on Transmissions, Cleaner Steel, Robotics, EV Batteries & More
Gary S. Vasilash | Gardner Web
Still lots of manual transmissions. . .steel production with reduced emissions. . .EVs drive robot sales. . .humanoid robots and testing issues. . .battery costs and EV efficiencies. . .Toyota Highlander. . .popular Chinese EV in the U.K.
#robotics
Creative Composites Group introduces H-5 rated FRP bridge decking
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
High-strength pultruded SuperDeck Lite gives ambulances and maintenance vehicles access to trails, bridges, boardwalks and sidewalks
What Does AM Want? Here Are 4 Aims (Maybe 5) That Additive Manufacturing Is Driving Toward
Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing
Certain freedoms and contributing factors allow additive manufacturing to realize its full promise for production.
Walter presenta los machos de roscar de carburo sólido TC388 y TC389 Supreme
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
Los nuevos machos de carburo sólido de Walter están diseñados para el mecanizado de agujeros ciegos.
Manufacturability Analysis for 3D Printing Designs
| Plastics Technology
Protolabs has added a design for additive manufacturability (DfAM) analysis for 3D-printed parts to its online quoting platform, allowing users to optimize designs prior to printing.
ACI Plastics Unveils $10 Million Recycling Expansion in Michigan
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
Investment backed by grants from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy.
Trends in EV Finishing
Gary S. Vasilash | Products Finishing
As OEMs put more electric vehicles — a.k.a., “green” vehicles — on the road, their colors aren’t, well, green.
Robot-Ready Automatic Pallet Changer for VMCs
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
Combined with Midaco’s Hydraulic Docking System on the pallets, a robot/cobot can load parts on the pallet changer outside of the VMC unattended while the spindle is cutting, thereby freeing the operator to perform other tasks.
Meximold 2023: más opciones de proveeduría para el sector de moldes
Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México
Meximold, que se realizará este año del 11 al 12 de octubre en Querétaro, contará con un pabellón exclusivo de socios de la Asociación Mexicana de Manufactura de Moldes y Troqueles (AMMMT) y más proveedores de tecnologías de moldeo por inyección.
Editorial Advisory Board 2023-2026: Meet New Board Member Isaac Trevino, Best Tool & Engineering
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
The 2023-2026 version of MoldMaking Technology’s EAB features a new crew of industry professionals. Here’s one of them.
#workforcedevelopment
Partially Biobased Styrene-Butadiene Copolymers Launched
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Ineos Styrolution’s Styrolux Eco and K-Resin Eco are available with a renewable styrene monomer content of 60%.
Fundación Ellen MacArthur, WRAP y WEF abordan contaminación por plástico
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
La Fundación Ellen MacArthur, WRAP y WEF trabajan conjuntamente para garantizar un intercambio de conocimientos más eficiente a través de su red combinada.
Anti-Hydrolysis Additives for Nylon, Polyesters and Urethanes
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
CAI’s ST-H10 and ST-HT13 boasts long-durability of products exposed to moisture.
PMT: An Emerging Plastics Power
Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology
Following a rapid series of acquisitions, Plastic Molding Technology now undertakes an integration process as the first step on a path to its goal of becoming a world-class plastics processor.
5 Questions About Honing
Derek Korn | Production Machining
Honing is typically performed to bring bores to a precise size or achieve a specific surface finish. Here, a leading honing equipment manufacturer answers a few commonly asked questions about this process.
Rapid Robotics Partners With Yaskawa Motoman, Expands Solutions
| Modern Machine Shop
Through a new partnership with Yaskawa Motoman, Rapid Robotics is bringing its rapid deployment speeds and next-gen service to industrial applications.
Vehículos eléctricos ganan terreno en América Latina
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
La firma Argus dice que, si bien la demanda de vehículos eléctricos aumentó en América Latina, el sector espera más incentivos para impulsar a la industria.
Nuevo controlador de canal caliente, profiTEMP IM, de Meusburger
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
El profiTEMP IM, de Meusburger, es una unidad de canal caliente que permite un control preciso de la temperatura con una fase de calentamiento corta.
Unmanned aircraft manufacturer General Atomics becomes Nadcap Subscriber
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Nadcap members are aerospace prime contractors who have demonstrated design authority and control over supplier quality throughout their organization.
CompPair HealTech sandwich panels extend self-healing composite capabilities
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Healable panels demonstrate good repairability, do not disrupt compatible paints and maintain properties equivalent to virgin samples.
Fiber Institute Bremen develops high-strength PLA biopolymers
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Novel PLA blend is proven on pilot plant scale for technical textile applications like aerospace, medical or automotive engineering.
Longtime partner New Flyer selects Hexagon Purus to outfit hydrogen transit bus
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Hexagon Purus will continue to supply Type IV hydrogen tanks for the Xcelsior Charge H2 fuel cell electric bus, the tanks of which will be produced out of Hexagon’s new Maryland facility.