W. Daniel Kay 4 Lawton Drive Simsbury, Connecticut, USA 06070-2706 Phone: (860) 651-5595 Fax: (860) 651-1919

Dan has an extensive background in brazing engineering, with more than 30-years of hands-on experience in that field. As a respected expert in brazing, Dan has become known worldwide as an excellent seminar leader, trainer and speaker. He was presented with the Materials Engineering Institute Instructor of Merit Award by ASM International (Oct. 1998) for "..excellence in technical expertise, presentation skills, and quality support materials..". He has also published a number of articles on the subject of brazing in leading journals in the brazing/welding/heat-treating field, the latest being an article entitled "Controlling Suppliers and Customers: Key to Successful In-House Brazing?" in the November 2004 issue of Industrial Heating magazine. Two other recent articles were "Honeycomb-Brazing Essentials for Successful Use As Turbine Seals" in the November 2003 issue of Industrial Heating magazine, and an article entitled "Fillets in Brazing: Good or Bad?" in the October 2003 issue of The Welding Journal, published by AWS . He is also responsbile for the revised chapter on honeycomb brazing (Chapter 34 in the latest (fifth) edition of the AWS Brazing Handbook) (released in late 2007), wrote the section entitled "Diffusion Brazing" for the ASM Handbook (Vol. 6), and was a brazing reviewer for Vol.4 ("Metals and Their Weldability") of the AWS Welding Handbook. Was editor-in-chief of The Nicrobraz News, a technical brazing newsletter, which he authored, which reached a worldwide circulation of over 4000. Dan has run his own brazing consulting business since 1995.

Background and Capabilities:

Brazing Training -- have conducted intensive brazing-engineering training seminars for more than 30-years. Presently conduct many 2-4 day training seminars around the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, consisting of regionalized general brazing seminars, as well as intensive in-house specialized training seminars for individual companies. Conducted semi-annual 3-day furnace brazing seminars in Detroit for Wall Colmonoy for many years alongside of Robert Peaslee, as well as many 1-3 day seminars for companies worldwide (including Singapore, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Great Britain, Netherlands, and Brussels). Taught the ASM Brazing Fundamentals course in Materials Park, Ohio for several years. Additionally, taught 3-day torch brazing seminars several times each year for more than 7-years while at Handy & Harman.

Consultant -- visit many companies each year, defining solutions to their brazing and metals-joining problems.

Communicator -- speak several times each year before trade, civic, and church groups, meetings ranging in size up to several thousand people.

Trade Shows -- participated in many shows around the world during last 30 years, as a technical speaker, as technical-session chair, as host at hospitality suites, and working in booths on the trade show floor.

Brief Brazing Career Chronology:

Kay & Associates, Simsbury, CT. (1996 -- present)

Consultant to the brazing industry on various aspects of brazing engineering, business development, strategic planning, development of in-house technical expertise in brazing, including hands-on training in torch and furnace brazing.

Wall Colmonoy Corporation, Madison Heights, MI. (l980--1995)
(Manufacturer of nickel-alloy powders for furnace brazing and thermal-spray, and a high temperature heat treat and brazing processor of metal parts)

-- Brazing Products Sales Manager, world-wide (1987-1995)

-- Plant General Manager, Detroit Processing Plant (1985-1987)

-- Asst. Vice President, Manufacturing (l983- l985)

-- Director of Brazing Engineering Center, Detroit (1980-1983)

Handy & Harman, New York, N.Y. (l974--l980)
(Leading manufacturer, supplier, and refiner of precious metal alloys)

-- Brazing Products Engineer. Was the head brazing engineer on corporate engineering staff involved in customer liaison, brazing-training, new product development, and the marketing and advertising for the brazing product line. Also responsible for trade show development, salesmen training, and problem solving for customers.

Education:

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Michigan State University, Management Education Center, Troy, MI

Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering (B. Met. Eng)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.

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