Creative Composites Group integrates Ohio, Maine molding manufacturing capabilities

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Flexible approach will provide added capacity to speed up project delivery, meet increased customer demands.  

Support Pillar With Clearance Hold and Thread Maximizes Mold Design Freedom

| MoldMaking Technology

Hasco’s newly design support pillars Z571/ enable flexible fixing variants in the mold and reduction in mold deflection, ensuring a more reliable, efficient injection molding process.  

More Than 60 U.S. Mold Manufacturers Rally to Keep China Tariffs

| MoldMaking Technology

Out of the 358 comments submitted to maintain the Section 301 tariffs on China, 20% were mold and die makers answering AMBA’s call-to-action.  

AMBA Reveals Work Capacity Tool

| MoldMaking Technology

AMBA's Work Capacity Tool is an innovative resource now available to help mold manufacturers share and fill capacity when needed.

GRP Solutions acquires Allscot Distributors

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Purchase of the privately-owned fiberglass products specialist strengthens high-growth business areas, a customer-centric focus and world-class service offerings.  

Velocity Composites launches digital manufacturing cell to improve material efficiency

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Industry 4.0 manufacturing cell is tailored to effectively and efficiently trace individual composite plies through the entire value stream.  

Phillips Precision Introduces Flexible Fixturing System

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Phillips Precision’s Cross-Member turns any clamp or vise on its side, providing more versatility for access to critical part features.

“Es el momento de llevar nuestra experiencia en plásticos a Latinoamérica”: PRIVARSA

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

Con 30 años de experiencia en el mercado mexicano, PRIVARSA quiere trasladar su reputación de ser el “supermercado de inyección de plástico” al mercado latinoamericano. Su primera participación en la feria Colombiaplast marca el punto de partida en esta estrategia.

FABTECH 2022 regresa a Atlanta

Scott Francis | Products Finishing México

En FABTECH podrá descubrir las últimas tecnologías de acabado y conectar con expertos de la industria. El evento será del 8 al 10 de noviembre en Atlanta, Georgia.

Intrepid Automation’s Valkyrie Systems for Industrial-Scale Additive Manufacturing

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

System features modular DLP technology for a customizable, industrial-scale system for high-volume production.

Trumpf mostró las capacidades de la TruPrint 5000

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Las capacidades de precalentamiento de la TruPrint 500, de Trumpf, facilitan la impresión 3D del acero para herramientas con alta calidad en la industria de herramental.

Festival de Economía Circular impulsará a América Latina en la transición

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

El evento reunirá a diferentes instituciones y actores clave de América Latina para impulsar la transición hacia una economía circular.

Datanomix Partners With Flexxbotics on Robot Monitoring

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Using Flexxbotics’ technology, the Datanomix platform receives performance information and visualizes it alongside the performance data from the CNC machines the robots empower.

Matsuura, Purdue Collaborate on Convergent Manufacturing Innovations

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The partners are working to advance innovations in convergent manufacturing as researchers converge an array of processes in one platform to enable breakthroughs in manufacturing science and engineering.

Green’s the Theme in Extrusion/Compounding

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

The drive toward circular economy is requiring processors to make more use of PCR. Machine builders at K—across all extrusion processes—will be highlighting innovations to help them do just that.

Flame-Retardant Synergists in Masterbatch Form

| Plastics Technology

Tolsa is launching masterbatch capability for its Adins FR products at K 2022  

VGrind Argon, máquina rectificadora de doble husillo que permite un funcionamiento autónomo

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Vollmer presentó la rectificadora de herramientas VGrind Argon, la cual es adecuada para el mecanizado de herramientas rotativas de carburo.

Allied Insert for Cutting Stainless Steel, HRSA Materials

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

Allied Machine and Engineering’s M geometry T-A Pro insert has been engineered to provide a combination of longer tool life, good penetration rates and process reliability for cutting stainless and heat-resistant super alloy materials.

Company Completes First Life Cycle Assessment for 6K Additive Process

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The independent analysis shows 6K Additive’s UniMelt process uses 91% less energy with a 92% reduction in carbon emissions over traditional methods for nickel production.

ModuleWorks Update Includes Enhanced Customization

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

ModuleWorks’ 2022.08 CAD/CAM software includes new custom tool shapes for roughing, automatic tool axis control and vector interpolation for the machine simulation.

Tres novedades tecnológicas de Haimer en IMTS 2022

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Haimer presentó tres nuevas tecnologías en IMTS: El sistema de sujeción por inducción Power Clamp Sprint i4.0, una máquina de preseteo y un cubo de automatización para medición, descarga y sujeción de varias herramientas por medio de un robot.

Adaptive Robotics for Improving Productivity

| Modern Machine Shop

Stäubli’s robotic machine tending and collaborative mobile robotics are designed to optimize process efficiency and boost productivity.