MMS, ProShop ERP Hosting Machine Shop Ownership Change Conference Sept. 27

| Additive Manufacturing

Live digital event focuses on setting up shops to succeed during business ownership transitions.

Tsunami Medical Uses Additive Manufacturing for Innovating Surgical Solutions

| Additive Manufacturing

The Tsunami Medical team is working to improve implant design and challenging conventional manufacturing techniques of the past.

NASF Releases Public Policy Update for September 2021

| Products Finishing

The National Association for Surface Finishing has released its monthly Policy Update, summarizing some of the pertinent regulatory developments and new announcements from the month of September.
#regulations

Cifras de importación de máquinas de corte láser a México

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

En el primer semestre de 2021, México importó máquinas de corte láser principalmente de Estados Unidos, China, Japón, Alemania e Italia.

Componentes y servicios para moldes

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

Meximold: EMI Plásticos renueva su participación en Meximold para dar a conocer su oferta de componentes para máquinas de inyección de plástico, fines de brazo y bandas transportadoras.

Glass Reinforced PBT Compounds for ADAS Radar Covers

| Plastics Technology

SABIC’s new LNP Thermocomp resins boast exceptional warpage control and laser welding capability.  

Arburg Freeformer Covers Range of Industrial AM Applications

| Additive Manufacturing

RAPID 2021: Arburg’s Freeformer 200-3X and 300-3X produce complex, functional parts.

Gobierno de Oaxaca y SiKanda A.C. firman convenio de colaboración para “Reciclaje Inclusivo”

| Plastics Technology México

Además de impulsar y promover el tratamiento de residuos y el desarrollo sustentable, recientes programas y acuerdos buscan garantizar los derechos humanos y laborales de quienes se dedican al reciclaje.

Thermoforming Packaging Machines for Sensitive Products

| Plastics Technology

Multivac’s new RX 4.0 and C-300 machines ideal for medical combi packs and sterile pouches, respectively

Lean Means Being Comfortable

Derek Korn | Production Machining

Like writing, lean manufacturing requires people to be comfortable in their own skin while checking any ego issues at the door.

Convocan al 3er Congreso y 5to Encuentro Nacional de la Red de Vinculación de SOMUCAAB

| Plastics Technology México

El encuentro organizado por el CIQA, SOMUCAAB e IPN abordará el desarrollo sustentable, las ciencias agronómicas y la biotecnología y se llevará a cabo en noviembre, de manera virtual.  

Desktop Metal Acquires Metal AM Manufacturer Aidro

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Aidro produces hydraulic and fluid power systems across a wide range of industries. The company uses complex geometries to reduce weight, save space and consolidate multiple components into one, which eliminates assembly and welding requirements.

Dürr completa el taller de pintura altamente automatizado para Ford en Hermosillo

Gary S. Vasilash | Products Finishing México

La instalación no solo utiliza tecnología, sino que aprovecha el entorno para los hornos.

Broad Range of Formulated Additives for Mechanical Recycling of Plastics

| Plastics Technology

BASF’s new IrgaCycle additive blends targeted to recyclers, compounders and converters.

Simulation Support Application Improves Tool Launch Effectiveness

| MoldMaking Technology

RJG has made a Simulation Support application available on The Hub for concept-to-process tool launch without cutting steel, removing rework or time spent establishing and testing processes.

VoltAero to cross English Channel with Cassio 1 demonstrator aircraft

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The repeated electric aviation crossing emphasizes the Cassio program’s development phase advancements, as well as its anticipated 2023 certification.

NASA highlights sustainable aviation goals for the U.S.

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Agency details a plan to reduce aviation carbon emissions by 2030 via a Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge (SAFGC), investment in cost-sharing partnerships and demonstration of new technologies, including composite materials.

Moldmaking Strategies Take on Surface Finish, Accuracy and Short Delivery Time Challenges

| MoldMaking Technology

SolidCAM combines high-quality toolpath fidelity, surface finish, automatic toolpath updates and error-free G-Code for an ideal CAM solution.

Boeing, SAMPE renew ongoing partnership providing opportunities to more than 400 members

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Partnership focuses on connecting Boeing experts with students and trainees, increasing access to education, accelerating skills development and enriching educational experiences.
#workforcedevelopment

Composite building systems startup launches funding round

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

Florida-based Galexa Homes supplies pre-engineered wall, floor and roof systems built with pultruded fiberglass composites, looks to expand and move toward robotic assembly.

Carbon Mobile relocates smartphone production to Germany

Chris Pasion | CompositesWorld

Carbon Mobile’s Carbon 1 MK II, a carbon fiber, plastic-neutral smartphone, aims to close the gap on e-waste. 
#electronics

Teton Simulation introduces new AM simulation tool for BCN3D Stratos software

Chris Pasion | CompositesWorld

SmartSlice for BCN3D Stratos features sophisticated print parameter optimization to eliminate costly print-test-redesign cycles and ensure printed parts perform as expected.