John Ormerod

Magnetics Expert - Principal at JOC LLC - Consultant to the Global Magnetics, Rare Earths and Metals Industries

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Research Expertise

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

About

Dr. John Ormerod graduated from the University of Manchester, UK with a BSc, MSc and PhD in Metallurgy in 1975, 1976 and 1978 respectively. He has over forty years of research, product development, and manufacturing experience in the area of permanent magnets and magnetic materials. He has published and presented numerous papers in the field of magnetic materials. He has spent time in Europe working for Phillips and in the USA working for SPS Technologies (Arnold Engineering) in their magnetic materials businesses. In 2002 John was named President of Res Manufacturing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Res is a manufacturer of stamped metal components, assemblies and value added services serving diversified industries. They are a major supplier of components and assemblies to Tesla Motors for their Model S and future Model X electric vehicle platforms. He provided expert testimony on issues of invalidity during the recent rare earth magnet ITC investigation No. 337-TA-855 and is currently a technical consultant evaluating prior art for the Rare Earth Permanent Magnet Industry Alliance. In 2015 John founded JOC LLC a consultancy specializing in the magnetics and metals-related industries. He serves on the Advisory Board of Bunting Magnetics Company and is Senior Technology Advisor to Magnet Applications Inc.

Publications

Manufacturing Processes for Permanent Magnets: Part II—Bonding and Emerging Methods

JOM / Feb 22, 2022

Cui, J., Ormerod, J., Parker, D. S., Ott, R., Palasyuk, A., McCall, S., Paranthaman, M. P., Kesler, M. S., McGuire, M. A., Nlebedim, C., Pan, C., & Lograsso, T. (2022). Manufacturing Processes for Permanent Magnets: Part II—Bonding and Emerging Methods. JOM, 74(6), 2492–2506. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05188-1

Manufacturing Processes for Permanent Magnets: Part I—Sintering and Casting

JOM / Feb 02, 2022

Cui, J., Ormerod, J., Parker, D., Ott, R., Palasyuk, A., Mccall, S., Paranthaman, M. P., Kesler, M. S., McGuire, M. A., Nlebedim, I. C., Pan, C., & Lograsso, T. (2022). Manufacturing Processes for Permanent Magnets: Part I—Sintering and Casting. JOM, 74(4), 1279–1295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05156-9

Fabrication of highly dense isotropic Nd-Fe-B nylon bonded magnets via extrusion-based additive manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing / May 01, 2018

Li, L., Jones, K., Sales, B., Pries, J. L., Nlebedim, I. C., Jin, K., Bei, H., Post, B. K., Kesler, M. S., Rios, O., Kunc, V., Fredette, R., Ormerod, J., Williams, A., Lograsso, T. A., & Paranthaman, M. P. (2018). Fabrication of highly dense isotropic Nd-Fe-B nylon bonded magnets via extrusion-based additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 21, 495–500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2018.04.001

Big Area Additive Manufacturing of High Performance Bonded NdFeB Magnets

Scientific Reports / Oct 31, 2016

Li, L., Tirado, A., Nlebedim, I. C., Rios, O., Post, B., Kunc, V., Lowden, R. R., Lara-Curzio, E., Fredette, R., Ormerod, J., Lograsso, T. A., & Paranthaman, M. P. (2016). Big Area Additive Manufacturing of High Performance Bonded NdFeB Magnets. Scientific Reports, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/srep36212

Education

University of Manchester

PhD, Metallurgy

Manchester

MSc, Metallurgy

Manchester

University of Manchester

BSc, Metallurgy

Manchester

Experience

JOC LLC - Consultant to the Global Magnetics, Rare Earths and Metals Industries

Principal

Res Manufacturing Company

President

Arnold Engineering

Vice President

Philips

GM

Mullard

Product Development Engineer

Links & Social Media

JOC LLC Consulting

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