Star SU expands sales network for Star Cutter Products

Star SU, the marketing, sales and service affiliate of Star Cutter Company, has hired four new area sales managers (ASMs). Each ASM will be responsible for growing sales in his territory across multiple product lines, illustrating the company's ability to better serve customers through its vertically integrated structure.

Noah Cantara, Western States and Canadian ProvincesBefore joining Star SU, Noah Cantara served as a carbide rods product specialist at Sandvik Hyperion and Hyperion Materials and Technology, as well as having experience as a machine operator responsible for grinding and manufacturing carbide inserts. Cantara served in the United States Army Reserve (Fort Custer, Mich.) and holds a Bachelor of Science in Operations Management from Oakland University in Rochester, Mich.David Johnson, Michigan

David Johnson comes to the Star SU family after working as a sales application engineer for Mapal Inc., as well as having been a test technician for Mahle Engine. His primary product focus will be on the company's round tools and gear tools offerings.He has a Bachelor of Science in Heavy Equipment Service and Engineering Technology from Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Mich.Daniel Larsen, IndianaDaniel Larsen joins Star SU with a strong background in machine tools after being employed as a software support engineer at Hurco, responsible for testing and validation of new software, as well as working as an applications engineer at Index Corporation and Meredith Machinery. Additionally, he has sales experience, having recently served as a territory manager for JMC Sales and Engineering, a cutting tools and MRO distributor.

Kevin Spring, Northeast StatesKevin Spring comes to Star SU with a strong background in machining and tooling, having worked as a sales engineer at Big Kaiser, a provider of modular tooling systems, as well as at CemeCon, a provider of tool coatings and systems.

Spring possesses a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering from Pennsylvania College of Technology, a Penn State affiliate, and was a team leader in the U.S. Army Infantry.

Star SU LLC is the marketing, sales, and service partner for Star Cutter Company in North America, South America, Europe, and the Far East. Star Cutter Company is a provider of custom-engineered tooling solutionsand machine tools for precision applications. Headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, it has over

700 employees working in 15 manufacturing facilities. Each facility specializes in producing a specific type of product or service: carbide blanks and preforms, solid carbide cutting tools, gundrills, PCD tooling, gear cutting tools, and 5-axis CNC tools and cutter grinding machines.

Microprocessor-based controller dedicated to a machine tool that permits the creation or modification of parts. Programmed numerical control activates the machine's servos and spindle drives and controls the various machining operations. See DNC, direct numerical control; NC, numerical control.

Machining operation in which material is removed from the workpiece by a powered abrasive wheel, stone, belt, paste, sheet, compound, slurry, etc. Takes various forms: surface grinding (creates flat and/or squared surfaces); cylindrical grinding (for external cylindrical and tapered shapes, fillets, undercuts, etc.); centerless grinding; chamfering; thread and form grinding; tool and cutter grinding; offhand grinding; lapping and polishing (grinding with extremely fine grits to create ultrasmooth surfaces); honing; and disc grinding.

1. Tooling system comprised of standardized tools and toolholders. 2. Devices that allow rapid mounting and replacement of tools. Commonly used with carousel toolchangers and other computerized machining operations. See toolchanger; toolholder.

Cutting tool material consisting of natural or synthetic diamond crystals bonded together under high pressure at elevated temperatures. PCD is available as a tip brazed to a carbide insert carrier. Used for machining nonferrous alloys and nonmetallic materials at high cutting speeds.