Herramientas para extrusión de tubos Serie 800, de Guill

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

La serie 800, de Guill, incluye crucetas y moldes de tubería en línea con centro fijo y ajustable para aplicaciones de extrusión o coextrusión simples.

Transformación digital de la manufactura en América Latina y El Caribe

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

Un informe elaborado por BID Invest y NTT Data, manifiesta que el rediseño de las cadenas de proveeduría globales es un factor clave para acelerar la transformación digital en la región.

Covestro PC Chosen by Dermadry for Treatment Trays of Medical Device

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Makrolon 2458 PC makes up key components of the latest device for treating hyperhidrosis.

DN Solutions' VMC Provides Diverse Five-Axis Machining

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The company’s DVF Series comprises compact five-axis CNC machines that are designed for diverse five-sided or simultaneous five-axis applications.

Gas Dosing System for Foam Extrusion

| Plastics Technology

System can be deployed on both lab and production lines.  

EMO Hannover 2023: tendencias en manufactura aditiva y cobots

| Modern Machine Shop México

EMO Hannover 2023, que se realizará del 18 al 23 de septiembre, ofrecerá soluciones en manufactura aditiva, conectividad, cobots y sostenibilidad.

Foster Now North American Marketing Partner for Röhm’s Medical Acrylic Resins

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Company to distribute Röhm’s Cyrolite and Cyrolite MD and XT portfolio of resins.

Gift a 3D Printer to an Employee?

Derek Korn | Production Machining

Some shops have purchased inexpensive polymer 3D printers for their operations. Does it make sense to take this a step further and give (or loan) a sharp young employee one to experiment with at home? This small investment could pay off for your shop in different ways.
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Aprueban Ley de Economía Circular en la Ciudad de México

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

La Ley de Economía Circular busca disminuir el impacto ambiental en la entidad a través de herramientas como el reciclaje y la reducción de residuos.   

MMT Chats: How to Improve Efficiency in 3 Key Toolroom Areas

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with James Jergens, General Manager for Triangle Tool and Penn Erie Tool of The Plastek Group about three simple ways to improve efficiency: tool design, equipment and work in process. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

5th Axis presenta sus mordazas para material redondo

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La nueva mordaza para material redondo de 5th Axis es compatible con todas las prensas autocentrantes de la serie X de 5".

MMT Chats

| MoldMaking Technology


Alro Steel Opens Philadelphia Facility

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

The facility offers extra storage space for an expanded material offering, including large structural shapes, bar products, sheet and plate, and the ability to warehouse special inventory programs.

K 2022 Additives & Materials: Sustainability in the Lead

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Nearly all of the new additives highlighted at the big show are aimed at enhancing recyclability of commodity resins and some volume engineering resins such as nylon and PC. A few new materials, on which we had not previously reported, also surfaced at K 2022.  

License Agreement Reached for Massive Gulf Coast Pyrolysis Facility

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Alterra Energy announced its technology will be licensed by Freepoint Holdings for a future processing facility.

Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 3: The Robots Come Home

Peter Zelinski | Modern Machine Shop

The latest episode “Made in the USA” podcast explores a company that uses collaborative robots, one of the key tools helping US machine shops and other manufacturers compete with lower cost countries by automating production.

Solar Atmosphere Receives Boeing Approval for Vacuum Oil Quenching

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The approval was granted for oil quenching of alloy steels in the company’s new furnace, the Neo.

Haydale graphene contributes to stronger, lighter sea kayaks

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Bespoke mechanical graphene masterbatch was effectively used in a resin infusion process to increase the strength, stiffness and breakage resistance of Norse Kayaks’ products.  

Injection Mold Manufacturer Offers Focused Expertise, Benchmark Performance

| MoldMaking Technology

StackTeck is a global manufacturer of multi-cavity, high-volume production molds, providing in-house expertise from product to mold design to integrated solutions.  

Trayecto expands natural gas truck fleet with Hexagon Agility fuel systems

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

ProCab and ProRail fuel systems, equipped with Tuffshell Type IV tanks, will support the Mexican trucking company’s efforts to further replace its diesel tractor fleet.  

Tungaloy Expands Threading Tool Insert Offerings

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The TungThread indexable threading tool series is designed for applications including general parts that are machined in CNC lathes and small precision parts in Swiss-type automatic lathes.

How Best-Practice Segmentation Delivers Faster and More Profitable Growth

| Gardner Web

There are many approaches to customer and market segmentation. The best method will depend on the business and its goals. This article explores 4 approaches to segmentation, 5 steps to create a successful customer segmentation model, 3 key data considerations, and 5 segmentation best practices. Note: Anyone in the Gardner community who uses GW17Lucky will receive a 17% discount on The Market and Customer Segmentation Workbook. It will only be good for this workbook and will be effective from February 20th through St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th, midnight central time. It will automatically expire at that time.