3D Printing Increases Efficiency Of Wind Turbine Blade Alignment

Hannah Mason | Additive Manufacturing

A Markforged digital repository and 3D printers enable faster, more accurate and less costly manufacture of a variety of tools and blade components across Vestas sites.

New Packaging and Industrial Machines Boast Speed, Energy Efficiency, Web Connectivity

Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology

Bekum launches two new series of machines with new clamps, extruders, and controls at K 2022 show.

Prevé AMAS escenario de crecimiento para la industria mexicana

| Products Finishing México

El presidente de AMAS, David González, comentó que la tendencia al nearshoring está trayendo a México operaciones de grandes empresas que buscan proveedores calificados.

Low-Profile Magnetic Conveyors Move Parts Anywhere

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

IMTS22: Bunting’s Low-Profile Conveyors are said to require less than 2" of clearance and fit into most tight spaces.

Low-Profile Magnetic Conveyors Move Parts Anywhere

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

IMTS22: Bunting’s Low-Profile Conveyors are said to require less than 2" of clearance and fit into most tight spaces.

Low-Profile Magnetic Conveyors Move Parts Anywhere

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

IMTS22: Bunting’s Low-Profile Conveyors are said to require less than 2" of clearance and fit into most tight spaces.

Sodick Adds Functions to Cut EDM Wire Consumption

Grace Stubbins | Modern Machine Shop

Sodick puts a new spin on its ALN, ALP, ALC wire EDM line with new functions that reduce wire consumption by 25%.

Moldmaking Specialist Delivers High-Quality Shut-off Couplings, Flow Analysis Support

| MoldMaking Technology

Hasco works closely in cooperation with partners like Müller + Sohn Kunststofferzeugnisse, serving more than 100,000 moldmaking-related products.  

Swoop Aero collaborates with FAA, CASA for Kite delivery drone

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Process of joint certification will serve to reinforce Australia’s aviation abilities and enable transition of drone technologies to urban and rural environments globally.  

Altair announces winners of 10th annual Enlighten Award

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Ford, Shiloh Industries, General Motors, Toyota, BASF, L&L Products, Nemak and McMaster University are among some of the winners creating a more sustainable, lightweight future.

Collaborators awarded NIST funding to develop in-space manufacturing roadmap

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

Purdue, the University of New Hampshire and the University of Alabama will work with NASA to develop a roadmap for in-space manufacturing.
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CGTech releases Vericut version 9.3 for smarter machining

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

This latest Vericut release offers added and improved featured for highly optimized, yet safe NC program running for CNC machines.   

Autonomous Heating System Features Built-In Safety Measures

Chris Pasion | Products Finishing

Process Technology’s Tomtech heating system features remote monitoring, built-in safety features and autonomous operation.
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MMT Chats: Acquisition Trends and Lessons for Mold Builders

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

Jim Berklas is a former full-time M&A lawyer for several of the largest private equity firms in the country and has 25 years of M&A experience and 200 closed transaction. Today, he is founder and M&A Leader with Augmented Industry Services. He joins me for this MMT Chat on mergers and acquisitions trends and strategies within in the mold manufacturing industry. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

Composite Seatback Design Wins Altair Enlighten Award

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

New seatback made from BASF’s Elastocoat PUR pultrusion system and overmolded with impact-modified Ultramid nylon 6  

3D Printer Features Improved Gas Flow, Melt Pool Monitoring

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

IMTS22: Trumpf Inc.’s TruPrint 3000 can fabricate parts up to 400 mm tall and up to 300 mm in diameter.

Composites-Ready 3D Printers Produce High-Strength Parts

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

IMTS 2022: Stratasys’ new printers are said to offer high stiffness and strength materials in a hardened machine ready for composite material printing.

3D Printer Features Improved Gas Flow, Melt Pool Monitoring

| Modern Machine Shop

IMTS22: Trumpf Inc.’s TruPrint 3000 can fabricate parts up to 400 mm tall and up to 300 mm in diameter.

Digital Product Passport for Plastic Products Supports Circularity

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

As part of a series of interviews leading-up to K 2022 Show, VDMA interviews Dr. Benedikt Brenken, director of R-Cycle.

Solving Holemaking Issues: Boring or Reaming?

John Miller | Modern Machine Shop

Single-point boring and reaming are both excellent ways to meet high tolerances and finish requirements for hole making, but each has distinct specialties.

Expectativas empresariales del sector manufacturero crecen en julio

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

En julio de 2022, el Indicador Agregado de Tendencia fue de 52.1 puntos, lo que representó un aumento de 1.2 puntos con relación al mismo mes de 2021.

John Deere trasladará producción de Iowa a Nuevo León

| Products Finishing México

En los próximos 18 meses John Deere espera mudar la producción de cortacéspedes de heno y forraje que actualmente fabrica en Iowa a su planta en Monterrey.