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Use Pressure Control to Minimize Process Variations in Single-Screw Extrusion
| Plastics Technology
You can improve process stability in extrusion by using pressure-control feedback. The stability of the process is based on the pressure variation in the adapter after the extruder. Trials on a variety of polymers revealed how effective this approach can be.
Axalta Reports Most Popular Car Color
Gary S. Vasilash | Products Finishing
Axalta Coating Systems 69th annual Global Automotive Color Popularity Report, reveals the most popular automotive color in North America.
Gardner Business Index - December 2021: 57.6
Michael Guckes | Gardner Intelligence
GBI Ends 2021 Slightly Better Than Where the Year Started
#economics
Mastercam 2022 será presentado en FITMA
| Modern Machine Shop México
FITMA: Mastercam (stand 1839) presentará la versión 2022 de su software CAM.
Back to the Charts for Productive Milling
| Modern Machine Shop
Roughing operations can push a CNC spindle to its limits. Understanding how to interpret the horsepower chart can keep these operations within safe limits.
How a Molder Embraces Change While Sticking to Its Roots
Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology
For MDS Manufacturing, its first decade in business has been one of nearly constant change. But the two brothers who started it have never strayed from the company’s roots and the lessons about the molding business they learned from their father.
Episode 15: The Quest to Make Chrome Safe
Scott Francis | Products Finishing
In this episode of On the Line, we hear about a new non-aqueous trivalent chromium chemistry.
#regulations
How to Get More Efficient Production from Swiss-Type and Multitasking Machines
| Production Machining
SolidCAM for multi-axis Swiss type and multitasking machines provides a very efficient CAM programming process, generating optimal and safe Mill-Turn programs, with dramatically improved milling tool life.
How to Get More Efficient Production from Swiss-Type and Multitasking Machines
| Modern Machine Shop
SolidCAM for multi-axis Swiss type and multitasking machines provides a very efficient CAM programming process, generating optimal and safe Mill-Turn programs, with dramatically improved milling tool life.
What’s Controlling Your Cycle Time? Part 1
Jim Fattori | Plastics Technology
Follow these guidelines to maximize your profits.
Four-Flute End Mill Navigates All Materials, Applications
| MoldMaking Technology
GWS Tool Group releases the Hurrimill AT4 all-terrain end mill, engineered for dynamic slotting, profiling, ramping, plunging, roughing, finishing or high-speed milling.
Ruckus Composites launches composite bicycle science program, identifies upcoming research
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The program, which has currently analyzed the carbon fiber frame repair footprint, ultrasonic testing and surface preparation, will extensively study sustainability, design, maintenance and repair.
Conveyors Feature New Line of Controllers
| Plastics Technology
Sensor-based design monitors material levels in the feed hopper, vacuum conveyor, and/or receiving vessel via a choice of three operating modes, automatically controlling material transfer at every step.
5 Ways to Sway Youth Toward a Career in Manufacturing
| Production Machining
To attract youth to manufacturing, industry corporations must battle against misconceptions and do their part to help the community understand the significance and goodness of this sector’s workforce.
Parlec Launches Coated ER Collet System
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
Parlec’s P3 ER collets feature an anti-friction coating on the 30° face of the collet that interfaces with the collet nut when tightening during tool setup. Parlec says the collets can be used in any ER collet chuck to improve accuracy and cutting performance.
Axalta lanza Imron Industrial Ultra 2.8 VOC topcoat para el mercado ACE
| Products Finishing México
Imron Industrial Ultra 2.8 VOC Topcoat genera bajas emisiones de VOC y un curado más rápido, además de que ofrece el doble de vida útil que otras capas de uretano.
Making Chrome Safe
Scott Francis | Products Finishing
A non-aqueous hard chrome alternative offers safe and environmentally sustainable functional and decorative chrome coatings.
Hexagon's New Laser Sensor Provides Rapid, Accurate Measurements
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
The HP-L-10.10 sensor can reportedly measure 600,000 individual points per second with a probing form error of just 8 μm, rapidly capturing a complete high-resolution digital representation of a part that is valid for both surface and detailed feature inspection.
What CW's analytics have to say about 2021 composites trends
Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld
A look back on the most-read CW stories in 2021 tells us much about what to expect in 2022.
Hexagon Edgecam 2022 Software Supports 6-Axis Machining
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
The software also supports 3+2 machining and complex 5-axis simultaneous milling in all configurations.
Wacker presentó aditivos para bioplásticos en la European Bioplastics Conference
| Plastics Technology México
Wacker resaltó en la conferencia dos aditivos que mejoran el procesamiento y las propiedades de los plásticos biodegradables.
GE Additive’s Amp Integrates Build Prep Tools in One Software Platform
| Additive Manufacturing
The integrated software solution was developed to make it easier for users to develop and 3D print parts quickly and efficiently in order to speed production.