Hwacheon Machinery Announces Two New Distributors

| Modern Machine Shop

MachineTech and Numerequip Inc. join Hwacheon's dealer network. The additions of these companies provides customers in respective regions with solutions, demonstrations, training and engineers.

Beyond Gravity delivers space technology, composites expertise for Artemis missions

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Mechanisms to drive solar array panels, a composite universal stage adapter and central network electronics supply drive Artemis missions forward.  

Automation and Connectivity Features Boost Machine Data Platform Efficacy

| Modern Machine Shop

IMTS22: Expanded features from MachineMetrics are intended to enable manufacturers to drive frontline worker productivity and factory systems with real-time machine data.

Full conference programming announced for CAMX 2022

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The conference program’s list of eight featured sessions have been released for this year’s event in Anaheim, California, focusing on the composites industry’s hottest topics.  

All-Electric Bar Feeder Optimized for Lights-Out Production

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

IMTS 2022: The Quick Load Servo 105 automatic bar feeder has a 26" (650 mm) heavy-duty magazine which can stage up to 1,430 lbs of barstock for long unattended and lights-out production runs.

Qualification Today, Better Aircraft Tomorrow — Eaton’s Additive Manufacturing Strategy

Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing

The case for additive has been made, Eaton says. Now, the company is taking on qualification costs so it can convert aircraft parts made through casting to AM. The investment today will speed qualification of the 3D printed parts of the future, allowing design engineers to fully explore additive’s freedoms.

A Case for Combining Workholding with Optical Scanning

Brent Donaldson | Modern Machine Shop

Automotive dies and die inserts are often complex, one-off parts with little room for error. Integrity Tool's investments in modular workholding tools and 3D optical scanning have allowed the company to create niche capabilities for its CNC machined parts.

Reducción del tiempo de diseño y taladrado profundo

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Según Vektek los usuarios pueden reducir el tiempo de diseño y taladrado profundo con sus válvulas de secuencia de puerto.  

SCJN anula prohibición de venta de envases de PET y unicel

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

La Segunda Sala de la Corte declaró inconstitucional la prohibición realizada por Oaxaca en 2019 a la venta de envases de PET y unicel en la entidad, y su criterio es aplicable a todo el país.

Industria de moldes, por una línea estratégica de capacitación

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

Directivos de la AMMMT, el Clúster de Herramentales y la empresa Privarsa señalaron que existe necesidad de capacitación en la industria de moldes. Este aspecto será abordado durante Meximold con un programa académico de conferencias especializadas.

ADS Planning $65 Million Expansion at Ohio HQ

| Plastics Technology

ADS Engineering & Technology Center to add jobs, and expand state-of-the-art capabilities in materials science, manufacturing technologies and stormwater and onsite septic wastewater management solutions.  

Software de monitoreo para manufactura aditiva AddUp AM

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La nueva suite de software aumenta la confianza en la calidad de las piezas, tanto para la creación de prototipos como para aplicaciones industriales de uso final.

Alpine Advanced Materials Licenses Addifab Freeform Technology

| Plastics Technology

The designer and manufacturer of composite parts will use Addifab’s proprietary resin system and Nexa3D printers to print tooling for low-volume molded part testing.

Swiss-Type Offers 33 Tool Positions

| Production Machining

IMTS 2022: Expand Machinery says its Genturn-52CS Y2 enables multiple operations in a single handling.

Creemos que va a haber un gran crecimiento en México: Glen Breault

| Products Finishing México

El vicepresidente para Norteamérica de MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions, Glen Breault, habla en entrevista del sitio que ocupa México en la nueva tendencia al "nearshoring", de las tecnologías que están impulsando y de las oportunidades que ofrece la industria de acabados para los jóvenes profesionales.

Soluciones de sujeción para un mecanizado desatendido prolongado de Mitee-­Bite Products

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Según Mitee­-Bite Products, cuentan con soluciones simples hasta automatización para operación desatendida.

Compact Workcells Integrating Into Weld Processes

| Modern Machine Shop

IMTS22: ArcWorld releases the ArcWorld RS and ArcWorld HS, pre-engineered workcells designed for assisting with weld processes. However, these robots differ from most of their counterparts in a distinct way —  they’re miniature.

Expand Machinery Swiss-Type Machine Offers 33 Tool Positions

| Modern Machine Shop

Expand Machinery’s Genturn-52CS Y2 features a subspindle as well as dual C and Y axes to enable multiple operations in a single handling.

Create High-Speed Machining Toolpaths

Jenny Rush | Modern Machine Shop

IMTS22: Griffo Brothers’ offers a complete offline solution for Mazatrol programming, including updated features to enable high-speed toolpath creation.

Asahi Kasei Aims for ‘First-to-Market’ of a More Sustainable Nylon 66

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

In addition, Asahi Kasei Plastics North America (APNA) is on a roll with its expanded Leona portfolio of specialty nylon 66-based compounds.

Do Your Team Members Know Your Parts?

Matthew Kirchner | Production Machining

When team members understand how the components they produce fit into the end product, it can make the team feel more invested in what they’re doing.

New SLS Material for Chemical and Wear Resistance

Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology

New iglide powder material from igus is aimed at laser sintering of food-grade components that are self-lubricating, resilient, and resistant to a range of chemicals.