Schunk's Hydraulic Toolholder Features Imbalance Correction

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Constructed of durable hardened tool steel, the Tendo Platinum V2 reportedly improves stability, stiffness and clamping force to support sustained accuracy throughout its life.

Year-End Tax and Cash-Flow Planning

| MoldMaking Technology

Three proactive tax planning strategies to impact cash flow and income tax liabilities.

Corrosion-resistant resins enable FRP petrochemical plant equipment

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

Spanish fabricator Ollearis used AOC resins and glass fiber filament winding to meet design and cost requirements for combustion unit tank and pipes.

CGTech lanza una actualización del software CNC

| Modern Machine Shop México

De acuerdo con CGTech, la versión 9.2 del software Vericut aumenta la eficacia de la manufactura, ayuda a preservar las máquinas y las herramientas de corte.

Estrategias para fortalecer el contenido nacional de la industria de electrodomésticos

| Plastics Technology México

Este año, el ENCLELAC celebró 1,400 citas de negocio entre grandes empresas de la industria de electrodomésticos y proveedores locales.

Precision Machining Eastec Technology Preview September 2021

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

Production Machining highlights some of the latest precision machining advances and technology updates that will be showcased at Eastec 2021, Oct. 19-21 in West Springfield, Massachusetts.

Anisoprint, Additive Flow launch full-scale topology optimization software for composites

Chris Pasion | CompositesWorld

Additive Flow’s FormFlow software enables users to optimize geometry smoothly through all phases of the design process. The tool is compatible with Anisoprint’s slicing software, Aura, for composite 3D printing.

Cuatro aspectos que las empresas requieren para adoptar la Industria 4.0

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

De acuerdo con Carlos Meneses, coordinador del Programa Automotriz de FUMEC, las empresas deben encontrar una alternativa personalizada de cómo empezar este proceso.

Fusion 360 for New Product Research and Development

| Modern Machine Shop

Join Autodesk to learn why engineers are adopting Fusion 360, a cloud-based 3D CAD, CAM, CAE, and additive manufacturing platform for product development. (Sponsored)

Solvay completes South Carolina facility installation, adds to U.S. thermoplastic composite capacity

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Facility development is fueled by increasing energy, aerospace and automotive demand, and will manufacture UD PVDF, PPS and PEEK tapes.

Molding Analysis Software Series Refines Simulation Capabilities

| MoldMaking Technology

The latest release, Moldex3D 2021, improves accuracy, customization of simulation reports, offers more seamless integration, enhances access in advanced process and composite materials and supports IC packaging process simulation. 

Saudi Aramco inaugurates first GFRP rebar production facility

Chris Pasion | CompositesWorld

A joint venture between Pultron and IKK now has a dedicated facility, IKK Mateenbar, to manufacture and supply corrosion-free fiberglass rebar for infrastructure projects in Saudia Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa.

Impossible Object offers high-performance, PEEK 3D-printed products at PA12 prices

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Combination of the company’s proprietary CBAM process and lower cost source saves customers up to 80% and offers stronger, better performing products.

On That New Car Smell, NAIAS, and The Microlino

Gary S. Vasilash | Gardner Web

The nose knows at Nissan (seriously). Creating new automotive experiences. Hyundai and hydrogen. And a whole lot more (including a reference to Henry Ford’s first four-wheel vehicle—and it isn’t the Model T).

Machine Shop Employee with Disabilities Shines in the Workplace

Lori Beckman | Production Machining

Using an untapped talent pool for finding skilled labor might open doors to a mutually beneficial partnership.
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Technology Roundup: Software

| MoldMaking Technology

MMT highlights data and design manufacturing software offered to moldmakers, from virtual reality education for the injection molding process to interactive mold quoting software and CAM software that optimizes blow mold manufacturing.

FEMIA pronostica un crecimiento de 8% para la industria aeroespacial en 2021

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

El organismo refiere que en 2022 el crecimiento pronosticado sería de 16%, en 2023 sería de 13% y para el 2024 se alcanzaría un incremento de 12%.

Nanotubos de grafeno añaden conductividad a los recubrimientos en polvo

Scott Francis | Products Finishing México

OCSiAl y Erie Powder Coatings anuncian formulaciones de recubrimiento en polvo diseñadas para aplicaciones EMI y RFI.

Kelly Chemical Corp. Distributes Single Component EN Solution in Asia

Scott Francis | Products Finishing

Surface Technology Inc. has named Kelly Chemical Corp. as a distributor of its One-Plate electroless nickel solution. Kelly Chemical Corp will provide One-Plate to the Asian market and provide customer support.

Farsoon Reaches Milestone 500+ Installed Systems

| Additive Manufacturing

Manufacturer of metal and plastic laser sintering systems is seeing an increasing demand for large-volume functional parts fabrication, especially in the aerospace and automotive industries.

2021 Hot Shots Finalists

| Plastics Technology

These 10 entrants will be judged by Molding 2021's attendees in Plastics Technology's inaugural injection molded part competition.

Markforged launches software to scale additive manufacturing

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

Called Eiger Fleet, new cloud-based software enables more control and automation in connection with Markforged 3D printers.