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EPA Plans to Release Major New Health Assessment for Hexavalent Chromium By End of Year
| Products Finishing
EPA is scheduled to issue a draft scientific health evaluation for hexavalent chromium by the end of 2022 for public comment and review. The assessment has been underway for more than a decade, and an updated assessment could lead to significantly tighter rules and restrictions nationwide.
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NASF Releases September 2022 Policy Update
Scott Francis | Products Finishing
The National Association for Surface Finishing has released a Policy Update, summarizing some of the pertinent regulatory developments and new announcements from the month of September.
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Digital Manufacturing. Implemented.
Tom Beard | Modern Machine Shop
Digital Manufacturing is all over IMTS, in exhibitor booths and in special technology displays. Discover what Peter Eelman, chief experience officer at AMT, thinks of what’s to come at this year’s show.
Take a Spin Where Speed Matters
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
IMTS22: NSK America Corporation showcases hand tools, spindles and a play table of technology that offers hands-on learning.
Cobot industrial compacto UR20 con control de movimiento mejorado
Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México
Universal Robots presenta el UR20, un cobot que cuenta con un nuevo diseño que permite tiempos de ciclo aún más rápidos y la capacidad de manejar cargas más pesadas. En IMTS, Denis Pineda, presidente para las Américas, destacó sus principales capacidades.
Operative System for Grinding Machines
| Modern Machine Shop
United Grinding showcases digital operating systems at IMTS 2022.
Materialise Acquires Identify3D Software Encryption Company
Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing
The acquisition of Identify3D enables Materialise to add an additional security layer to its CO-AM platform, making it an even more robust and secure software platform for distributed manufacturing.
Don't Miss This: Technology Trends
Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop
Manufacturing advances like automation and machine monitoring software are not only affordable for job shops, they may soon become competitive necessities.
25 Years Later, What’s Exciting in Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion?
| Additive Manufacturing
Often seen as runner-up to laser powder bed fusion, are we finally in the golden age of the electron beam?
Rectificadora VGrind 340S, de Vollmer, reafila herramientas de carburo pequeñas
| Modern Machine Shop México
La rectificadora VGrind 340S, de Vollmer, está diseñada para producir y reafilar herramientas de metal duro pequeñas y rotacionalmente simétricas. Es ideal para aplicaciones en las industrias de electrónica e ingeniería médica.
Mantle Metal 3D Printing System for Toolmaking, Prototypes
Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing
The technology is designed for easy installation and use so that, with minimal training, manufacturers can have users quickly operating and running the machine.
Experience Machining in a New Dimension — The Metaverse
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
IMTS22: CNC meets the metaverse at the Hurco booth with a VR experience and drawings for an Oculus VR headset.
4-way Bed Precision Lathe Features Automated Cycles
| Modern Machine Shop
Long and thin workpieces can be machined without reclamping on this new machine from Weiler, according to the company.
Recycling Challenges Become Opportunities with the Aid of New Technologies
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
The latest recycling equipment on view at the K Show handles more materials, is more efficient and produces higher quality output than ever achieved before.
WM Acquires Avangard Innovative
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
New business will operate as Natura PCR
Crean recubrimiento duradero que mata el SARS-CoV-2 y otros gérmenes en minutos
Rosario Taracena | Products Finishing México
Investigadores de la Universidad de Michigan crearon un recubrimiento duradero capaz de matar bacterias y virus de forma rápida y seguirlo haciendo durante meses. Este avance podría cambiar las reglas del juego en los espacios públicos.
Robotic Developments Boost Productivity, Resilience and Adaptability
| Modern Machine Shop
To fight ongoing trade disruptions and supply chain issues, ABB developed over 30 new robot, software, digital and educational products.
SABIC trae nuevos compuestos de PP reforzados con fibra de vidrio corta
| Plastics Technology México
Para aplicaciones estructurales automotrices, SABIC presenta los compuestos de polipropileno G3430X y G3440X, recomendados para el diseño de piezas con menor masa y peso.
PFAS Regulatory Alert: What Facilities Will Be Covered by EPA's PFAS Rulemaking for Surface Finishing Industry?
| Products Finishing
It is still too early to tell whether the proposed rule scheduled for release later next year will apply only to those facilities with certain chromium-based processes or more broadly to all metal finishing and electroplating operations.
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IMDEA Materials Institute helps create intelligent sensors for aviation composites
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
As a part of the European Union’s DOMMINIO project, IMDEA Materials Institute is helping to create embedded smart sensors via 3D printing to provide real-time updates on aircraft during flight.
Arkema finaliza la adquisición de Polímeros Especiales en México
| Products Finishing México
La adquisición de Polímeros Especiales por parte de Arkema fortalecerá la oferta de esta última en cuanto a soluciones libres de solventes.
AZL announces upcoming joint R&D partner projects
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Kick-off meetings for consortium projects covering cell-to-pack battery casing architecture, composite tailgate concepts and a study into the utility and cargo bikes sector are taking place Oct. 27 and 28.