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Join us May 22 at 12PM ET for the free webinar MedTech Components: Machining Strategies to Save Time and Improve Your Process, which covers aligning tooling with programming and set-up strategies, optimizing methods through supplier collaboration, and process planning and validation.
Hear from Kennametal’s Chris Merlin, Scott DeVinney, and Ron West as they discuss practical strategies to improve your milling and turning operations when machining medical components for hip replacement.
Speaker Highlights

Chris Merlin
Senior Product Manager
Kennametal
Chris Merlin currently leads the portfolio development of high-performance round tools for the Medical, Swiss Type and Small Parts machining industries for Kennametal. Over the past 17 years, Chris has led teams and projects in the metal cutting space around product management, marketing, corporate development, strategy, and sales globally.

Ron West
Leader - Tooling Systems
Kennametal
Ron West currently leads the Tooling Systems portfolio at Kennametal. He is responsible for managing and developing high-performance tooling adapters that cover all industry machine connections. With more than 35 years of experience in the metal cutting field, Ron has held roles as a journeyman machinist, CNC programmer, product manager, and sales professional.

Scott DeVinney
Senior Product Manager
Kennametal
Scott DeVinney currently leads the portfolio development of high-performance indexable tools at Kennametal, specifically for the medical, Swiss-type, and small parts machining industries. Kennametal benefits from Scott's extensive experience in metal cutting, spanning more than 30 years, during which he has held roles as a journeyman machinist, CNC programmer, and mechanical engineer.
Can’t participate on the day of the event? No problem! Each registered attendee will also receive a link to the recording. This content will be sent approximately 5 business days after the event.
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