4 Keys to a Successful Mold-Building Operation, The Latest Mold Design Tips & More

Cara Ready | MoldMaking Technology

MoldMaking Technology is off to a strong start this year with mold design tips, key considerations for running a mold-building “business,” polishing pointers for ribs and more. Check out our list of top-viewed articles from January and see what catches your eye. 

ANCA Offers Economical Pneumatic Grinding Machine

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The FX5E features a swing-table pallet design to load and unload pallets.

Palmgren ofrece una prensa compacta para mecanizado multicara

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Palmgren presenta una prensa de mecanizado de cinco ejes diseñada para el mecanizado por varias caras de piezas de trabajo sencillas a complejas.

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag to Double Injection Molding Machine Production in China

| Plastics Technology

The company broke ground on a new 43,000-ft2 production hall in Ningbo to fulfill rising demand for larger presses up to 1500 tons.

Philadelphia High School Establishes Advanced Manufacturing Program

Jenn Cammel | Modern Machine Shop

Mastercam and speaker Andrew Crowe will present Benjamin Franklin High School with software, equipment and vision to establish an advanced manufacturing program.
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Bio-based acrylonitrile for carbon fiber manufacture

Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld

The quest for a sustainable source of acrylonitrile for carbon fiber manufacture has made the leap from the lab to the market.

Six Key Factors for Evaluating a Hot Runner System

| MoldMaking Technology

Details matter when it comes to selecting and integrating a hot runner system. This guide makes that process easier by covering those details thoroughly. 

PC Copolymers for Chemically-Resistant, Thin-Wall Medical Devices

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

SABIC’s LNP Elcres CRX1314W and its biobased equivalent Elcrin CRX1314BTW boast distinct combination of properties for clear covers, screens and display lenses.

Solukon Expands Compatibility of Unpacking, Cleaning Station for Plastic Parts

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

With adapters for EOS P 1 and P 5 series SLS manufacturing systems, the Solukon SFP770 postprocessing system can now accommodate build boxes from other leading printers, enabling Solukon to tap new markets in the area of polymer postprocessing.

Hypertherm Associates Opens Enrollment for Grant Program

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The company’s Spark Something Great grant program supports the next generation of welders and metal fabricators by making the newest generation of plasma cutting equipment and standardized instruction available to schools.

PMTS 2023 Product Preview: Cutting Tools

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

Learn about some of the latest cutting tool solutions that will be on display at PMTS 2023.

How to Pass the Job Interview as an Employer

Udo Jahn | Modern Machine Shop

Job interviews are a two-way street. Follow these tips to make a good impression on your potential future workforce.
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MetalQuest - Robotic Automation of a Machine Shop

| Modern Machine Shop

Robots have helped MetalQuest stay competitive and deal with the skills gap. See how they have integrated high-level automation into all aspects of their shop.

Fraunhofer ILT, 6K Additive Partner on AM Life Cycle Assessment

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The study conducted at the labs of Fraunhofer ILT analyzes an additively manufactured industrial component that includes the environmental impact from powder, printing and postprocessing.

Ejector Portfolio Expansion Takes on Demolding Challenges

| MoldMaking Technology

A number of ejector pins, sleeves and flat injectors, as well as an online ejector configurator have been added by Hasco for the functional demolding of molded parts.   

Toray develops rapid integrated press molding technology for CFRP mobility components

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The process and material innovation simultaneously shapes, molds, thermosets and bonds the core and skin in the same mold, achieving this 10 times faster than conventional autoclave molding setups.  

SEO for Digital Content Marketing: How to Optimize for Search

| Gardner Web

SEO success in 2023 will require you to stay on top of your performance metrics and make frequent adjustments. Whether Google targets a small segment of one industry or plays with SERPs like a puppeteer, you can take helpful steps for better results overall.

on Casting, Hydrogen, the Future, Mobility, Bikes, & More

Gary S. Vasilash | Gardner Web

Tesla and Matchbox. . .hydrogen for trains. . .Ford looks at the future. . .mobility for the disabled. . .stealing bikes in Amsterdam. . .Toyota racks up the patents. . .Volvo S60 reviewed. . .

Additive Manufacturing Is Subtractive, Too: How CNC Machining Integrates With AM (Includes Video)

Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing

For Keselowski Advanced Manufacturing, succeeding with laser powder bed fusion as a production process means developing a machine shop that is responsive to, and moves at the pacing of, metal 3D printing.

Top Shops Time: Take the Injection Molding Benchmarking Survey Today

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Plastics Technology has once again opened its annual survey of injection molders — participate in the anonymous benchmarking questionnaire today and reward your company with a free customized report.

Digilog Probe for In-Process Surface Roughness Measurement

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

Caron Engineering’s DTect-IT CNC sensor analysis system uses the Blum-Novotest TC64 RG Digilog Probe as the sensor input for in-process surface roughness analysis.

Reciclaje avanzado de plásticos: más allá de la pirólisis

| Plastics Technology México

Los dueños de marcas de productos de consumo ven cada vez más el reciclaje químico avanzado como un complemento necesario para el reciclaje mecánico si quieren cumplir para la próxima década los ambiciosos objetivos de una economía circular.