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Compact Screen Changers for Processing PCR
Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology
NPE2024: W. Müller shows off new screen changers in response to increasing interest in blow molding recylates.
Movable Tempering Stamp Can Eliminate Surface Defects
Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology
NPE2024: Incoe says Heat-Inject Technology introduces localized heat to remove weld or knit lines, or help melt flow into hinges, thin walls, delicate geometries or microstructures.
North American Plastics Machinery Shipments Finish 2023 Down
| Plastics Technology
The Plastics Industry Association’s Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES) report shows fourth quarter shipments of primary plastics machinery ending the year off 19.5% compared to the same period in 2022.
Market Changes Spur Industrial Recycler to Enhance Capabilities in Clear Plastic Reprocessing
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
Butler MacDonald found new business and flexibility thanks to a big step-up in purging efficiency.
4 Weeks from Design to Molded Part, with 3D Printed Tooling
Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing
Mold builder Westminster Tool used Mantle’s TrueShape metal 3D printing technology to develop tooling that it then applied to injection mold more than 7,000 medical parts for its customer, in less than one month.
How to Successfully Adopt Five-Axis Machining
John Miller | Modern Machine Shop
While there are many changes to adopt when moving to five-axis, they all compliment the overall goal of better parts through less operations.
How Well do You Know Granite Surface Plates?
Derek Korn | Production Machining
Here are some tips for choosing, maintaining and customizing a granite solution that will best meet your shop’s particular inspection needs.
Edge Technologies Bar Feeder Automates Short Production Runs
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
The Rebel 80 Servo v3 is a specialized solution for automating short production runs at an economical price.
Clúster Automotriz Metropolitano: impulso a la industria regional
Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México
Conozca los objetivos y primeras acciones del recién inaugurado Claut Metropolitano, una iniciativa que busca impulsar la industria automotriz y de movilidad en el Estado de México, Hidalgo y Ciudad de México.
Company Builds $7 Million Laboratory
Lori Beckman | Products Finishing
The 11,000-square-foot facility will provide the space required to advance product development and pilot new formulations within the company’s core markets.
Formnext Sparks AM Surge: Insights for IMTS 2024 and Beyond
| Additive Manufacturing
Formnext events are helping the additive manufacturing industry set a course for a more productive, sustainable industrial future with pioneering AM technologies.
Melt spinning plant installation evolves DITF's fiber development
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
New melt spinning pilot plant offers a well-equipped environment for the development and application of research into new spinning processes, fiber functionalization and sustainable fibers.
HAV begins Airlander 10 type certification program
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Submitted application marks the formal start determining a safe airship design. Certification attainment will be followed by aircraft delivery.
Colored composites evolve design opportunities, boost technical capabilities
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
JEC World 2024: Hypetex is returning with its color technologies, displayed via a variety of sporting goods applications, as well as its expansion into marine.
Boeing holds discussions to acquire supplier Spirit AeroSystems
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
With Spirit AeroSystems under scrutiny for 737 Max manufacturing issues, Boeing is considering buying back its former aerostructures unit.
Hydraulic Gating Cutting Reliably Separates Molded Parts
| MoldMaking Technology
NPE2024: Material displacement technology offered by Ermanno Balzi Srl enables precise separation of the molded part from the gate during the molding cycle.
AOC, Büfa Composites expands partnership network to Sweden
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Composites and resins portfolios are now available to the Scandinavian market through Büfa Composites Nordics Oy.
CompPair, SHD form partnership to advance healable composites to market
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Collaborative commitment extends to impregnation services, joint product development and commercial endeavors, laying the foundation for sustainable composite solutions.
WAG Wernli to produce composite brackets for Dufour Aero2 drone
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The Swiss company was chosen for its C-SMC expertise, which will replace original aluminum brackets to enhance weight savings, corrosion resistance and adhesive bonding capabilities.
Sensors Measure Moisture in PVB Films, Pellets
Jim Callari | Plastics Technology
NPE2024: Noncontact sensors provide a continuous, reliable reading with zero drift and no maintenance.
Líderes visionarias: influencia femenina en los plásticos
María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México
Desde diversas áreas, el liderazgo femenino está revitalizando y transformando la industria del plástico con visión, creatividad e inspiración. Destacamos a siete mujeres que han aportado al sector desde el liderazgo ejecutivo, la investigación, la visión comercial, la sustentabilidad, el arte y la comunicación.
The Importance of Modern Machine Shop
Peter Zelinski | Modern Machine Shop
Moments of change shine a light on the priorities that have been consistent a long time, and on the worth we carry forward out of a rich past into the future.