David M. Brassard

Association of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers
CERTIFICATE NO. 854

CONSULTING SILICONE CHEMIST

Technical Societies:  American Chemical Society, American Society of Testing and Materials, Society of Automotive Engineers, Chemical Consultants Network.

Previous Experience: General Electric Company, Silicone Division 1973-1986 Manufacturing, Process and Quality assignments; Loctite Corporation, Automotive and Consumer Group 1986-88 Product Development Chemist, 1989-91 Senior Chemist, 1991-93 Section Head Automotive Product Development; May National Associates, 1993-94 Technical Director; Dexus Laboratories 1995-96 Director of Research and Development.

Publications: Four papers and several presentations in national and international conferences in the areas of instrumentation, gasket and silicone technology.

Laboratory Facilities: Product and process development as well as physical testing labs on premises.

Scope of Activities: Silicone consulting to include: Rapid new product development of high strength - fast cure - very high temperature resistant products, troubleshooting process and manufacturing issues in both batch and continuous systems, scale-up and pilot plant manufacturing, test method development to simulate actual manufacturing conditions, streamlining production operations, custom synthesis, sourcing and coordination of custom toll manufacturing, establishing quality systems and product field testing. Focusing on automotive, consumer, industrial and healthcare applications.

Specializing In: Custom formulating in silane and silicone chemistry products areas including: sealants, adhesives, silane adhesion promoters, coatings, siloxane fluids and polymers, low compression set rubber gasketing, heat cured rubber, treated fumed silicas, crosslinkers, thixotropes, encapsulants, thixotropic and self-leveling mold-making compounds, silicone tubing, construction caulking, high tear rubber, automotive fluid resistant gasketing, silicone testing technology, plasticizers, lubricants, both condensation and addition cured one and two-part RTV's, high performance elastomers, adhesion to unique substrates, and customized product rheology. 

David M. Brassard is an international consulting chemist specializing in silicone technology. He has spent over twenty-five years in the silicone industry, addressing all phases of research, development, marketing, processing, manufacturing, quality and customer applications. His new technologies and specialty applications can be found around the world.

Mr. Brassard is a recognized expert by the Teltech Consulting Network in general silicones, high performance silicone adhesives, sealants, polymers, RTV’s, tubing and heat cured rubber. The scope of his activities includes: custom formulating, seminars, customer applications, process troubleshooting and establishing test methods. His main focus is on the consumer, automotive, and industrial markets. Property enhancement capabilities include: high temperature, adhesion to unusual substrates, high strength, low compression set, rheology modification, and very fast cure speeds.

His work history includes being the Section Head of Automotive Silicone Product Development for Loctite leading a staff of eight within the R&D effort. Prior positions at Loctite included: Process Chemist, Product Development Chemist and Senior Chemist. At General Electric Silicones his hands-on experience in quality, processing and manufacturing functions include working with: silanes, greases, silica's, 1 & 2 part RTV’s, polymerization and custom synthesis. Additionally he was Technical Director for May National and Director of R&D for Dexus Laboratories.

Dave holds a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Regents College at The University of the State of New York, Albany. He is a member of American Chemical Society, SAE, Association of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Consulting Chemists Network and ASTM.

Publications and Patents

Presentations in national and international conferences in the area silicone technology have been offered. Patents have been issued in silicone specialty areas. Mr. Brassard has recently hosted a roundtable discussion at the International Silicone Conference in May, 2003 and presented a paper at the conference in 2002, as well as the Adhesives and Sealants Council in New Orleans and the American Chemical Society, Rubber Division meeting in Cleveland, both in October, 2001. He has also been a member of a recent Deparment of Defense Think Tank in California.

An article by Mr. Brassard was published in Rubber and Plastics News in May, 2002 and Adhesives Age in July, 2001. He was also the past chairman of the ACS Silicone Symposium, as well as chaired seminars through the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. David has presented papers at the American Chemical Society, Society of American Engineers, Boston Rubber Group, Adhesives and Sealant Council, and presented many in-company seminars on specific aspects of gasketing, and silicone technology.