas such as Rigid Foam Geotechnical Grade (Concrete lifting), Manufacturing process of Aromatic polyester polyols for spray Foam Insulation, Polymeric high resilience Flexible Foam for sport shoes uppers (Slab-stock TDI Foam), Low Density Rebounded Foam for mattresses, Flame retarded PU wood simulation foam, Low density polymer concrete.

Sr. Principal Process Engineer Elastomers

Rogers Corporation

Dec 2021 - Jan 2023 (1 year 2 months)

Creating the Company Polyurethane Technology Road Map. Optimizing foam formulas, processing and developing next generation high productivity foam machinery

Polyurethanes Flame Retardant Technical Service Specialist

Albemarle Corporation

Providing technical service support to Polyurethane flame retardants foam to US manufactures
Directed development, scale-up, and implementation of flame retardants for the polyurethane foam industry. Designed halogen-free flame retardant for flexible-foam. Installing TDI toxic-gas monitors

Polyurethanes Senior Technical Service Representative Flexible & Rigid Foam

Covestro

Counseling manufactures of polyurethane Slabstock foam for furniture and mattresses on technical issues. Developed polyurethane foams grades such as high-resilience, combustion-modified, filled-foam, polyether and polyester foam. Introducing HCFC-14Ib for polyurethane rigid foam insulation foam in Whirlpool Corporation in Monterrey, Mexico. Advising in technical aspects of numerous rigid-foam products for diverse global companies.

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R&D Chemist Spray Foam Applications

SES Foam LLC

Responsible for the development and technical support of spray rigid foam insulation systems,
Internal training and mentoring to lab technicians.

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PU Director of Engineering Technology

Fypon Architectural Moldings

Delivering technical direction to four polyurethane architectural plants, and supervising ten mold technicians. Starting a foam factory. Selected foam equipment, optimizing silicon-rubber molds. Evaluated foam systems and in-mold coating and choosing of spray equipment. Achieved savings of $500,000/year.

MDI TDI POLYOLS Technical Director North America

Wanhua Chemical Group

Providing technical support to customers for MDI TDI & POLYOLS, responsible for customer produc technical approvals including plant trials.
Provide technical training in Polyurethane Applications.
Awarded two large MDI Polyol Systems supply positions

Polyurethanes Process Engineer

Magna International

Establishing a Flexible foam Quality-Control Laboratory with three laboratory technicians. Providing process counsel in flexible-molded foams for car seats. Started four foam machines with turn tables, evaluating polyurethane foam systems, mold releases, and implementing into production. Troubleshot foam defects, optimizing and fine-tuning process variables. Ran pump calibrations, robot-pour patterns, flow rates, shot sizes, indexes, and mold-ventilation patterns. Reduced polyurethane overall scrap to 0.2%.

Technical Engineer MDI TDI Polyol and Polyurethane Applications Middle East ( US Expat position)

Sadara Chemical Company

Providing technical support running industrial trials at customers facilities in the Middle East & North Africa region. Supporting introduction of MDI TDI, Polyols to customers in flexible and rigid foam
Advising on machinery and laboratory equipment acquisition. Providing technical support in physical testing and Polyurethane training to piers. Developing plans for the installation of a polyurethane system house

Principal Engineer Polyurethanes & System House (Expat Position)

SABIC

Providing support in MDI TDI manufacturing technologies, developing plans for the construction of a Polyurethane system house and PU lab working in technical projects for production of short and long chain polyether polyols & PET Polyester Polyols. Providing mentoring classes in Polyurethane technology

Polyurethanes Process/Product Development Manager

Adler Pelzer Group

Executing Polyurethane technological leadership in an automotive multi-plant NVH carpet company. Developing formulations for polyurethane flexible-molded and Slabstock thermoformable. Responsible for foam-equipment specification, scaling-up and implementing foam formulas, processing optimization and troubleshooting equipment and foam defects.
Accomplished savings of over $500,000 annually by productivity gains and cost reductions.

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