Mag-Fed Monthly Issue 4 | Page 58

ASTM First Strike Testing Presentation and Data

The Testing Team

A major paintball insurance company has announced that FSR will not be permitted and has caused a stir in the paintball community. Since they are not ASTM approved they will not allow FSR usage at the fields they cover. The testing team has taken a scientific approach to gain unbiased data on the impact force of FSR rounds to try to get the standards changed to accept them.

David Williams: Owner, CarmatechEngineering, Inc

•Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University

•Senior engineer for a machine manufacturer. (Capital Equipment/ machine manufacturer) Focused on FEA (finite element analysis) and fatigue failure analysis

•Primary project engineer developed the SAR12 platform.

•Been playing paintball since 1999

David Cady: Manager, Global Manufacturing Operations, CommScope, Inc.

•Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University

•Master of Science in Engineering Management, University of North Carolina

•Lean Six Sigma training and test at University of North Carolina

•18 years of manufacturing experience in various engineering and operations leadership capacities.

•Specialty is creating structure and processes, problem solving, cost reduction, and continuous process improvement.

•Avid paint-baller for the past 15 years.

Lou Arthur: Director, Service Delivery Experience VMware Professional Services

•USAF and commercial technical training.

•Seasoned IT consultant, technologist and leader with over 30 years experience delivering mission value via the effective application of technology and human capital.

•Focused competency in planning for operational effectiveness, diagnosis, troubleshooting, complex problem handling and resolution, and mission critical program management.

•24+ years of computer systems & internetworking engineering, architecture and leadership expertise in mission critical, high transaction, military and commercial e-commerce applications.

•10+ years of communications electronics support, repair and maintenance & engineeringin a wide variety of radio transmitter, receiver and control technologies.