The Effects of Temperature

Michael Sepe | Plastics Technology

The polymers we work with follow the same principles as the body: the hotter the environment becomes, the less performance we can expect.

Sustainability has come to composites and it's here to stay

Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld

It might be tempting to think of sustainability as a buzzword, but there are structural changes taking place in the composites industry that signal its permanence.
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Pressing On With Servo-Based Manufacturing

| Modern Machine Shop

IMTS22: Promess offers robotic workstations to enable customized automation.

Automated Electroplating Systems

| Products Finishing

Simultaneous engineering reduces energy and resource consumption.

Reconciling a Minimalist Mindset While Marketing Manufacturing

| Gardner Web

Jodee McElfresh, Associate Digital Editor, Additive Manufacturing Media, Gardner Business Media, discusses how manufacturing impacts everyone, even minimalists.

Reconciling a Minimalist Mindset While Marketing Manufacturing

| GROW

Jodee McElfresh, Associate Digital Editor, Additive Manufacturing Media, Gardner Business Media, discusses how manufacturing impacts everyone, even minimalists.

Archer flight testing gains momentum, on pace to achieve transition flight by year end

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Archer is conducting multiple tests weekly as it progresses through the composite-intensive Maker’s flight test campaign.  

NASA calls to industry to develop new flight technologies to reduce carbon emissions

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The agency is seeking partners to capitalize on next-generation technologies to design, build, test and fly a large-scale demonstrator that will lead to future single-aisle aircraft.  

Three-Axis Machining Center Aids Mold Builders With Reduced Cycle Times, Improved Surface Finish

| MoldMaking Technology

The VMX30Di three-axis machining center from Hurco Companies has been designed to help job shops focusing on batch production or mold and die work be more productive and profitable.  

Toray supplies HiCAM project with thermoset, thermoplastic prepreg technologies

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Toray Composite Materials America and Toray Advanced Composites divisions support technologies reducing cost, improving performance and increasing delivery rates in airframe manufacturing.

AIM3D evaluates potential of composite extrusion modeling 3D printing test with PA6GF30

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Glass fiber-reinforced polyamide 3D-printed test specimens proved higher tensile strength, cost effectiveness compared to injection molding and conventional 3D printing processes.  

GMI Aero, KATC, Hypercoat Enterprises lead successful Level 1 bonded composite repair training course

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

A tripartite agreement serves to support joint composites training across Malaysia and the broader Southeastern Asia region.  
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Plant tour: National Institute for Aviation Research, Wichita, Kan., U.S.

Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld

NIAR, located at Wichita State University in the heart of the American aerospace manufacturing industry, has evolved to become a premier hub of teaching, R&D, creativity and innovation.

3D Printed Metal Component for CNC Machining Center: The Cool Parts Show #47

Peter Zelinski | Modern Machine Shop

Machine tool maker DMG MORI improved this coolant delivery adapter by making the part through additive manufacturing instead of machining. One of the viewer-chosen winners of The Cool Parts Showcase.

DeWys Metal Solutions Restructures Leadership Team

Chris Pasion | Products Finishing

Chris Hawkins and Christina Smith have been promoted to the role of chief operating officer and chief revenue officer, respectively.

AkzoNobel Installs New Production Line In Chinese Facility

Chris Pasion | Products Finishing

The line is expected to boost the site’s capacity for supplying more sustainable, water-based texture paints.

Construction Begins on Recycling Innovation Center

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Coperion breaks ground on a new test lab for recycling applications, as compounding equipment suppliers are seeking to establish a presence in recycling. 

AkzoNobel to Appoint New CEO Later This Year

Chris Pasion | Products Finishing

Gregoire Poux-Guillaume will become the company’s new CEO on November 1, 2022.

Hyrsa: barrenado de componentes para la industria aeroespacial

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Hyrsa, fabricante de componentes para la industria aeroespacial, logró mejorar el rendimiento de sus procesos de mecanizado de conectores hidráulicos para la industria aeroespacial con herramientas de corte eficientes. El cambio le permitió reducir pasos y seteos en el proceso de manufactura, además de alargar la vida útil de los insertos de sus brocas.

Composite rebar for future infrastructure

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

GFRP eliminates risk of corrosion and increases durability fourfold for reinforced concrete that meets future demands as traffic, urbanization and extreme weather increase.

3D Printer Enables Continuous Printing Over Large Areas

| Modern Machine Shop

IMTS22: Azul displays its stereolithographic LAKE printer at IMTS 2022.

Cuando el mecanizado manual tiene sentido comercial

Matt Danford | Modern Machine Shop México

Para el taller de mecanizado manual Topper Machine, es más probable que las empresas de CNC sean clientes que competidores. ¿Por qué? El mecanizado manual es rápido para realizar trabajos de bajo volumen o especiales que serían más costosos con CNC.