NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — Supfina Machine Company, Inc., a provider of high-precision abrasive machining equipment, solutions, and services, has appointed Laura Leuper as an Applications Engineer. In her new role, Leuper is responsible for developing abrasive machining processes for Supfina’s customers in the automotive, bearing, and metalworking industries. She will also work closely with her colleagues at Supfina’s plant in Wolfach, Germany.
Leuper graduated from the University of Rhode Island in May 2018 with dual degrees — a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts in German — that she earned through participation in the school’s five-year International Engineering Program. This included a year abroad studying at the Technische Universität Braunschweig as well as working for Beinbauer Automotive in Büchlberg, Germany.
“I am pleased announce to the hiring of Laura Leuper as an Applications Engineer,” said Andrew Corsini, President and CEO of Supfina Machine Company, Inc. “She brings a unique set of skills to our company and is a welcome addition to Supfina’s Applications Engineering department.”
With locations in the United States, Germany, and China, Supfina’s product lineup includes machinery and devices for superfinishing as well as flat-surface machining, double-disk grinding, and now — with its Spiro F5, F7, and F12 machines — fine grinding.
Related Glossary Terms
- abrasive
abrasive
Substance used for grinding, honing, lapping, superfinishing and polishing. Examples include garnet, emery, corundum, silicon carbide, cubic boron nitride and diamond in various grit sizes.
- abrasive machining
abrasive machining
Various grinding, honing, lapping and polishing operations that utilize abrasive particles to impart new shapes, improve finishes and part stock by removing metal or other material.
- grinding
grinding
Machining operation in which material is removed from the workpiece by a powered abrasive wheel, stone, belt, paste, sheet, compound, slurry, etc. Takes various forms: surface grinding (creates flat and/or squared surfaces); cylindrical grinding (for external cylindrical and tapered shapes, fillets, undercuts, etc.); centerless grinding; chamfering; thread and form grinding; tool and cutter grinding; offhand grinding; lapping and polishing (grinding with extremely fine grits to create ultrasmooth surfaces); honing; and disc grinding.
- metalworking
metalworking
Any manufacturing process in which metal is processed or machined such that the workpiece is given a new shape. Broadly defined, the term includes processes such as design and layout, heat-treating, material handling and inspection.
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