Authors

Aaron Alvarez has more than 15 years of machining and manufacturing consulting experience. He is a senior manufacturing engineer at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona.

Aaron Eller is product manager of ISO turning/advanced materials for Seco Tools LLC, Troy, Michigan. For more information about the company’s cutting tools, call 248-528-5200 or visit www.secotools.com.

Aaron Habeck is marketing project manager for Sandvik Coromant Co., Fair Lawn, N.J. For more information about the company’s InvoMilling process, call (800) SANDVIK or visit www.sandvik.coromant.com/us.

Agnes Shanley is a contributing editor for CTE.

Al Choiniere is COO of Superion Inc., an Allied Machine & Engineering company in Xenia, Ohio.

Al McBride is service/senior applications engineer at Fette Tool Systems Inc., Brookfield, Wisconsin.

Al Youngwerth is the CEO and founder of VersaBuilt Robotics Inc., headquartered in Boise, Idaho. VersaBuilt is a obotics technology company providing patented automated CNC technology and solutions to manufacturers worldwide. Its VBX-160 and MultiGrip Workholding and other products specifically focus on manufacturing applications where automation has not been viable in the past, including low-volume, mixed-part operations.

Alan Baker is seminar coordinator and senior technical writer at Hardinge Inc., Elmira, New York.

Alan Carius is manager of the Borazon CBN programs at GE Superabrasives, Worthington, Ohio.

Alan Levine is managing director of Open Mind Technologies USA Inc. For more information about the company’s CAD/CAM software, call (888) 516-1232 or visit www.openmind-tech.com.

Alan Miller is engineering manager and product manager at BIG KAISER Precision Tooling Inc., Hoffman Estates, Illinois. For more information, call 888-866-5776 or visit www.bigkaiser.com.