Ryan Conroy has been promoted to laser product manager at MC Machinery Systems in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.
Conroy joined MC Machinery as a wire EDM installation technician in 2013. He was promoted to EDM customer support engineer on the applications team in 2015. In 2021, he moved to the fabrication division as a laser applications specialist, primarily focusing on research and development of new laser products.
In his new role, Conroy will develop and implement product strategies for current and new fabrication equipment while working closely with the factory, suppliers, sales, service and marketing.
“Ryan has done an amazing job on performing research and development for new laser platforms, working well alongside the applications team and excelling at every task he has been challenged with,” said MC Machinery Systems Fabrication Division Vice President of Sales Shane Herendeen. “We are very excited to watch him grow as he takes on additional responsibilities and challenges.”
MC Machinery Systems is a North American supplier and servicer of lasers, press brakes, wire EDMs, sinker EDMs, milling, high-speed VMC, automation equipment and consumable products. It is headquartered near Chicago and has technology centers in Canada, California, New Jersey, Texas, North Carolina, and Mexico. A subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Corporation, MC Machinery serves industries including aerospace, mold and die, job shops, medical, and energy.
Related Glossary Terms
- centers
centers
Cone-shaped pins that support a workpiece by one or two ends during machining. The centers fit into holes drilled in the workpiece ends. Centers that turn with the workpiece are called “live” centers; those that do not are called “dead” centers.
- electrical-discharge machining ( EDM)
electrical-discharge machining ( EDM)
Process that vaporizes conductive materials by controlled application of pulsed electrical current that flows between a workpiece and electrode (tool) in a dielectric fluid. Permits machining shapes to tight accuracies without the internal stresses conventional machining often generates. Useful in diemaking.
- gang cutting ( milling)
gang cutting ( milling)
Machining with several cutters mounted on a single arbor, generally for simultaneous cutting.
- milling
milling
Machining operation in which metal or other material is removed by applying power to a rotating cutter. In vertical milling, the cutting tool is mounted vertically on the spindle. In horizontal milling, the cutting tool is mounted horizontally, either directly on the spindle or on an arbor. Horizontal milling is further broken down into conventional milling, where the cutter rotates opposite the direction of feed, or “up” into the workpiece; and climb milling, where the cutter rotates in the direction of feed, or “down” into the workpiece. Milling operations include plane or surface milling, endmilling, facemilling, angle milling, form milling and profiling.
- wire EDM
wire EDM
Process similar to ram electrical-discharge machining except a small-diameter copper or brass wire is used as a traveling electrode. Usually used in conjunction with a CNC and only works when a part is to be cut completely through. A common analogy is wire electrical-discharge machining is like an ultraprecise, electrical, contour-sawing operation.
