ChemQuest Expands Business Development Team, Names 4 VPs

Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing

ChemQuest Group promotes four directors to vice president roles, focusing on business development across strategy, M&A, operations and technology sectors.

‘Eco-Friendly’ Foaming Agent Masterbatch

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

CAI Performance Additives’ ST-BA13MB boasts reliable foaming results across various volume thermoplastics

Production Machining's August 2024 News Highlights

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Production Machining’s August 2024 news highlights include industry events, facility openings, new partnerships and more.

Spee3D Successfully Tests Metal AM System During DOD’s Rim of the Pacific Exercise

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

Spee3D’s Expeditionary Manufacturing Unit (EMU) printed 11 metal parts for repair and replacement of defense equipment in a contested environment to prove that AM can help secure military supply chains by reducing the delivery time of critical parts from days to hours and at the point of need.

America Makes Names 2024 Ambassador Award Winners

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The Ambassador Award Program recognizes individuals who have continually demonstrated outstanding dedication to advancing America Makes and its mission to innovate and accelerate additive manufacturing to increase the nation’s global manufacturing competitiveness.
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Prices of PE, PP, PVC Up; PS, PET Flat

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

While prices moved up for three of the five commodity resins, there was potential for a flat trajectory for the rest of the third quarter.

Plastics Recycling LATAM 2024: innovaciones y tendencias clave

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Oportunidades y desafíos del reciclaje de plásticos serán foco de Plastics Recycling LATAM 2024, conferencia y exposición que reunirá a expertos y líderes del sector en la Ciudad de México.  

Sistemas de estantería modulares para moldes en Meximold 2024

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Los sistemas de estantería modulares, que Soluciones Plásticas presenta en Meximold, optimizan el almacenamiento de moldes con hasta un 80 % de mejora en la eficiencia operativa.

Royal Products Introduces Versatile Three-Jaw Chuck

Jessica Pompili | Modern Machine Shop

IMTS 2024: Royal Products features a Three-Jaw Chuck for CNC workholding, designed to reduce setup time between jobs and for the utilization of a range of top tooling. 

Ultra-thin woven fabric enables 90% resource reduction in satellite solar array manufacturing

Stewart Mitchell | CompositesWorld

Kerberos Engineering uses TeXtreme 0/90 woven fabrics for satellite solar array manufacturing, cutting weight and onboard resources, enhancing structural integrity and streamlining production.

Select Machining Technologies Highlights Multitasking Machines

Jessica Pompili | Modern Machine Shop

IMTS 2024: Select Manufacturing Technologies is highlighting large-capacity multitasking machines from Solace, Geminis, Ibarmia and Momentum. 

CAM Software Optimizes Tool Paths for Swiss Machining

| MoldMaking Technology

IMTS 2024: SolidCAM provides programming ease of use, flexibility and configurability for complex multi-turret and multi-spindle mill-turn and Swiss CNC machines.

Video: Machining and Directed Energy Deposition (DED) Aid One Another and Work Together

Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing

DED parts made by a machine tool provider illustrate various ways the strategic consideration of either metal 3D printing or machining helps the other process.

Five-Axis Machining Cell Enables Unmanned Operation

Jessica Pompili | MoldMaking Technology

IMTS 2024: Kitamura Machinery showcases the Supercell-300G five-axis, horizontal machining cell designed for compact machining and a pallet pool system, along with other CNC automation systems.

ProShop ERP exhibe un ecosistema digital para agilizar los procesos de manufactura

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Creada para pequeñas y medianas empresas de manufactura, ProShop ERP puede sustituir hasta cinco programas de software.

Solución de soldadura láser para moldes de gran tamaño

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

En Meximold 2024, la compañía Orotig destaca el sistema de soldadura láser Antares, diseñado para optimizar la reparación de moldes industriales de gran tamaño mediante tecnología avanzada que permite alcanzar áreas complicadas y operar con diversos metales.

Ultra System destaca los compuestos Ultra Plast en Meximold

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

En Meximold 2024, Ultra System demuestra sus compuestos de purga Ultra Plast, diseñados para una limpieza rápida y sin daños a las máquinas.

Koma Precision presenta un cargador automático compacto para máquinas CNC

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

KMA-60 SmartLoader es un cargador automático compacto de alta mezcla para máquinas CNC que simplifica la carga de la máquina y maximiza la producción y rentabilidad.

Los portaherramientas retráctiles de Techniks Tool Group permiten un mecanizado flexible

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Techniks Tool Group dispone de sistemas de portaherramientas estándar, de punta fina, con refrigeración, de pared gruesa y modulares.

Who Are the DFM Consultants? You Are.

Derek Korn | Production Machining

Modern shops are bolstering their engineering staff to better offer design for manufacturability advice to their customers. Here, one industry expert suggests ways to develop a common language between manufacturing and engineering.

Royal Products presenta un versátil chuck de tres mordazas

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

El Royal Multi-Tasking Chuck, de Royal Products, está diseñado para talleres que necesitan la flexibilidad de cambiar rápidamente entre piezas de pequeño y gran diámetro.

Chihuahua fortalece su competitividad industrial con la nueva Sheet Metal & Machining Academy

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

El Grupo Hi-Tec y el Instituto de Apoyo al Desarrollo Tecnológico (Inadet) unen esfuerzos para lanzar el programa Sheet Metal & Machining Academy en los centros de Cenaltec en Chihuahua, Juárez y Cuauhtémoc, con una inversión de 1.5 millones de dólares en maquinaria avanzada.