Mexican Media Brands
Basanite basalt rebar chosen to reinforce underground concrete structures
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Indian Creek Village, an island municipality located in Florida, selected BasaFlex and BasaMesh fiber reinforcement products as alternatives to steel rebar.
LSR Cold Deck Design Facilitates Repeatable, Short Production Cycle
| MoldMaking Technology
Mastip’s LSR solution fits mold plates, manifold and nozzles with cooling channels to ensure the curing cycle only once it enters the heated cavity plates.
Top five CW news stories for Jan-April 2022
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Read news covering recent acquisitions in the composites industry, Joby Aviation’s progress in UAM, the 2022 JEC Innovation Award finalists, repurposing wind blades and James Webb telescope updates.
InfraCore develops composite helideck for 85-meter seagoing patrol vessel
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Nominated for the JEC Innovation Awards 2022, the FRP deck has undergone rigorous impact and hydrocarbon fire tests, proving that it is robust enough to resist a helicopter crash.
Scott Bader commits support to the Indian composites market
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Anticipation of +£20 million investment in India over the next five years in addition to supply of composite and adhesive technologies and technical support.
Magnomatics designs air-cooled propulsion motor for UAM
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Carbon ThreeSixty will be evaluating composite materials use to further reduce weight and increase torque for the 86-kilowatt magnetic gear motor.
INCA Renewtech to build advanced biocomposites manufacturing facility in Alberta, Canada
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The fiber processing and composites manufacturing facility will ramp up INCA’s production of highly refined short and long fibers to substitute increasingly scarce balsa wood in boats, wind turbine blades, rail and automotive.
3 Examples of How Polymer 3D Printing Is Still Advancing in Important Ways: AM Radio #16B
Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing
On AM Radio, a conversation about ways the basic operation and capabilities of additive manufacturing with plastics is still changing.
Next ACE Machine Tool Training Hub Planned for North Carolina
Jenny Rush | Modern Machine Shop
HBCU North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University partnered with The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation to support a national machine tool training and innovation initiative, establish new hub.
#workforcedevelopment
Guidelines for Advanced Hot Runner Manifold Channel Design
| MoldMaking Technology
Recent simulation research highlights the difference between a drilled, straight manifold channel design and a curved channel design produced via additive manufacturing.
BMW producirá nuevo modelo en la planta de San Luis Potosí
| Modern Machine Shop México
A finales de 2022, la segunda generación del modelo BMW M2 se producirá en México para el mercado mundial.
Kholer construye una nueva planta de grifería en Nuevo León
| Products Finishing México
La estadounidense Kholer anunció la construcción de una planta de 25 hectáreas en Nuevo León para incrementar la producción de grifería en el país. El proyecto generará más de 1,500 empleos en la próxima década.
PAMA Supports 3D Printing Innovation, Standards
| Additive Manufacturing
PAMA is a collaboration between the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and RadTech, the nonprofit trade association dedicated to advancing ultraviolet and electron beam technology.
#regulations
Avantium Holds First Piling Ceremony for its FDCA Flagship Plant
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Scheduled for completion by end of 2023, the plant will enable the commercial launch of PEF from 2024 onwards.
NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #121: Development of a Sustainability Metrics System and a Technical Solution Method for Sustainable Metal Finishing - 7th Quarterly Report
| Products Finishing
Development of a Sustainability Metrics System and a Technical Solution Method for Sustainable Metal Finishing
McDonalds is Testing 50/50 PCR/Biobased Clear PP Cups
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Ineos and Pactiv Evergreen are key part of the team in this project.
Precision Machining Technology Review April 2022: Cutting Tools
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
Production Machining’s Cutting Tools showcase includes Ceratizit, Suhner, Horn, Sandvik Coromant, Ingersoll and Allied Machine & Engineering.
Testing & Research Center to Install Lindner Washtech’s Plastic Washing System
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Netherlands independent lab NTCP expects the new installation will optimize its research which focused on examining the behavior of different plastics during sorting and washing.
Tri-Mer Offers Tanks for Range of Processes
Chris Pasion | Products Finishing
The company develops tanks using rugged, long-life materials that won't delaminate or embrittle, even with exposure to aggressive chemicals over long periods of time.
Solvay y Mitsubishi Chemical se asocian para reciclar componentes médicos
| Plastics Technology México
Los equipos médicos fabricados con el termoplástico de polisulfona (PSU) Udel, de Solvay, se reciclarán al final de su vida útil gracias a un acuerdo con Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials (MCAM).
PostProcess’ FDM Support Removal Reduces Postprocessing Time
| Additive Manufacturing
The company says the Vorsa 500 reduces support removal processing times in additive manufacturing by over 50%.
Renishaw Appoints Director of Additive Manufacturing
| Additive Manufacturing
Callanan has been with the company for 25 years and is returning to the research and development environment where she started her career.