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Gordon
has a BS in mechanical engineering from Mississippi State University (1970) and
an MS in mechanical engineering from Louisiana State University (1978).
He has held various engineering positions with Gulf Oil, Eastman Kodak
and Exxon in the chemical and refining industries.
He was Regional Sales Manager for United Centrifugal Pump Company and is
currently Chief Engineer, Field Operations for John Crane Inc.
Gordon's
technical publications include: "A
Methodology for Design and Application of Mechanical Seals", American
Society of Lubrication Engineers, 1979. "The Role of Hydraulic Balance in Mechanical Seal Reliability", Texas A&M Turbomachinery Symposium, 1979. "Upstream
Pumping: A New Concept in
Mechanical Sealing Technology", ASLE Spring Meeting, 1987. "Heat Transfer in Mechanical Seals", 6th International Pump User's Symposium, 1989. "The
Flashing Index as an Indicator of Mechanical Seal Reliability", Journal of
the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, April, 1992. "Implications
of the New Pump Shaft Sealing Standard", Hydrocarbon Processing Magazine,
Gulf Publishing Company, June, 1993. APressure
Ratings of Mechanical Seals@, 14th International Pump User=s
Symposium, 1997. “Materials
for Mechanical Seal Faces”, Pumps and
Systems magazine, 2001. “Buck
on Seals”, a regular column in Fluid
Handling Systems magazine. Machinery Alignment Tables, Gulf Publishing Company, 1984. ChemCalc8: Centrifugal
Pump Design, Gulf
Publishing, 1985. |