Rich Bleck, who has over 52 years experience in the mold injection industry, designed and patented the MTMS Kit to accurately measure melt temperature. October of 2023, Rich Bleck sold the patented MTMS Kit to MTMS,LLC out of Janesville,WI.

Employment:

• Phillips Plastics Corp/Phillips Medisze –38 years (Program Management, Process Engineer & R&D)

• Procon Training and Consulting LLC – 13 years (Consultant and Trainer)

Areas of Expertise:

• Plastics Processing with concentration on Melt Temperature, Polymer Flow, Plastic Pressure and Cooling.

• Tool Design and Construction

• Materials (Polymer Flow and Cooling)

• Program Management

• Heavily involved with RJG Decoupled Molding with Cavity pressure Monitoring, IMS John

Bozzelli Scientific Molding and John Klees Tooling Seminars

Accomplishments:

• Implemented Cavity Pressure Monitoring and Control on 40 presses

• Was Program Manager for John Deere Horicon Works and receive “Supplier of the Year” two times

• Developed Testing Methodology for evaluating presses

• Attended “ J” and “K” shows in Japan and Germany many times to investigate molding concepts and theory internationally

• Implemented “Productivity Challenge” –National recognition through National Plastics Trade Magazine

• Nominated for “Immy Award” (Injection Molding Man of the Year) by Dow for outstanding achievements in Injection Molding

• Developed and Patented the MTMS (Melt Temperature Measurement System)

Companies I consulted for:

• Johnson and Johnson Medical

• Taylor Made Golf Company

• John Deere Horicon Works

• John Deere Tech Center

• John Deere Seeding Group

• Phillips Plastics

• Unimark Corp

• Fawn Industries

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

• Benz R&D