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ECOAT22 Brewer Award Winners Announced
Scott Francis | Products Finishing
The Electrocoating Association recognizes Brewer Award winners for 2022, as well as previous award winners at ECOAT22.
How Large-Format 3D Printing Supports Micro-Scale Hydropower
Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing
There is potential hydroelectric power that has never been unlocked because of the difficulty in capturing it. At Cadens, additive manufacturing is the key to customizing micro-scale water turbine systems to generate electricity from smaller dams and waterways.
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.
Hitachi Introduces New Plating, Coating Analysis Tool
Chris Pasion | Products Finishing
Hitachi’s FT230 reportedly speeds up analysis and reduces costly errors to help electronics and component-level manufacturers, general metal finishers and plating-on-plastic facilities achieve 100% inspection and meet tightening specifications.
Buckle Up for Texas
| Additive Manufacturing
AMT has hit the road again and in the second season of Road Trippin’ on IMTS+, Steve and his team explored the history of additive manufacturing with stops throughout Texas.
Most-Read Articles on Plastics Technology April 2022
| Plastics Technology
From resin pricing and irritating packaging to maximizing purging efficiency, getting rid of bubbles and how to set up mold protect—here are the top 10 most-read articles for April.
Viable routes to recycling wind turbine blades found in NCC’s sustainable wind research program
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Launched SusWIND program aims to establish a viable circular supply chain to tackle the main challenges of legacy and future composite blades in the U.K.
President Biden to Announce Additive Manufacturing Initiative on Visit to Cincinnati
| Additive Manufacturing
President Joe Biden is set to announce AM Forward, an additive manufacturing initiative, during a visit at United Performance Metals in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Biden Highlights Manufacturing With Additive Initiative
| Modern Machine Shop
President Joe Biden is set to announce AM Forward, an additive manufacturing initiative, during a visit at United Performance Metals in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Embraer concludes sale of Portuguese manufacturing units to Aernnova
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Aernnova now owns and operates the Embraer Metálicas and Embraer Compósitos industrial units for approximately $174 million.
Pre-Hardened Mold Steel Material Increases Through-Hardened Ability
| MoldMaking Technology
Finkl Steel’s patented pre-hardened mold steel grade MD Xtra material achieves high impact strength, enhanced thermal conductivity and is an exceptional solution for deep impression applications.
University of Nottingham commissions resin metering system for short fiber compression molding
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Slack & Parr’s precision external gear pumps enable the university’s EPSRC Future Composites Manufacturing Research Hub to precisely determine the fiber-to-resin ratio for their robot-mounted liquid resin spray system.
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Hankuk, Carbon, Dymag partner to scale up manufacturing of state-of-the-art carbon fiber wheels
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Hybrid-composite BX-F wheels will serve high-performance road cars, luxury EVs and large SUVs and pickups.
TRB Lightweight Structures announces new partnership with Kordsa
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The goal is continue the development and manufacture of sustainable lightweight composites, TRB and Kordsa report, particularly in regard to the automotive industry.
For Manufacturers, Storage Is an Opportunity for Automation and for Industry 4.0
Peter Zelinski | Modern Machine Shop
A maker of automated storage and retrieval systems founded in Europe finds that the leading rationale for adopting these systems is different in the U.S.
Netstal Establishes U.S. Subsidiary
| Plastics Technology
Located in Hebron, Ky., Netstal Inc. will be lead by Doug Haberman.
PLASTICS Announces New Leadership
| Plastics Technology
The Plastics Industry Association has hired from within, elevating Matt Seaholm to CEO and Glenn Anderson to COO.
Chips — Our Real Product
Miles Free | Production Machining
We don’t make parts. Parts are the result of the chips we make. And the chips can tell you all you need to know.
How To Get Your Team on Board with ISO 9001
| MoldMaking Technology
ISO 9001 can simplify life for the business and the team. Here are 4 ways to sell this certification to gain your team's support.
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Anisoprint Enters North American Market with Distributor Top 3D Shop
Grace Stubbins | Additive Manufacturing
The continuous fiber 3D printer startup will introduce desktop and industrial anisoprinting solutions — Composer and PROM IS 500 — to a new market, beginning in May 2022.
Open Vector Format Reduces Manufacturing Data Volume for LBPF
| Additive Manufacturing
The OVF is said to significantly reduce data volume and efficiently transport component metadata to the production plant.