Going Beyond Torque

| Valve Magazine

 The values of ASME PCC-1 Appendix O on bolted flange joint assembly.  

Siemens presentará el Sinumerik Machine Tool Robot y su visión de la manufactura digital en EMO 2025

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

EMO: La empresa destaca avances en robótica de precisión y control CNC con inteligencia artificial.

DLR closes the loop in fiber-reinforced 3D printing with EmpowerAX, SchallFTP projects

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Building on its work in EmpowerAX, the DLR and partners now aim to create a standardized, certifiable value chain that turns fiber waste into consistently reinforced thermoplastic filaments for 3D printing.

Base Materials announces DNV type approval across entire Subtec portfolio

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Syntactic buoyancy material range is now backed by regulatory and safety standard assurances for use in 2,000 to 11,500-meter subsea depths.

Kautex Textron wins BEV battery housing contract with automotive OEM

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Order for full BEV lower battery housing unit will incorporate Kautex’s thermoplastic composite (TPC) Pentatonic battery enclosure product, which enhances thermal management and reduces vehicle weight.

Consumer goods manufacturer orders Hexagon Agility CNG fuel systems

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Following successful piloting of X15N engine natural gas trucks, this new fleet of 60 day cab and sleeper trucks will benefit from Hexagon’s CNG systems with Type 4 tanks.

Amazement Introduces New Atomization Service for R&D

Jann Bond | Additive Manufacturing

This on-demand service is designed to provide researchers with cost-effective, small-batch production of high-quality, custom metal powders.

All-Digital CMM Automates Mold and Die Inspection

Angela Osborne | MoldMaking Technology

Hexagon’s Maestro coordinate measuring machine offers highly accurate and efficient inspections, handling complex geometries, detailed mold cores, cavities and tight-tolerance components.

Cutting 100 pounds, certification time for the X-59 nose cone

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Swift Engineering used HyperX software to remove 100 pounds from 38-foot graphite/epoxy cored nose cone for X-59 supersonic aircraft.

Lightweighting Challenges: Coatings for Next-Gen Vehicles

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

With demands on the auto industry to incorporate more lightweight structural materials in vehicles, coatings manufacturers are challenged with developing coatings that are compatible with a variety of different substrates.

MSS Relocates to New Facility in Nashville

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Optical sorting manufacturer expands area for manufacturing, testing and demonstration.

Juggerbot P3-44 Astra Enables Large Format Printing With PVC

Matt Stonecash | Additive Manufacturing

Process controls and safety systems specifically tailored for industrial printing with PVC.

Heller combina inteligencia artificial, automatización y precisión en EMO 2025

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

EMO: La firma alemana mostrará sus centros de mecanizado HF 3500 y F 5000 en celdas automatizadas, junto con soluciones de inteligencia artificial aplicadas a operación, servicio y planificación.

Sandvik Coromant Turning Adapters Enhance Vibration Control

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Sandvik Coromant’s Silent Tools turning adapters provide improved internal turning at long overhangs.

Pic of the Week: DED Replaces Hydraulic Pump Diffuser

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

After decades in service, the original cast part had severe wear and needed to be replaced. With no OEM option, wire directed energy deposition supplied the replacement.

Is AI Ready to Tackle High-Mix Grinding? Interview with GrayMatter Robotics Co-Founder

Brent Donaldson | Modern Machine Shop

GrayMatter Robotics co-founder Satyandra Kumar Gupta explains how the company’s AI-powered Scan&Grind system tackles weld blending, surface finishing and gate removal on metal parts — and why embodied intelligence is key to automating grinding in high-mix environments.

Purging Compounds & Process Efficiency: Why They Must Work in Tandem To Improve Your Bottom Line

| Plastics Technology

More and more plastics processors are using commercial purging compounds to clean out their systems and help them switch from one product run to the next as efficiently as possible. But quality purging compounds aren’t cheap, nor are they a standalone solution.

In Case You Missed It: Top July Content

Sarah Barnett | MoldMaking Technology

Here’s a quick roundup of the top stories you might’ve missed while doing all the things that keep your shop running.

Unilever y México Recicla apoyan acopiadores

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

Unilever y México Recicla renovaron un centro de acopio en Ecatepec y capacitaron a recicladores como parte de su programa “Enchúlame el Acopio”.

Sistema modular WinTwist de Ingersoll facilita el montaje en tornos suizos y multihusillo

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

El sistema WinTwist, de Ingersoll Cutting Tools, es una línea modular de herramientas de torneado que combina versatilidad en la configuración con facilidad de montaje.

Performance resins, putties and structural adhesives

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: Scott Bader illustrates its local and global materials supply availability backed by technical support, as well as a novel composite panels development with Armacell.

México, aliado estratégico en la sustitución de importaciones asiáticas

| Modern Machine Shop México

Según Eugenio Marín, CEO de FUMEC, México no solo puede sustituir sus propias importaciones asiáticas, sino también ayudar a Estados Unidos a reemplazar las suyas.