Lincoln Electric Helps Get Chevron Refinery Back Online

| Additive Manufacturing

Lincoln Electric worked with Chevron to accelerate refinery maintenance using Lincoln Electric’s 3D metal printing solution.

Airbus reports solid Q1 2022 results, forecasts 720 commercial aircraft deliveries by end of year

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Reflects solid performance across commercial aircraft, helicopter and defense businesses with 142 aircraft delivered in Q1, with developing activities for A321XLR, A320 Family and A400M.

Oil-Filtration System Comes in Three Sizes

| Plastics Technology

PCS Company says the new Filtroil Chrome High Pressure (CHP) oil filters offer a bypass filtration system that filters hybrid and hydraulic injection molding machine oil down to 1 µm.

NCC digital design trial speeds up composite pressure vessel proof of concept

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Application of multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) techniques determines optimal composite hydrogen pressure vessel design five times faster, says the NCC.

Corrosion-Resistant, High-Hardness Mold Steel for Optimal Surface Finishes

| MoldMaking Technology

Uddeholm’s premium Tyrax ESR can reduce polishing time by 40-50% and is suitable for long run production molds and high-performance plastics.

Safran Aircraft Engines selects Ansys software to support CFM RISE engine

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Safran Aircraft Engines will employ Ansys’ FEA simulation solutions to address an advanced, open fan architecture, higher temperature composites and hybrid electrification.

TU/e leads project for “Smart Circular Bridge” made of biocomposites

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The Netherlands-based 15-meter bridge for pedestrians and cyclists incorporates flax fibers reinforced by bioresin with glass fiber optic sensors to assist in ongoing research. 

The Secure Channel: ITAR-Compliant Link Connects Machine Shops and Machining Advisors

Peter Zelinski | Modern Machine Shop

Confidentiality concerns plus a shortage of experienced staff can leave shops isolated from expertise. How a system developed by two companies might change access to specific, real-time advice on machining challenges.

Nissan invertirá más de 700 millones de dólares en México

| Modern Machine Shop México

La inversión tiene como objetivo mejorar las instalaciones de manufactura en su planta de Aguascalientes, así como realizar mejoras de automatización.

Enhance Your Moldmaking Capabilities With These Hot Runner and Mold Component Products

Chris Pasion | MoldMaking Technology

MMT highlights new and improved innovations, including data collection devices, pins, bases, controllers, bushings, nozzles, positioning systems and much more.

Software de impresión de Velo3D soporta piezas más grandes

| Modern Machine Shop México

La última versión del programa de software de preparación de impresiones Flow. Flow 3.0, de Velo3D, soporta modelos de piezas más grandes.

Senior Level Appointments Support ModuleWorks Digital Future

Jenny Rush | Modern Machine Shop

ModuleWorks added new heads of business development as well as new heads of technology in key business segments.

One 5-Axis Tool Grinder With Flexible, Scalable Design

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

Multi-axis CNC tool grinding machine features a scalable, modular design, making it retrofittable with any option.

Carlisle Fluid Technologies Introduces Cordless Electrostatic Applicator

Chris Pasion | Products Finishing

The RansFlex Air-Assisted Airless Electrostatic Manual Applicator offers lightweight and ergonomic comfort for the operator while providing optimized atomization and high transfer efficiency.

Improving Productivity Through Good Racking Design

| Products Finishing

Industrial finishing line consultant Dan Davitz offers ideas for optimizing and managing your racking procedures to improve productivity. 

Open Surface Tanks Present a Huge Opportunity to be Efficient — or Not

| Products Finishing

Considerations for the ventilation of metal finishing tanks.

Coca-Cola se une a Bill Nye para desmitificar el reciclaje de plásticos

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

Producido por los galardonados animadores Mackinnon & Saunders, el cortometraje de Coca-Cola ofrece un completo recorrido por el proceso del reciclaje de botella a botella.

Jaw Boring Rings Provide Uniform Pressure

Jenny Rush | Modern Machine Shop

Jaw forming rings from Dillon are designed to enable a consistent bore on large-diameter chucks.

AI Machine Monitoring Arrives from Google Cloud

Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology

A new “end-to-end packaged solution” connects shop-floor machine monitoring to the cloud, with AI analytics to turn data into actionable knowledge.

Must-have capabilities in a large-format additive manufacturing machine

| CompositesWorld

Thermwood’s Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing (LSAM) system comes equipped with many features that make fabrication of large fiber-reinforced polymer parts and structures fast, efficient and accurate.

Coping With Staffing Shortages

| Products Finishing

Tom Mastalerz, business development manager at Columbia Chemical, discusses strategies for optimizing operational efficiencies to help combat staffing shortages.

AkzoNobel lanza una nueva línea de recubrimientos en polvo

Chris Pasion | Products Finishing México

La nueva gama está diseñada para satisfacer un amplio conjunto de necesidades de aplicación en diversos mercados de recubrimientos, incluidos el automotriz, arquitectónico, funcional e industrial.