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Military applications for grease analysis

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Program
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Cape May

Speaker

Mr Richard Wurzbach
President
MRG Labs

Military applications for grease analysis

Biography

Rich Wurzbach has over 35 years of experience in the development of Condition-Based Maintenance programs and is the Inventor of the Grease Thief sampling technology. His past experience includes working at the Three Mile Island and Peach Bottom Nuclear Plants and for NAVSEALOGCEN equipment reliability programs at Naval Training Centers and at the National Institutes of Health. He works as a tribology consultant for major companies including Merck Pharmaceuticals and the US Army. Rich holds five patents on his designs for lubricant sampling and analysis devices, and serves as an expert witness in the US and Canada. He has presented and published over 100 scientific papers and served as an Editor of scientific journals for the International Society of Optics and Photonics. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from Millersville University. He is the President of MRG Labs and the Director of the Tribology Research Center at Knowledge Park. Ron Jansen is a US Navy Veteran 8 years Submarine Service with responsibilities including Engine Room Supervisor, 3M program, Quality insurance/Subsafe inspector, Mechanical Supply Parts Petty Officer, and Brig Escort. He entered commercial nuclear power in 1987 and held positions of Equipment Operator, Machinery Maintenance, and Condition Monitoring Technician. He finished his career there as a Certified Instructor, developing and teaching classes in component maintenance and diagnostic monitoring, including diesel engines, material handling, and foreign material exclusion. He currently leads efforts at MRG Labs supporting military contractors in designing and deploying condition monitoring programs using vibration analysis, motion magnification, motor and electrical signature analysis, ultrasound detection, lubricant sampling programs and lubrication program improvement.
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