Production Machining’s January 2023 News Highlights
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
Production Machining’s January 2023 news highlights include PMTS registration opening, event collaborations, acquisitions and new manufacturing plants, training centers and quality centers.
AM Sister Brand Modern Machine Shop Promotes Brent Donaldson to Editor-In-Chief
Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing
Experienced writer and editor takes the reins for media brand which has reported on the CNC machining and technology industry for nearly 100 years.
Stryker Using Additive for Implants
Gary S. Vasilash | Additive Manufacturing
Using its “AMagine” process, Stryker creates components with a titanium alloy that mimics bone.
Hexagon unveils new PV Elite release for design, analysis of pressure vessels, heat exchangers
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Complete software solution incorporates the tools necessary to perform a broad range of vessel analysis and boundary-defining data inputs, enabling efficient design while ensuring those designs are up to safety codes.
Auto EPCON 2023 conference calls for papers
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Presentations related to a variety of engineered plastic materials and techniques can be submitted until Feb. 24, 2023, for the one-day event in Troy, Michigan.
Plastic Omnium, Shenergy Group JV to accelerate hydrogen development in China
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Pilot project line in Shanghai for Type IV hydrogen systems will be in place by 2025, and a mega-plant with a 60,000-vessel capacity by 2026.
Chantiers de l’Atlantique reveals 66-meter, all-composite SolidSail mast
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
A technological feat, the large carbon fiber mast prototype targets the Silenseas sailing liner and sailing cargo ships for up to 40% reduction in CO2 emissions.
Airbus releases 2022 full-year commercial aircraft orders, deliveries
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The aerospace giant surpassed 2021 net orders, deliveries and aircraft in backlog covering all aircraft families.
on Domestic EV Supply Chains, NACTOY, Facilitating Charging, Powertrains People Prefer, & a Look at Affordability
Gary S. Vasilash | Gardner Web
On EV, DS & U.S.. . . NACTOY Winners. . .Audi in Dakar. . .finding chargers. . .powertrain popularity today and tomorrow. . .VW sales and potential market implications. . .ZF heats up the seat belt. . .Elantra review
3D Printed Conveyor Mat Aids Automation: The Cool Parts Show #55
Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing for long, flexible sections of brush material? On this episode of The Cool Parts Show, how a continuous DLP system provides the answer for a component critical to vibratory automation systems.
Made in the USA – Season 1 Episode 6: The Way Forward
Peter Zelinski | Modern Machine Shop
So far, Made in the USA has looked into system-wide effects of broken supply chains, automation, skilled workforce issues and our perception of manufacturing jobs — examining each topic through a prism of individual experiences. For this final episode for Season 1, let’s look at one more system-wide question and bring it back to personal perspectives: Is there today a new dawn, a new moment for American manufacturing?
#workforcedevelopment
Consejo Mexicano de Educación Aeroespacial se reunirá en Sonora
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
En Sonora se realizará la primera asamblea nacional del COMEA, en la que participarán instituciones educativas que ofrecen el programa de Manufactura Aeronáutica.
Kennametal Expands Modular Drilling Platform
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
The KenTip FS GTP insert allows for multiple machining applications across materials including steel, stainless steel and cast iron.
Cutting Tool Measurement, Compensation Expands to Meet Tool Needs
| MoldMaking Technology
Zoller’s measurement machines and ANCA software easily communicate to simplify and improve tool measurement, wheel measurement, form measurement and compensation processes.
Sabic y Scientex desarrollan empaque con plástico reciclado del océano
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
Sabic colabora con Scientex en el desarrollo de un embalaje para alimentos fabricado con polipropileno circular certificado proveniente de desechos oceánicos.
Hubbard-Hall Welcomes Chief Financial Officer
| Products Finishing
Aaron Mambrino has been named Hubbard-Hall's chief financial officer.
Lockheed Martin Partners With Sintavia to Advance Metal AM
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
The new collaboration will explore AM technology areas including laser powder bed fusion, electron beam-directed energy deposition and friction stir AM.
Demand components lead to composites GBI contraction
Jan Schafer | CompositesWorld
For the first time in two years, the Composites Fabricating Index has contracted, though components continue to shift between expanding and contracting activity.
#economics
Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials, Part 25: Silicones
Michael Sepe | Plastics Technology
The long road to the development of silicone resulted in a chemistry that is remarkably versatile.
Manufacturing Cleaning Association Announces New Board
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
The organization is also seeing continued growth as it expands its member benefits in new directions.
IMTS+ Creators Lounge: Sharing the Stories of Moldmaking
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
Founder/CEO of Industrial Strength Marketing James Soto welcomed MoldMaking Technology editorial director Christina Fuges into the IMTS+ Creators Lounge to talk about sharing the stories of manufacturing using social media and digital tools.
Finishing Activity: December Index of 46.3 Ended 2022 With Entire Fourth Quarter in Contraction
Jan Schafer | Products Finishing
Finishing activity was down 1.4 points vs. November.
#economics