Technology Innovation Institute AMRC explores novel metamaterial shapes for better shock, vibration shielding

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Exploration of precisely engineered lattice structures including triple periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) serve to develop more predictable, lightweight, high-performance sandwich cores.

Arkema, Académie Des Sciences launch annual prize for innovative materials geared toward environmental sustainability

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The €25,000 “Innovation in Chemistry for Sustainable Materials” prize is committed to encouraging major scientific material advances.

ACMA to host new spring event focused on composites, sustainable solutions with Volkswagen Group

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The latest iteration of the ACMA Composites Technology Day program goes abroad to VW headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany.

AMBA Releases Report Compilation for Employee Attraction, Hiring, Retainment Best Practices

| MoldMaking Technology

The first-time publication, “Employee Attraction and Hiring Playbook – A Best Practices Guide,” includes more than 100 inputs from AMBA members.
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Real-Time Monitoring Service Added as Standard Feature to PET and Closure Systems

| MoldMaking Technology

Husky Injection Molding Systems includes Advantage+Elite as a standard system feature on all PET and Closure systems to accelerate the shift of producing increasingly sustainable packaging.

Airbus and partners to establish aircraft lifecycle center in China

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Facility will offer sustainable solutions to manage the entire lifecycle of aircraft, including maintenance, conversions, dismantling and recycling.

FITMA: El gran evento de manufactura internacional en Latinoamérica

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

En la inauguración se destaca que Latinoamérica es un mercado que necesitaba un foro internacional de la calidad y el calibre que FITMA presenta.

Software de CMM CNC para una programación eficiente, segura y automática

| Modern Machine Shop México

FITMA: Mitutoyo (stand 1510) presenta MiCAT Planner, un software diseñado para CMM CNC que genera automáticamente programas para medición de piezas.

Platinum Tooling Celebrates 100 Years in the Industry

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Located in Prospect Heights, Ill., Platinum tooling will celebrate two milestones in 2022: four generations of Hansens working at the company and 100 years of working in metal cutting.
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Airtech’s Dahltram Resins Qualified for Use on All CEAD AM Flexbot Platforms

| Additive Manufacturing

The AM Flexbot is one of CEAD’s AM solutions, using Comau robots directly controlled by Siemens Sinumerik. It offers an option to combine 3D printing and milling into one automated process.

Rotoplas anuncia metas de sustentabilidad para 2025

| Plastics Technology México

Disminuir la intensidad de CO2 por tonelada de resina procesada e incrementar los metros cúbicos el agua purificada mediante soluciones Rotoplas, son algunas de las metas.

HAHN Group Appoints CTO/COO

| Plastics Technology

Frank Konrad, currently CEO of HAHN Automation, will take over technical and procedural control of the broader HAHN Group, adding the title of CTO/COO.

Tungaloy Toolholders Feature Streamlined Coolant Nozzle Design

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

The company says the TungTurn-Jet can use high-pressure coolant of 1,015 psi to effectively control chips in long-chipping materials such as stainless steel and heat-resistant superalloys.

Fingerprinting liquids for composites

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Collo uses electromagnetic sensors and edge analytics to optimize resin degassing, mixing, infusion, polymerization and cure as well as monitoring drift from benchmarked process parameters and enabling in-situ process control.

Clear, Anti-Fogging PP Lid for Microwaveable Food Packaging

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Milliken’s clarifier help food packaging thermoformer convert from OPS to clarified PP.

FAQs about PVD Coatings

Derek Korn | Production Machining

Applying a PVD coating to cutting tools as well as medical devices can offer functional advantages for both applications.

Emuge-Franken USA Expands End Mills Range

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Emuge-Franken USA’s Top-Cut VAR end mills feature flute and profile geometries that are said to be optimized for long tool life and superior performance in both roughing and finishing applications.

MMT Chats: Molding Capabilities Yield New Customers, Team Growth

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with Eden Tool and Eden Manufacturing team members to get an update on this mold builder’s move into medical molding, technology investment, team training, Amerimold, and yes, hot rods. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

AGM amplía su oferta de productos anticorrosión mejorados con grafeno

| Products Finishing México

AGM lanzó su propia gama de pinturas de grafeno junto con otro aditivo anticorrosión no metálico de alto rendimiento. Estos productos van dirigidos a quienes están considerando adoptar el grafeno y buscan probar y evaluar rápidamente sus beneficios potenciales.

Toda la oferta de Grupo HI-TEC en FITMA

| Modern Machine Shop México

FITMA: Grupo Hi-Tec le apostó todo a FITMA al llevar a la exposición toda su oferta de productos, desde máquinas-herramienta, hasta herramientas de corte, en tres stands diferentes.

High-Conductivity Core Pins

| Plastics Technology

Regal BFP type high-conductivity core pins are made from C-18000 Beryllium-free copper and promise resistance to wear, abrasion and thermal stress.

Plásticos: una mirada hacia el 2022

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology México

Jim Callari, director editorial de Plastics Technology en Estados Unidos, formula cinco predicciones sobre lo que le espera al sector de plásticos este año.