Orbital Plastics Consulting, Inc.

Founded in 2001 with over 100 years of combined experience, Orbital Plastics Consulting, provides a wide range of knowledge based solutions to the Injection Molding Industry. 

Principles

Umberto F. Catignani

• President of Orbital Plastics Consulting, Inc.
• Over 16 Years of Injection Molding Experience
• Installed & Debugged Over 80 Injection Molding

  Machines and Over 500 Molds
• Proficient with Engel, Husky, Krauss-Maffei, Arburg,

  Battenfeld, Sumitomo, Nissei, Van Dorn, DeMag,

  Toshiba, Mitsubishi and Toyo machines and

  controllers
• Partner and Co-founder of the Paulson School of Molding
• Principal Instructor for Paulson School of Molding Certification

  Program - ProMolder I, II & III
• Paulson ProMolder I, II & III Certified
• RJG Master Molder I & II Certified & Systematic Molding I
• Intimate knowledge of Priamus, Kistler & RJG (CP & CT Sensors)

  processing methodologies
• Conducted numerous webinars on Injection Molding Processing via IDES
• Past Instructor for SPI Learning Network
• Past employers: IBM, GM, Delphi, Husky, Steel Profitability Consulting
• Past President of Southern Section of SPE (Society of Plastics

  Engineers)
• Past member of the Plastics Technology Advisory Board for

  West Georgia Technical College
• The University of Akron, MS - Polymer Engineering, Summa cum Laude
• University of Cincinnati, BS - Materials Engineering, Magna cum Laude

Gary Casterline

• Principal - Orbital Plastics Consulting, Inc

• Over 43 years of Experience in Injection Molding, Extrusion Blow Molding and Profile, Wire & Cable Extrusion
• Trained over 4000 Personnel in Plastic Materials, Tooling & Part Design Fundamentals
• Trained over 1000 Personnel in DOE
• Expertise in MoldFlow & Finite Element Analysis-FEA
• Expertise in Material Selection for New Part Designs - Over 500 per year
• Authored Global Plastics & Testing Specifications - Over 20 per year
• Expertise in Product Liability, Law and Litigation
• Expertise in Material Approval Processes - New Applications & Designs
• Past Chairman & Member - General Motors Plastics Committee
• Past Member of Delphi Nanomaterials Development Team
• Shainin Apprentice Certification
• Past Instructor for Paulson School of Molding Certification

  Program - ProMolder I
• Paulson ProMolder I Certified
• Past employers: Delphi, GM, Oldsmobile, Budd Company, DD Plastics
• Past President of Cleveland Section of SPE
• Purdue University, MS - Industrial Administration
• Kettering University (General Motors Institute)

   BS - Mechanical Engineering & Plastic Processing

Jim Lytle

• Principal - Orbital Plastics Consulting, Inc

• Over 38 years of experience in Design, Building, Repair & Troubleshooting of Plastic Injection Molds

• Expertise in Design, Building & Repair of Plastic Injection Molds

• Critical Team Member for Setup of 4 Injection Molding Plants – Over 400 machines

• Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

• Positions held throughout career: Senior Process & Mold Engineer, General Supervisor Process Engineering, Tool Room Engineering, High Tech Tool Room & Prototype Tool Rooms

• Retrieved well over 2000 molds from outside suppliers to inside molding operations via Mold Standardization & Modification, Repair & Process Optimization

• Tool & Die Apprenticeship Program
• Youngstown State University BS - Mechanical Engineering