Leading the Way in Scale-Up Techniques and Educational Tools

At rm2technologies.com, we specialize in innovative training and scale-up techniques, leveraging 40 years of industrial and academic experience. Our comprehensive courses and resources empower professionals to enhance their skills, think out-of-the-box and succeed in process scale-up projects.

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Ignite Innovation With 40 Years of Global Expertise

At rm2technologies.com, we leverage 40 years of industrial experience to offer a truly dynamic course designed to spark out-of-the-box thinking. Taught part-time at Arizona State University, this unique, fast-paced program encourages students to adopt creative and rapid problem-solving methods. Dr. Reinaldo M. Machado, who has taught globally in Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, India, Brazil, and across Europe, brings a wealth of knowledge and innovation to the table. His extensive expertise is further highlighted by his 24 patents spanning a wide range of technologies. The course can be modified for two or three days.  The training reflects cutting-edge approaches and the need for a website that mirrors this exceptional level of creativity and global insight.

Pioneering Chemical Engineering with Decades of Expertise

Reinaldo (Ray) Machado is an industrial consultant with 40 years of experience in chemical reaction engineering, having worked at Air Products and Chemicals, Versum Materials LLC, and most recently EMD Electronics, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA. Currently, he serves as a visiting scholar at Arizona State University, teaching the “Fundamentals of Scale-Up” course in the Chemical Engineering Department. Ray's extensive background includes contributions to the New Directions for Chemical Engineering (2022), where he discussed trends in production of chemicals for the electronic materials industry.

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Expert in Catalysis, Engineering, and Global Plant Innovation

Ray's expertise spans a wide range of technologies, including hydrogenation, catalysis, and electrochemical engineering. He managed the Catalytic Reaction Solutions team at Air Products and Chemicals and led critical plant improvement projects globally in Taiwan, Korea, Europe, and the US. His work involves consulting on mixing processes, conducting global plant assessments, enhancing raw material quality, coaching technical teams, and securing intellectual property for new chemical and electrochemical processes.

Ray holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering with a concentration in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a B.A. in chemistry and mathematics from Frostburg State University. He currently teaches, “The Fundamentals of Scale-up” at Arizona State University in Tempe AZ. Previously he taught the short course on “Scale-Up Considerations in Chemical Processes” as part of the Lehigh University Satellite Courses and he developed and taught, “Electrochemical Engineering” at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. With 24 patents and 18 publications to his name, Ray is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Chemical Society, and Engineers Without Borders.

Development of Advanced Hydrogenation Technologies

While at Air Products and Chemicals, Ray’s teams pioneered semi-batch hydrogenation processes, establishing a new standard for hydrogenation technology, which was later implemented in chemical plants in Pasadena, Texas, and Nanjing, China.

 

Machado, R.M. “Increasing Productivity in Slurry Hydrogenation Processes.” Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on the Scale-up of Chemical Processes, St. Helier Jersey, Channel Islands, England, September 2000 (sponsored by Scientific Update, E. Sussex, U.K.)

Machado, R.M. “Fundamentals of Mass Transfer and Kinetics for the Hydrogenation of Nitrobenzene to Aniline.” Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Scale-up of Chemical Processes, Brighton, England, September 1994 (sponsored by Scientific Update, E. Sussex, U.K.)

Machado, R.M., Heier, K.R., and Broekhuis, R.R. “Developments in Hydrogenation Technology for Fine-Chemical and Pharmaceutical Applications.” Curr. Opin. Drug Discovery Dev. 2001, 4, 745-755.

 

Leading the innovation of the MLR, Monolith Loop Reactor Ray and his team established a novel technology which allowed stirred tank reactors to be retrofitted with a monolith catalyst to replace problematic slurry catalysts.

 

(Patents: US6005143, US6479704, US6506361, US6610628, US6998507, US7074962, US7109378, US7595029)

 

Machado, R.M., Broekhius, R.R., Norquist, A.F., Roy, B.P. and Carney, S.R. “Applying Monolith Reactor for Hydrogenations in the Production of Specialty chemicals- Process and Economic Considerations”, Catalysis Today, 2005, 105, 305-317

Broekhuis, R.R., Machado, R.M., and Nordquist, A.F. “The Ejector-Driven Monolith Loop Reactor – Experiments and Modeling.” Catal. Today 2001, 69, 87-93

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Revolutionizing Chemical Production in the Electronics Industry with Electrochemical Innovations

Ray led a team to develop and commercialize the GASGUARD® SAS Arsine Generator, an innovative electrochemical device for in-situ production of arsine dopant gas used in electronics. This technology minimizes hazardous chemical use and sets a new benchmark in safety. In 2008, he advanced the licensing of this technology to Linde Corp.. Building on this his team also invented and patented novel electrochemical processes for manufacturing germane and arsine

Patents: US6802153, US8361303, US9738982

 

GASGUARD® SAS recognized for innovation in the electronics industry and winning the “Gassy” technology innovation award for gas delivery at the SEMICON West conference 2005.

Machado, R.M., Hartz, C.L., Mohr, R.J., Ayers, W.M., Phillips, J.R. and Leenhouts, J.R. “Electrochemical Generator for Sub-atmospheric Supply of Arsine to the Ion Implant Market”, R. Machado, C. Hartz, R. Mohr, W. Ayers, J. Phillips, J. Leenhouts and D. Tavianini, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Ion Implantation Technology Part II, Taipei, Taiwan Republic of China, 25-27 October 2004 (ISBN 957-98954-9-X).

Dunn, J. P., Rolland, J. L. *, Grim, J.S., Machado, R.M., and Hartz, C.L. “Qualification of the GASGUARD® SAS GGT Arsine Sub-Atmospheric Gas Delivery System for Ion Implantation” 16th international Conference on Ion Implantation 2006

Between 2005 and 2015, Ray contributed to the development of new electrochemical processes for producing NF3, a core product in the electronics sector. His innovations improved productivity, reduced waste, and cut costs. He supported the Ulsan, Korea plant with project implementation, training, and troubleshooting.

Patents: US8591720, US8945367, US9528191

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