SuperTurnZ Inserts Enable Single-Tool, Multidirectional Turning

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

These inserts are designed as a highly productive alternative to conventional turning where 80-degree and 35-degree corner inserts are fed in the same direction.

ICAM to be Acquired by Sandvik Coromant

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

ICAM’s software combines post-processing, machine simulation and tool-path optimization into solutions that are said to save programming and part machining time. The acquisition is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2021.
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Arca Continental y gobierno de Ecuador firman convenio por la sostenibilidad

| Plastics Technology México

El convenio destaca el compromiso conjunto del gobierno de Ecuador y la iniciativa privada para fortalecer la producción y el consumo sostenibles y establecer estrategias que impulsen una transición hacia la economía circular. 

Precision Machining Technology Review December 2021: Parts Cleaning

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

Production Machining’s Parts Cleaning Showcase includes CTG, Kyzen, Ecoclean, Renegade, Cortec and Solvent Kleene.

’Tis the Season...Whether You Like It or Not

| Plastics Technology

It’s the holiday season, also a time when some of your employees just think about making it through each day.    
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Mixed Pricing Outlook for Volume Resins

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

The direction is down for polyolefins and up for nearly all others.

A Fresh and Seasoned Perspective on Amerimold

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

What features stood out? How is the industry evolving? What did you take away from the event? How did it compare to being remote for so long? MMT’s editors took the opportunity to reflect on the mold manufacturing trade show back in September.

Ziggzagg Chooses 3YourMind to Strengthen Workflow Automation

| Additive Manufacturing

3YourMind developed a fully automated workflow solution which puts all of Ziggzagg’s critical information in one easy-to-access place.

BIC incorpora plástico con contenido reciclado de Avient en sus máquinas de afeitar

| Plastics Technology México

Cuando los ingenieros de BIC decidieron incorporar más materiales reciclados en una nueva maquinilla de afeitar para mujer, encontraron respuestas en el TPE de contenido reciclado reSound R, de Avient.  

Walter Introduces New Milling Grade That Finishes With One Cutting Edge

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Walter’s new WHH15X milling grade can reportedly provide extra-long tool life, especially with hardness of 58 HRC or greater. The new grade can be used universally for finishing on ISO materials P, K and H, and is said to be ideal for copy milling in die and mold making.

Formnext USA debutará en abril de 2025, en Chicago

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Mesago Messe Frankfurt, los organizadores de Formnext y Messe Frankfurt USA, anuncian una asociación estratégica con la AMT y Gardner Business Media para producir Formnext USA, una nueva feria dedicada a la manufactura aditiva industrial.  

Easing supply chain constraints may open production flow

Michael Guckes | CompositesWorld

Inflated supplier delivery readings have made a significant decline in November, pointing to a slow, if not steady, improvement in the supply chain.
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Industry Interrupted: How Manufacturers Plan to Invest

Matt Danford | Modern Machine Shop

Contextualizing a projected dip in CNC machine tool spending reveals reason for optimism.

Newly launched Airbus Corporate Jets TwoTwenty completes first flight

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Successful production flight leads to the delivery of the A220-based biz jet to Comlux in coming weeks for cabin outfitting.

End Mill Series Well Suited for Precision 3D Machining

| MoldMaking Technology

M.A. Ford has launched the TuffCut 3D family of end mills with a two-flute ball nose design used for machining of plastic injection molds, die-cast molds and press dies.

COMSOL releases version 6.0 for multiphysics simulation software

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

COMSOL Multiphysics introduces platform feature for model management, adds module for uncertainty quantification analysis and includes important updates and performance enhancements, all with boosted productivity in mind.

On a Baby Bugatti EV, a Hybrid Boat and the Future of Works

Gary S. Vasilash | Gardner Web

On the diminutive electric Bugatti you didn’t know you wanted; interesting predictions about apps, electrification and data; a Scandinavian hybrid tourist boat development; the VW Arteon sedan; and employment considerations in car plants as a result of electrification
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Soluciones de Sesotec para cerrar el ciclo de los plásticos

| Plastics Technology México

Sesotec  presentó en Fakuma tecnologías y servicios que ayudan a los fabricantes, procesadores y recicladores de plásticos a lograr circularidad y eficiencia en su producción. Aquí un resumen de las novedades.

Revestimiento de Cortec protege las unidades eléctricas de la corrosión y la oxidación

Chris Pasion | Products Finishing México

El revestimiento antideslizante EcoShield VpCI-386 HT de Cortec ofrece una protección extendida en condiciones protegidas, sin protección, en interiores o exteriores y es resistente a los rayos UV de grietas, astillas y exposición prolongada a la luz del sol.

Borealis Acquires Minority Stake in Sustainable Packaging Innovator Bockatech

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

New move bolsters the two companies’ existing partnership and underscores Borealis’ commitment to plastics circularity.  

New Online App Store for Manufacturers From Siemens

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The Industrial Edge Marketplace enables the scalable deployment of IT technologies and apps in the production environment. In addition to the Siemens Edge apps for the discrete and machine tool industries, third-party providers have already started to list products. 

FANUC Compact Robot for Machine Tending

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

The LR-10iA/10 robot is a lightweight, powerful unit that is said to mount easily to a mobile platform, maximizing flexibility in the workspace to use for machine load/unload and part picking.