IACMI’s Chad Duty presents SPE ACCE 2025 third keynote

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Duty will share the ways in which IACMI, over its 10-year history, has led to successful and commercialized composites technologies in the automotive industry.

Zoltek celebrates 50 years serving the carbon fiber industry

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Since its founding in 1957 by Zsolt Rumy, Zoltek has grown its global carbon fiber capacity into what it is today, and is looking ahead to the next five decades under Toray leadership.

Airbus completes A350F freight horizontal stabilizer in Spain

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Like other parts of the large cargo aircraft, the HTP is composite, to be fitted to the first A350F aircraft for 2026-2027 flight tests.

Carbon fiber boosts dry-processed battery performance

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

ORNL researchers have found that dry-processed films incorporating long carbon fibers improves strength and conductivity for more affordable lithium-ion battery electrodes.
#electronics

CAD/CAM Software Streamlines the Moldmaking Process

Angela Osborne | MoldMaking Technology

Eastec 2025: TopSolid’s TopSolid'Mold CAD digital design and manufacturing platform combines 3D CAD and CAM tools to enhance mold design, tooling and manufacturing.

Coperion's Latest in High-Performance Compounding Extruders

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

At K 2025, Coperion will display two representatives of its high-performance compounding extruder offerings: ZSK 58 Mc18 and STS 35 Mc11.

AEC Rolls Out Two Compact Desiccant Wheel Dryers

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Products aimed at low-throughput processes such as medical molding and extrusion.  

Add Screw Cooling for More Process Control, Output in PC Extrusion

| Plastics Technology

Adding screw cooling to a polycarbonate production line provides another level of process control and might just boost rate increase to boot.  

Dry Ice Blasting Produces Powder-Free 3D Printed Parts — Without Surface Damage

Jessica Pompili | Additive Manufacturing

Deckert Anlagenbau GmbH finds dry ice blasting to be an effective cleaning process for parts produced through powder-based 3D printing. 

Critical Success Factors for Precision Micro Drilling

| Production Machining

Component miniaturization requires smaller features with tighter tolerances, often in difficult-to-machine materials.

Advanced infusion fabrication aptitude from concept to final part

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: Design Concepts invites attendees to learn more about its comprehensive infusion part fabrication capabilities, spanning design, engineering, tooling and composite parts manufacturing.

Envalior apuesta por sostenibilidad en K 2025

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Materiales reciclados, biobasados y libres de PFAS, así como nuevos servicios de ingeniería, marcan la propuesta de Envalior en K 2025.  

Dry Ice Blasting Provides Powder-Free 3D Printed Parts Without Surface Damage

| Additive Manufacturing

Deckert Anlagenbau GmbH finds dry ice blasting to be an effective cleaning process for parts produced through powder-based 3D printing. 

AI's Achilles Heel

Stephanie Hendrixson | Manufacturing Connected

The rise of artificial intelligence parallels that of cobots and other “autonomous” technologies. But even AI can’t do everything. 

Soluciones modulares de Zoller para automatizar la gestión de herramientas

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

EMO: Zoller presentará en EMO Hannover una arquitectura conectada que cubre desde el almacenaje hasta la carga automática de herramientas en centros CNC.

Registration Opens for 2025 Top Shops Conference

| Modern Machine Shop

Unlock benchmarking insights, shop secrets, and a behind-the-scenes NASCAR tour, only at this year’s Top Shops Conference.

Water-based silicone elastomer enables clean, near-net shape fabrication

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: Technology Marketing Inc. presents its Armor-Vac 1K single-component elastomer that excels in complex molds and 3D surfaces, and enables effective composites processing.

Inicia segunda edición del diplomado de Arburg y Tec de Monterrey

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

El Tec de Monterrey y Arburg lanzan la 2.ª edición del diplomado en tecnologías de inyección, con enfoque práctico y retos reales del sector plástico.

SPS Atlanta 2025 Addresses Manufacturing Challenges With Automation-Focused Solutions, Dynamic Education Programs

Chris Pasion | Additive Manufacturing

Taking place September 16-18, 2025, at the Georgia World Congress Center, the U.S. debut of Smart Production Solutions (SPS Atlanta) offers a focused platform to drive automation forward and reinforce American industrial strength.
#workforcedevelopment

Unique Cleaning Process Enables More Effective Finishes

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

HydroPlasma’s chemical-free cleaning method is especially useful for industries where the highest standards of cleanliness are required and where coating is the final step in the manufacturing process.

Severance Countersinks Reduce Machining Vibrations

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Severance countersinks feature staggered cutting edges, which inhibit the occurrence of resonant (harmonic) vibration.

Supertec Machinery Grinders Enhance Precision Grinding Efficiency

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Supertec Machinery’s Mini Genie CNC cylindrical grinder and EGM-80CNC universal ID/OD grinder, designed for space-limited manufacturing environments.