How Prototyping Addresses Unknowns and Reduces Risks

Timothy W. Simpson | Modern Machine Shop

One benefit of metal AM is the capability to create functional prototypes in less time, enabling you to rapidly iterate on design alternatives during development.

EOS Conducts Sustainability Study for Eyewear Frames

| Additive Manufacturing

Study results indicate 3D printed glasses have a higher wearing comfort, are more stable and sustainable than any other glasses.

Sistema adhesivo de Henkel es reconocido por la Asociación de Recicladores de Plástico

| Plastics Technology México

El adhesivo de dos componentes para laminación de películas de PE es el primero, 100 % sólido y sin solventes para envases flexibles, en recibir este reconocimiento por su alta reciclabilidad.

Fraunhofer IPT develops thermoplastic composites in hydrogen storage, engine blades and more

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Active in laser-assisted tape winding and in-situ consolidation of thermoplastic composites since 1988, the IPT in Aachen, Germany continues to push new materials, applications and Composites 4.0 digital processing.

Estas son las piezas más innovadoras hechas mediante manufactura aditiva

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Additive Manufacturing Media, publicación hermana de Modern Machine Shop México, anunció a los ganadores de “The Cool Parts Showcase”, el concurso que destacó la innovación en impresión 3D.

El Studio System 2 de Desktop Metal reduce el uso de consumibles

| Modern Machine Shop México

Desktop Metal presentó el Studio System 2, una tecnología de impresión 3D en metal para aplicaciones de preproducción y uso final de bajo volumen.

Stratasys, ECCO Partner to Innovate Footwear Manufacturing Using 3D Printing Technology

| Additive Manufacturing

Stratasys Origin One 3D printers and custom materials from Henkel Loctite are said to lower costs and shorten mold fabrication time.

Cinco requerimientos centrales de la industria automotriz

Mauricio Pineda | Products Finishing México

En el marco de la decimoprimera edición de Proveedor Automotriz, se enlistaron los principales requerimientos de las empresas compradoras de la industria.

Fadal Partners With FPT Industrie S.p.A.

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Fadal says the new partnership will enable it to increase its available inventory of manufacturing machinery, improve the traditional production process and advance the precision parts sector in the United States.

GF Machining Solutions Debuts Automation-Forward EDM

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

With more than 600 pre-programmed cutting processes, the Cut P 550 Pro covers a wide range of parts in materials such as steel, carbide, copper, aluminum, titanium, polycrystalline diamond (PCD) and graphite.

Video Tech Brief: The Ins and Outs of an Aqueous Parts Cleaner

| Production Machining

Ecoclean’s Director of Sales Sandro Siminovich describes how the company’s EcoCwave single-chamber parts cleaning system operates. Further information in the article details the unit’s automated process monitoring system.

Plastimagen México se alista para el regreso en 2022

| Plastics Technology México

Del 8 al 11 de marzo próximo, en el Centro Citibanamex de la Ciudad de México, se realizará Plastimagen México de manera presencial y con todas las medidas de bioseguridad. Su lema será “Más verde que nunca”.

VariMill Chip Splitter Designed for Improved Chip Evacuation

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

The VariMill Chip Splitter was developed for dynamic and trochoidal milling operations in steel, stainless steel and heat-resistant super alloys.

OMV Acquired by MalStra LLC

| Plastics Technology

The Italian maker of thermoforming and extrusion machinery has been purchased by the Florida-based startup headed by plastics packaging industry veterans.

The outlook for carbon fiber supply and demand

Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld

The picture painted at Carbon Fiber 2021 concerning the current supply and demand for carbon fiber indicates an in-flux, rapidly changing environment across a majority of end markets.

Recaro desarrolla una base de proveedores para el sector aeroespacial en Guanajuato

| Modern Machine Shop México

De la mano de la Coordinadora de Fomento al Comercio Exterior del Estado de Guanajuato, la empresa alemana Recaro apuesta por el desarrollo de proveedores de sheet metal, mecanizados, textiles y plásticos en la región.

SLM Solutions Outfits MacLean Additive for Serial Production

| Additive Manufacturing

MacLean Additive is the additive manufacturing startup within MacLean-Fogg Component Solutions, a Top 100 supplier to the North American automotive industry.

Axiom Group Demonstrates Diversity and Employee Autonomy

| MoldMaking Technology

Axiom Group is known as an outlier in the automotive industry for the significant number of women it employees—70% of its workforce—across all levels of the organization.
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Re-Wind Network releases repurposed blade design catalog

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Re:Wind Design fall catalog presents designs and details of structures and products developed from EOL wind blades, as well as the research team’s services for those interested in repurposing their own.

Hexcel, Fairmat partnership aims to recycle carbon fiber prepregs

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Cuttoffs generated by Hexcel’s European plants will be repurposed by the end of 2022 into high value-added products.

LM Wind Power reports it will produce zero waste blades by 2030

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Blade manufacturing waste prevention and recycling becomes the GE Renewable Energy business’ primary focus as it seeks to reduce its carbon footprint.

Roth Composite Machinery introduces the FWA 1 Duplex filament winding machine

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Dynamic, multi-spindle machine enables the winding process to occur on both sides of the spindle, reportedly halving production time.