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Take Time to Save Time: Five Steps in Mold Design to Reduce Back-End Troubleshooting

| Plastics Technology

Westminster Tool shares how the one week it typically takes to perform these five steps in the design phase can save three weeks or more in an overall tool build.

RJG Appoints New CEO

| Plastics Technology

Rob Nugent will take the reins from Dale Westerman, who is stepping away after 24 years at RJG.

VIDEO: How can 3D Printed Tooling Improve Injection Mold Venting?

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

Proper venting is one of a mold builders toughest challenges as molders struggle to keep vents free flowing in production. Learn how to apply 3D printing to mold venting and the benefits of additive venting inserts.

The NCC collaborates with Airbus to optimize eXtra wing aerodynamics

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

In a bid to decarbonize the aviation industry, NCC engineers are looking to design and manufacture primary components for the eXtra Performance Wing “wing box” structure.

Biden Highlights Manufacturing With Additive Initiative

| Production Machining

President Joe Biden highlighted AM Forward, an additive manufacturing initiative, during a visit to United Performance Metals in Cincinnati, Ohio, on May 6.

OCSiAl expands graphene nanotube production capacities to Europe

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The new synthesis facility near Belgrade, Serbia, will be launched in the first half of 2023, with a planned capacity of 40 metric tonnes/year. Production will be leveraged for various polymers and nanotube dispersions to boost EV battery density.

L&L Special Furnace receives order for retort box furnace designed to debind CMC

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Atmosphere-controlled retort box furnaces removes all organics and other materials used in CMC part production to ensure a strong, lightweight, finished part.

Data visibility increases efficiency, competitiveness for composite infrastructure solutions company

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

ClockSpring|NRI builds composite strengthening systems for pipes and civil structures, using Global Shop Solutions ERP software to help track and manage cost and production data.

Five-Flute End Mill Delivers Dynamic Performance

| MoldMaking Technology

The new M.A. Ford TuffCut XV Series XV5CB end mill was designed with a thick core for exceptional metal removal and aggressive stepover capabilities.

Global experts present latest developments at Composite Sandwich Conference in May

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The CSC 2022 conference, jointly organized by Thermhex and Fraunhofer IMWS, enabled a productive exchange of information about cost-efficient composite sandwich structures and automated processing methods.

Scheurer Swiss implements carbon fiber-reinforced 3D printing for bouncing space robot

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Scheurer Swiss supports ETH Zurich in the development of a lightweight “hopping” robot for exploring asteroids.

Bakelite Synthetics completes acquisition of Georgia-Pacific Chemicals

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The transaction includes 11 chemical facilities employing approximately 600 people in the U.S. and South America.

PTXPO Post-Show Highlights

| MoldMaking Technology

Between the contagious energy brought to the show floor by new and familiar exhibitors and attendees, the talkshow-style MMT Studio, hourly Tech Talks and trending displays, MMT highlights some of its favorite — and memorable — moments of the inaugural plastics show in the June 2022 issue.