The authors would like to thank the following
individuals, companies, and organizations for their
assistance and contributions:
Our wives, Jean DuVall and Carol Hillis, for
their encouragement and for giving up many hours
of time we might have spent with them over the
past five years. And, special thanks to A. and all the
others that offered their support and time.
All of our friends and Associates at Black &Decker
in Tarboro and Fayetteville, NC and Easton, MD, and
engineers in the Coastal Plains Chapter of the Society
of Manufacturing Engineers for the opportunity to
learn with and from you.
Hundreds of our students and learning partners
in the Department of Industrial Technology at East
Carolina University for tolerating our hair-brained
schemes and enthusiasm and for helping us with
this project.
Special appreciation is due to the following indi-
viduals who assisted with the Product Showcases
in Chapter 2. Their support, guidance, and knowl-
edge made it possible to show some of the exciting
processes on the factory floor in these case studies.
Thanks to: Gary L. Butts, Production Manager and
Kelly Kurz, Production Planner, The Hammock
Source, Greenville, NC Mike Watson, Manufacturing
Engineer, Kinston Neuse Corporation (KNC/Crown
Equipment Corporation), Kinston, NC Paul S.
Gleim, Operations Manager, Phoenix Fabrication,
Inc., Ayden, NC Joe Banks, Manufacturing Engineer
and James Suggs, Manufacturing Trainer, NACCO
Materials Handling Group, Inc., Greenville, NC and
Wayne E. Price, Plant Manager, Louisiana Pacific
Company, Wilmington, NC.
We extend our appreciation to Tom Hillis and
Keith Reece of Associated Hardwoods, Granite Falls,
NC for their assistance with the revision of material
in Chapter 11 Characteristics of Wood Materials.
Thanks are also due to Jerry Rose, Marketing
Manager, Maxi-Blast, Inc., South Bend, Indiana, for
the photographs and information provided on blast
cleaning media and deflashing.
The following companies and agencies gener-
ously provided photographs and other illustrations:
3D Systems, Inc.
Abbey Etna Machine Co.
ABS Packaging
ACIPCO Steel Products
Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Company
Alibaba.com Corporation
The American Ceramic Society
American Machine &Tool Co.
American Plywood Association
AMP Inc.
Anocut, Inc.
Apple Rubber Products, Inc.
Arbonite Corporation
Aristech Chemical Corporation
Ball Corporation
Bauteck Marine Corporation
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Acknowledgments
individuals, companies, and organizations for their
assistance and contributions:
Our wives, Jean DuVall and Carol Hillis, for
their encouragement and for giving up many hours
of time we might have spent with them over the
past five years. And, special thanks to A. and all the
others that offered their support and time.
All of our friends and Associates at Black &Decker
in Tarboro and Fayetteville, NC and Easton, MD, and
engineers in the Coastal Plains Chapter of the Society
of Manufacturing Engineers for the opportunity to
learn with and from you.
Hundreds of our students and learning partners
in the Department of Industrial Technology at East
Carolina University for tolerating our hair-brained
schemes and enthusiasm and for helping us with
this project.
Special appreciation is due to the following indi-
viduals who assisted with the Product Showcases
in Chapter 2. Their support, guidance, and knowl-
edge made it possible to show some of the exciting
processes on the factory floor in these case studies.
Thanks to: Gary L. Butts, Production Manager and
Kelly Kurz, Production Planner, The Hammock
Source, Greenville, NC Mike Watson, Manufacturing
Engineer, Kinston Neuse Corporation (KNC/Crown
Equipment Corporation), Kinston, NC Paul S.
Gleim, Operations Manager, Phoenix Fabrication,
Inc., Ayden, NC Joe Banks, Manufacturing Engineer
and James Suggs, Manufacturing Trainer, NACCO
Materials Handling Group, Inc., Greenville, NC and
Wayne E. Price, Plant Manager, Louisiana Pacific
Company, Wilmington, NC.
We extend our appreciation to Tom Hillis and
Keith Reece of Associated Hardwoods, Granite Falls,
NC for their assistance with the revision of material
in Chapter 11 Characteristics of Wood Materials.
Thanks are also due to Jerry Rose, Marketing
Manager, Maxi-Blast, Inc., South Bend, Indiana, for
the photographs and information provided on blast
cleaning media and deflashing.
The following companies and agencies gener-
ously provided photographs and other illustrations:
3D Systems, Inc.
Abbey Etna Machine Co.
ABS Packaging
ACIPCO Steel Products
Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Company
Alibaba.com Corporation
The American Ceramic Society
American Machine &Tool Co.
American Plywood Association
AMP Inc.
Anocut, Inc.
Apple Rubber Products, Inc.
Arbonite Corporation
Aristech Chemical Corporation
Ball Corporation
Bauteck Marine Corporation
6
Acknowledgments