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PostProcess’ Connect3D Software Unifies AM Digital Thread
| Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing platform is said to integrate with factory automation systems to support lights-out manufacturing for high-scale part production.
How Additive Manufacturing Can Benefit from Blockchain: AM Radio #15B
Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing
Blockchain technology isn’t only suitable for protecting cryptocurrency and NFTs. This week’s episode of the AM Radio podcast looks at how blockchain is being applied to 3D printable files today, and how far this pairing could go.
Talking Finishing Regulatory Policy
Scott Francis | Products Finishing
The National Association for Surface Finishing recently held its Washington Forum – a great event providing insight into policy discussions on the table in D.C.
#regulations
AkzoNobel colaborará con tres startups ganadoras del premio Paint the Future
| Products Finishing México
Tres de las empresas ganadoras del reto Paint the Future firmaron cartas de intención con AkzoNobel con miras a buscar nuevas oportunidades de negocio conjuntas.
Production Machining’s April 2022 News Highlights
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
With so much uncertainty around the globe, one thing is certain … our industry is focused on supporting the next generation of manufacturing professionals and the latest precision machining technologies.
GF Machining Solutions invierte en un centro de manufactura médica
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
Reforzando su compromiso con el apoyo a la manufactura médica avanzada, GF Machining Solutions ha establecido un Centro de Competencia Médica y ha nombrado a un nuevo director de Desarrollo de Negocios Médicos.
Optimizing Ecoat With Zirconium Pretreatment
| Products Finishing
Darren Howard of Circle-Prosco discusses the ways zirconium pretreatments can provide a variety of benefits to your ecoat line.
‘Learn to Embrace Variability’
Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology
Wait. What? Variability in raw materials is supposed to be the last thing anyone would want to ‘embrace.’ But if you substitute ‘circular economy’ for ‘variability’ and ‘manage with technology’ for ‘embrace’—then the mystery starts to clear.
Medical-Grade Nylon 6, Nylon 6/66, and PET
| Plastics Technology
DSM Engineering has expanded its Medical Care portfolio of engineering materials for medical devices.
Versatile, Small-Footprint Dust Collector
| Plastics Technology
Targets plastic and fiber-reinforced plastic dust created during manufacturing, pelletizing, conveying, cutting, grinding and finishing.
Desktop Metal’s DM HH Stainless Steel for Wear, Corrosion Resistance
| Additive Manufacturing
The company says using DM HH Stainless Steel (DM HH-SS) with its Production System enables customers to go to market at scale and eliminate operations such as plating, which can create supply chain complexity and may be harmful to the environment.
Amcor Offers Seed Funding for Innovative Startups
Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology
Global packaging producer Amcor is taking on a new role as a venture capitalist to support sustainable technologies and other innovations.
AI Chip Flushing Keeps the Lights Out
Matt Danford | Modern Machine Shop
Swiveling, camera-guided coolant nozzles solve a CNC machining automation problem that is ideal for artificial intelligence (AI).
Circuplast: tecnología ecológica para reciclaje de plásticos mixtos
| Plastics Technology México
El proyecto de Stopford, la Universidad de Birmingham y una empresa operadora de tecnología, recibió fondos del Desafío Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging (SSPP) para su desarrollo.
Pultron Composites introduces the Pultrusion Guide
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The free, downloadable 15-page guide is geared toward engineers and industry leaders, providing an overview on developing products with pultrusion and GFRP.
Injection Mold Monitoring System Advances Predictive, Autonomous Injection Molding
| MoldMaking Technology
According to Mold-Masters, its SmartMOLD cloud-based software collects real-time data tracking via sensors embedded within the injection mold.
PTXPO: Present at the Creation
Tony Deligio | MoldMaking Technology
This past week in Chicago, Gardner Business Media, publisher of MoldMaking Technology and Plastics Technology, put the wraps on the first ever PTXPO.
SIU researcher to apply additive manufacturing for more efficient sandwich material production
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Southern Illinois University’s Sabrina Nilufar won a two-year, $200,000 grant from the NSF to study how to make composite sandwich panels with a TPMS-based core lattice via AM.
The Native Lab Monocoque Design course is set to begin this April
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
As the automotive industry continues to shift toward electric mobility, the demand for composite parts and structures is increasing. This April 20 course will cover concept design to post-process, through DFMEA, detail design and structural analysis.
on the GR Corolla, Clouds, Oil, Autonomy & the VW Taos
Gary S. Vasilash | Gardner Web
Things you probably didn’t catch about the GR Corolla, how clouds are getting big investments, what the VW Taos is like, where U.S. oil imports come from, how Aurora is developing its AV systems for commercial trucks and passenger vehicles, and a focus on the middle class. . .in China.
Supply chain volatility leads to raw materials surcharge, Saertex reports
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Prices continue to increase for raw composite materials, consumables and auxiliary materials, as well as transport and energy costs, intensified by developments in Ukraine and the indirect effects of the pandemic.
BMW Group invests in Bcomp for high-performance natural fiber components
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Collaborative partnership in motorsport moves to the next level for the use of renewable raw materials for future vehicle model components, and joint R&D materials work for production vehicles is underway.