Mike Lynch is President of
CNC Concepts, Inc., a supplier of training materials and
computer software products to users of CNC equipment. Over the
past 30 years, he has held a number of positions as tool
designer, CNC programmer, NC analyst, and CNC operations manager
for firms such as GTE Automatic Electric, Rockwell
International, Cincinnati Milacron, and KGK International
Corporation.
Considered and expert in CNC
manufacturing for metal cutting operations, he has written
extensively about CNC. He is author of five CNC textbooks,
including Computer Numerical Control For Machining, and Computer
Numerical Control Advanced Techniques, CNC Accessory Devices,
Managing CNC Operations, and Parametric Programming for CNC
Machine Tools and Touch Probes. Mr. Lynch's column "CNC
Tech Talk" appears monthly in
Modern Machine Shop Magazine.
He has been extensively published by other manufacturing-related
trade journals on CNC topics.
Mr. Lynch has spoken
extensively about CNC. As an instructor for the Society of
Manufacturing Engineers, he has conducted CNC seminars for basic CNC
usage as well as more advanced CNC topics. He has also spoken
for other national organizations including Modern Machine Shop
Magazine, the Machine Distributors National Association (MDNA),
The National Center For Tooling, The Precision Machined Parts
Association and several manufacturing
technology centers. In addition to teaching public seminars and
clinics, he has presented numerous in-plant courses for
progressive CNC-using companies including small companies as
well as companies in the Fortune 500 Group.