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ACNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors wish to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to our wives, Alice H. Krar and Mary E. Gill, for their assistance and patience during the time we spent compiling and writing this book. They gave up many hours of their time looking after our needs, running errands, and offering encouragement when things did not go as well as we had hoped. Without their valuable assistance and untiring help, this book never have become a reality.

Many thanks to Charlotte Boyd for her valuable assistance with artwork and to the Industrial Press professional team, under the capable leadership of John Carleo, who took the raw manuscript 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: