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Lanxess, Kautex Textron explore D-LFT for EV battery housings
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Research cooperation substitutes steel and aluminum with a continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic technology demonstrator for advantages in weight, functional integration and mass production.
FAA awards Archer Aviation Special Airworthiness Certificate for Maker eVTOL aircraft
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Certification clears Archer to begin hover flight testing of its Maker aircraft, serving as a key enabler for the company’s mission to launch its first commercial eVTOL flights in 2024.
CleanCloud: coalición que transforma residuos de carbono en zapatillas para correr
| Plastics Technology México
La marca deportiva suiza On lidera esta iniciativa sostenible, en cooperación con LanzaTech y Borealis, que utiliza emisiones de carbono para la creación de espuma para calzado deportivo.
Los plásticos y su compromiso con la sostenibilidad, tema de interés para la ANIQ
| Plastics Technology México
El Foro Anual de la CIPRES abordó el tema de la sostenibilidad de los plásticos en tiempos de pandemia y refrendó los compromisos de la ANIQ con la circularidad.
La importancia de los recubrimientos en polvo para habilitar los vehículos eléctricos
Scott Francis | Products Finishing México
Un nuevo informe técnico de AkzoNobel Powder Coatings explora el papel que juegan los recubrimientos en polvo en el mercado de vehículos eléctricos, con un enfoque en el papel que desempeñan en la prevención del sobrecalentamiento de las baterías y otros componentes.
Kurabe invertirá 35 millones de dólares en Aguascalientes
| Modern Machine Shop México
La empresa japonesa dedicada a la producción de asientos y volantes calefactables tendrá sus nuevas instalaciones en el Parque Industrial San Francisco IV.
Avoid Chip Jams, Downtime With Tool Path Software
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
Sandvik Coromant’s CoroPlus Tool Path software offers programming support for external and internal thread turning operations. The software generates NC codes based on cutting data parameters to secure the correct number of passes with evenly distributed cutting forces.
In Service of an Industry
Scott Francis | Products Finishing
Lessons from the stewards of surface finishing.
#regulations
SABIC Develops New Polymers from Recovered Ocean-Bound Plastics
Heather Caliendo | Plastics Technology
Resin giant partnering with Malaysia-based plastic recycling company HHI on this initiative.
New Grades Target Electric Vehicles
| Plastics Technology
SABIC says the two new glass-fiber-reinforced grades of Noryl bring enhanced flame retardancy and impact strength to battery modules and housings in electric vehicles (EV).
4 Leadership Coaching Skills That’ll Make You a Great Leader
| Production Machining
Here are some essential coaching skills to help elevate your leadership to the next level.
#workforcedevelopment
Schunk Opens Collaborative Workspace at U.S. Headquarters
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
Schunk’s CoLab is designed to be a working space for technicians and engineers to collaborate with the Schunk team and partners on their specific applications.
#workforcedevelopment
Sandvik Coromant lanza insertos para diámetros menores
| Modern Machine Shop México
Sandvik Coromant ha lanzado CoroCut QI, una gama de insertos de ranurado interior y frontal diseñados para diámetros pequeños.
UniAxle Offers Truck Rear Axle Machining in Single Setup
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
The company says machining in a single setup improves the accuracy and quality of rear axles and makes production processes quicker and more cost-effective.
EU launches Clean Aviation partnership, targeting 75% of civil fleet replaced for zero emissions by 2050
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld
Clean Aviation carries forward from Clean Sky to develop disruptive new technologies, flight demonstrated by 2029 for aircraft into service by 2035 and aviation climate neutrality by 2050.
FACC emphasizes fast-cure prepregs, thermoplastics, bio-based composites for next-gen aerostructure sustainability
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld
The Tier One’s Sept. 2021 BEyond magazine highlights its investments in new factories, materials and technologies for the next generation of cost-effective, sustainable composites for aviation.
Boring Head Comes with Turning, Rotating Toolholder System for Seamless Rough and Finish Boring
| MoldMaking Technology
Big Kaiser’s Series 319 SW rough boring head comes with a Big Capto connection for highly repeatable accuracy and torque transmission.
DITF develops textile sensors for composites
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld
German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research are advancing large-area sensors that can detect deformations and stress using printing onto textiles which are then incorporated into composite structures.
ASM, ASTM International Announce Educational Collaboration
| MoldMaking Technology
The initiative will expand educational offerings to the global materials community on a variety of topics, including AM corrosion, metallographic techniques, materials characterization and welding.
#workforcedevelopment #regulations
On Residual Value, Electrification Challenges, German Manufacturing and more
Gary S. Vasilash | Gardner Web
How quality and design affect value, why electrification still has some challenges, how the Brits define “autonomy,” why the ICE isn’t going away soon, which companies are not considered particularly green, and the experiential importance OEMs must address
#hybrid
Plastics Technology Expo Opens Registration for 2022
| MoldMaking Technology
The inaugural event will take place March 29-31, 2022, connecting North America’s plastics processors in Chicago.
Gardner Business Media Opens Registration for Plastics Technology Expo 2022
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The inaugural PTXPO event will take place March 29-31, 2022, connecting North America’s plastics processors in Chicago.