About the Author

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Tim Fleskes is a native of Oregon, born and educated in Portland.  He received his B.S. and Masters degrees from City University.

He has worked in metal removal and fabrication since the beginning of his career of over 50 years.

Tim has developed manufacturing systems, designed plant facilities and layouts, formulated production standards, and created workable new concepts for equipment, fixture, and tool designs.

His proposed technologies are proven alternatives to traditional manufacturing methods and systems.

Tim has been involved in computer integrated metal removal, fabrication systems, robotics, and other manufacturing applications for many years.

At present, Tim is retired from providing manufacturing engineering services, however, he continues to advise on selected projects regarding computer integrated manufacturing systems development.