Suite de software de Hexagon integra diseño, simulación y análisis para moldes complejos

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La suite HxGN Mould and Die, de Hexagon, es una plataforma de software que conecta todas las etapas del proceso de fabricación de moldes.

Medición de rugosidad superficial integrada en CNC

George Schuetz | Modern Machine Shop México

La medición de rugosidad superficial ya no requiere estaciones externas ni intervención manual. Este artículo analiza cómo la metrología en proceso, mediante palpadores táctiles integrados en el CNC, permite capturar datos directamente durante el mecanizado, mejorando la trazabilidad, reduciendo errores y habilitando ciclos de producción 24/7.

Una mirada experta, humana y sostenible sobre el futuro de los plásticos

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

El ingeniero Benjamín del Arco, presidente de ANIPAC, comparte su visión sobre la industria del plástico, sus retos ambientales y la urgencia de educar frente a la desinformación.

Ansys launches 2025 R2 with enhanced simulation, accessibility and AI

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Ansys 2025 R2 amplifies human ingenuity with AI-driven tools and features that simplify simulation adoption, encourage collaboration and boost productivity across teams.

People in composites: July 2025

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

New composites company announcements from CMS Spa, AMSL Aero, Airbus, Hexcel, Wisk and Delta Marine.

Control Series Offers Five-Axis Integrated Technology to Support Moldmaking

Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology

FANUC America highlights its FANUC Series 500i-A CNC. This control series advances machine performance with five-axis integrated technology and supports both machine tool builders and CNC users with their evolving needs including easier operations, more security and optimized efficiency.  

Plastics Summit 2025 reunirá a líderes globales en Lisboa

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

El 6 de octubre se celebrará el Plastics Summit 2025 en Lisboa, con expertos globales que debatirán sobre sostenibilidad, economía circular y nuevas regulaciones.  

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.

Reel Power Delivers 'World's Largest' Plastic Pipe Coiler

| Plastics Technology

Machine is capable of handling coil weights up to 32,000 lbs and pipe diameters up to 8 in.  

Controlled polymer ablation enables stronger composite bonds

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: Plasma Bound’s surface pretreatment technology using CPA cleanly and effectively energizes similar and dissimilar surfaces to enhance bonding and joining.

Reifenhäuser Rolls Out Water-Cooled Blown-Film Line

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Aimed at barrier applications requiring more puncture resistance, transparency or thermoformability.  

AMPP Center Assists AM Users in Development, Sourcing of Advanced Materials

Jessica Pompili | Additive Manufacturing

LIFT’s Advanced Metallic Production and Processing (AMPP) Center is managing the testing, handling, processing and production of advanced materials for both defense and client-centered applications in additive manufacturing. 

Materials portfolio elevates composites scalability, sustainability

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: Scalable, eco-conscious mobility is Mitsubishi Chemical Group’s strategic focus, which it highlights through a display of materials from PAN precursor to prepregs, and an EV battery case demonstrator.

AkzoNobel Enhances Durability of Historic KC-135 Aircraft

| Products Finishing

AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings supports the full refinish of a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker with high-performance systems, featuring a heritage tail design for the 128th Air Refueling Wing.

Craftsman Cribsheet No. 141: 10 Things We Learned at Horn Technology Days 2025

Miles Free | Production Machining

Horn's Technology Days 2025 event was far more than an open house.

Planetary centrifugal mixers precision mix, degas composites and epoxies

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: Thinky USA provides simultaneous, closed-container mixing technologies that are repeatable and scalable for multi-part systems, filled epoxies and fiber-reinforced compounds.

battenfeld-cincinnati Extends High-Performance Extruder Series

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

New machine is equipped with its own water-supply line.  

UTAS-NOVA invierte 930 millones de pesos en nueva planta en Aguascalientes

| Modern Machine Shop México

En la planta de UTAS-NOVA se fabricarán anualmente seis millones de luces exteriores, faros antiniebla y luces de freno, así como medio millón de faros delanteros y traseros.

AkzoNobel Introduces Terracotta Effect Collection

| Products Finishing

The Interpon D2525 Terracotta Effect Collection offers durable, terracotta-inspired finishes in 12 Moroccan-inspired colors for long-lasting performance in architectural designs.

3Devo Filament Maker Two Enhances Extrusion Control

Matt Stonecash | Additive Manufacturing

The machine includes an upgraded screw drive, monitoring and user interface for enhanced filament production.

ECOCE y Greenback impulsan reciclaje de empaques flexibles

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

Greenback implementa planta de reciclaje químico en México en colaboración con ECOCE para dar valor a empaques plásticos flexibles posconsumo.

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.