v Acknowledgments The author and publisher would like to thank the following companies, organizations, and individuals for their contribution of resource material, images, or other support in the development of Modern Metalworking.g g 3D Systems 3M Company AFGlobal Corporation Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. Aloris Tool Technology Co., Inc. Aluminum Extruders Council and Almag Aluminum Inc. American Die Casting Institute American Foundry Society American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Welding Society AMT—The Association for Manufacturing Technology Autodesk, Inc. Bader Art Metal & Fabrication Baldor Bel Air Finishing Supply Bethlehem Steel Corp. BIG Kaiser Precision Tooling Inc. Borschert USA Bridgeport Machines, Inc. Buehler, a division of ITW Company Bystronic, Inc. C&M Topline C.H. Hanson Company California Drop Forge, Inc. Carboloy, Inc. Carl Zeiss, Inc. Caterpillar Tractor Co. Certifi Comparator Products, Inc., a division of fied Quality Vision International Chemcut Corporation Chicago-Latrobe Cincinnati Milacron CITCO Division, Western Atlas, Inc. Clausing Industrial, Inc. Colonial Williamsburg Mastercam/CNC Software, Inc. Dake Corporation Datron Dynamics, Inc. DeFelsko Corporation DI-ACRO Driv-Lok, Inc. EMCO Corporation Engineered Finishing Systems, LLC Federal Products Co. FEIN Power Tools, Inc. Fives Cincinnati Fives Machining Systems, Inc. Flow International Corp. Ford Motor Co. Fowler Company, Inc. Giddings & Lewis, Inc. GKN Sinter Metals Global Metal Spinning Solutions, Inc. Grizzly Industrial, Inc. G.T.I. International, Inc. Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. Haas Automation, Inc. Hardinge, Inc. Harris Group Heli-Coil Corp. Heule Precision Tools Hirata Corporation of America IBAG North America IBM Ingersoll-Rand Co., Waterjet Systems Iscar Metals, Inc. Jenoptik Jergens, Inc. Jet Equipment & Tools Johnson Gas Appliance Co. Joining Technologies Jones & Lamson Machine Co. Jones & Shipman, Inc. Justrite Manufacturing Company K.O. Lee Co. Kalamazoo Machine Tool Kennametal