Positioned to Prevail: Designing Processes Around People

Eli Plaskett | Modern Machine Shop

Stecker Machine Company shows that getting the most value from employees means valuing your employees.

Junia Holdings Inc. Names New President, CEO

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Tunji Taiwo has more than 30 years of senior management experience in a variety of chemicals, energy and industrial businesses.

Aplicación de RoboDK permite la calibración automatizada de herramientas para robots

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

TwinTool es una aplicación de RoboDK que ofrece una calibración automatizada de herramientas para robots industriales.

Formlabs Appoints President of Health Care Business Unit

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

As new health care president, Guillaume Bailliard will work to expand the company’s medical and dental business unit.

Bole Machinery Open House Promotes Machine Efficiency

| Plastics Technology

Energy efficiency was the focus of Bole Machinery’s Sept. 14 customer open house at its U.S. headquarters in Stow, Ohio.

Helmut Fischer México estrena oficina en Tijuana

Rosario Taracena | Products Finishing México

Para reforzar su servicio a los clientes de la zona fronteriza, Helmut Fischer México decidió abrir una nueva representación comercial en la ciudad de Tijuana desde donde planea proveer atención, soporte y venta de equipos de medición.

AGC Chemicals Opens New Office in California

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Company’s new office to support advanced materials needs of northern West Coast’s semiconductor and electronics manufacturers.  

Chuck Lubricant Prevents Metal-to-Metal Contact

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Dillon’s HPG500 premium boundary lubricant is said to have exceptional mechanical stability, very high load carrying capacity and excellent water and moisture resistance.

MMT Chats: Marketing’s Impact on Mold Manufacturing

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

Kelly Kasner, Director of Sales and Marketing for Michiana Global Mold (MGM) talks about the benefits her marketing and advertising, MGM’s China partnership and the next-generation skills gap. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.  
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Spee3D’s Metal 3D Printer First in World to Print Parts on US Naval Ship

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

Spee3D’s WarpSpee3D additive manufacturing technology was successfully used in the U.S. Navy’s REPTX exercise, which serves to demonstrate and evaluate the viability and efficacy of products and services that could expand the Navy’s ability to perform expeditionary maintenance operations.

Widia Chipbreaker for Machining Aluminum, Nonferrous Materials

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

The insert is designed to be versatile, reliable, and cost-effective, making it a universal solution for customers seeking lower cutting forces, extended tool life and greater tooling productivity when machining a variety of nonferrous workpiece materials.

UTA research builds predictive tool to determine failure risk, operating life of composites

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

UT Arlington, AFRL solution will use machine learning and computational tools to determine the life, durability and safety of composites used in aircraft manufacturing.  

Rheon Labs successfully completes reactive fiber collaboration trials with FET

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Under an Innovate UK Smart Grant-backed project, Rheon is developing a hyper-viscoelastic textile fiber that can actively absorb, dampen and control energy during movement.  

R&D/Leverage Joins Growing Tooling Family

| MoldMaking Technology

R&D/Leverage becomes the third tooling acquisition of Omaha startup Adler Industrial Solutions.

Multicomponent Mold Combines Capping, Unscrewing Functions for Pharma Closure

| MoldMaking Technology

Braunform says its patented RotaricE² mold, which will mold Luer lock pharmaceutical closures in Arburg’s K 2022 booth, enables the use of one tool and one machine, versus two, while eliminating post-mold assembly.

Nordex releases N175/6.X turbine with single-piece, 85.7-meter-long blade

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The newly designed 6.22-megawatt turbine offers 22% more energy versus predecessors, will start series production in Europe in 2024.  

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Composite Automation

| CompositesWorld

Composite Automation is joined by Isojet Equipements and PCM/Lucas Industries, bringing solutions for every step of the composites manufacturing process to one booth.

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Graphene Council

| CompositesWorld

Graphene Council is a community of materials professionals utilizing graphene to develop a new range of products and applications.

How Automation Keeps Quality Control in Control

Matt Danford | Modern Machine Shop

Collaborative robots help inspection keep pace with machining in a custom, digitalized workflow for complex aerospace and defense parts.

Mitigating Carbon Fiber Emissions for Fabricators

| CompositesWorld

Thermal or catalytic oxidation devices are capable of achieving over 99% destruction of the emissions from carbon fiber manufacturing. Recent developments in these technologies have improved efficiency, effectiveness, process uptime, and reduced carbon footprint.

Why does my composite mold leak under vacuum or applied pressure?

Louis Dorworth | CompositesWorld

Louis Dorworth of Abaris Training Resources outlines key considerations to make when fabricating quality composite molds to minimize risk of leakage under pressure or vacuum.

Can Plastic Recyclates be Welded Ultrasonically?

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

What is possible with ultrasound? Will the result with recycled plastics material actually be worse than with standard material? Do we have to adapt our technology?