and transferred it into a professional guide on advanced manufacturing technologies: the Art Director and Production Manager Janet Romano, and Robert Weinstein for his editorial skills.
Our sincere thanks go to the following firms that reviewed sections of the manuscript and offered suggestions that were incorporated to make this text as accurate and up to date as possible. A special note of thanks to the following reviewers: Joseph Shenberger, 3D Systems; John Koucky, 300 Below; Glenn Kennedy, Actify Corporation; Vince Taylor, Braintech, Inc,; Tom Smeek, e-Manufacturing Networks, Inc.; Jeff Brum and Mark Hall, Fakespace Inc.; Paul Frauchiger, Feintool Cincinnati, Inc.; Linda Johnson, Framework Technologies; Belinda Jones, Hi-Tech Marketing; Alicia Bowers and Wayne Kotania, GE Fanuc Automation; Jurgen Richter, Junker Machinery, Inc.; David Michalets, MachineMate, Inc.; Robert Preville, ManufacturingQuote, Inc.; Nubuo Suga, Mitutoyo/MTI Corp.; Dwight Morgan, POM, Inc.; Manual Turchan, Turchan Technologies:
Exploring Advanced Manufacturing Technology would not have become a reality without the assistance of the following leading industries and professional organizations who supplied illustrations and technical information:
| 300 Below. Inc. | www.300below.com |
| 3D Systems | www.3dsystems.com |
| Actify, Inc. | www.actify.com |
| Advanced Manufacturing Magazine | www.advancedmanufacturing.com |
| AMT - The Association for Manufacturing Technology | www.mfgtech.org |
| Asian Pacific Products, Inc. | www.asianpacificproducts.com |
| Baldor Motors and Drives | www.baldor.com |
| Balzers Tool Coating, Inc. | www.balzers.com |
| Bausch & Lomb | www.bausch.com |
| Beta LaserMike, Inc. | www.betalasermike.com |
| Bethel Technologies Inc. | E-mail: [email protected] |
| Braintech, Inc. | www.braintech.com |
| Bridgeport Machines, Inc. | www.bpt.com |
| Brown and Sharpe | www.brownandsharpe.com |
| Cascade Engineering | www.cascadeng.com |
| Carboloy Inc. | www.carboloy.com |
| Carborundun Abrasives, Div. Saint-Gobain Abrasives | www.sgabrasives.com |
| Carr Lane Manufacturing Co. | www.carrlane.com |
| Charmilles Technologies | www.charmillesus.com |
| Chick Workholding Solutions, Inc, | www.chickworkholding.com |
| Cincinnati Machine, a UNOVA Co. | www.cinmach.com |
| Clausing Industrial Inc. | www.clausing-industrial.com |
| Colibrys SA, Switzerland | www.colibrys.com |
| Command Tooling Systems Inc. | www.commandtool.com |
| Computervision Corp. | www.cv.com |
| Cymat Corporation | www.cymat.com |
| Deckel Maho Gildemeister (DMG) | www.gildemeister.com |
| Delmia Corporation | www.delmia.com |
| e-Manufacturing Networks, Inc. | www.e-manufacturing.com |
| Featurecam/Engineering Geometry Systems | www.featurecam.com |
| Fadal Machining Centers | www.fadal.com |
| Fakespace Systems Inc. | www.fakespacesystems.com |
| Feintool Cincinnati, Inc. | www.feintool.com |
| Flow Automation | www.flowcorp.com |
| Forkhardt International | www.forkardt.com |
| Framework Technology | www.frametech.com |
| GE Fanuc Automation |
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