Transición hacia la sostenibilidad aumenta la competitividad en el mecanizado

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

En un webinar presentado por ISTMA se indica que la apuesta por la integración de procesos, la automatización y la transformación digital pueden disminuir los residuos y asegurar ganancias de tiempo y productividad.

Murata Machinery USA Celebrates 50 Years

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Muratec’s technology has marked turning points in automation, helping customers enhance competitive efficiencies across diverse industries.

Powerful and Versatile Infrared Spectrometer

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Nicolet Apex FTIR is well suited for a wide range of applications including materials analysis.  

Graphene Nanotube Leader OCSiAl Appoints New Chairman of the Board of Directors

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Source: OCSiAl Group Luxemburg-based OCSiAl, the global leader in the industrial synthesis of graphene nanotubes, announces the appointment of Peter Cuneo as chairman of the board of directors.

Cámara digital para microscopios Evident proporciona imágenes de alta calidad

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La cámara de microscopio digital DP75, de Evident, está diseñada para una gran variedad de aplicaciones industriales y de ciencias de la vida.

Hyundai Ioniq 5 N NPX1 vehicle debuts carbon fiber hybrid wheel

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Twenty-one-inch, ~10-kilogram hybrid wheel, developed by Dymag in partnership with Hankuk Carbon, is part of an intensive development program by Hyundai.

Plyable releases AI-powered mold design tool

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Plyable continues to rid composites engineers of workflow bottlenecks through an end-to-end automated system — from mold design to quotation to manufacturing fulfillment.  

Syensqo expands bio-based portfolio with novel MTM epoxy prepreg

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Bio-based MTM 49-3 responds to sustainability goals in automotive, containing 30% bio-sourced monomers.  

Lightweight, flame-retardant composite applications highlight mobility, sustainability trends

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

JEC World 2024: A variety of applications demonstrate Envalior’s Tepex composite materials portfolio, from automotive to hydrogen.

Tight-Tolerance, 100% Recyclable Steel Plate Processing

| MoldMaking Technology

Steel 21 strives to make mold builders more efficient with flat, parallel and more sustainable steel plate grades for plastic injection and compression molds.

R&D projects, additively functionalized part demonstrate composites innovation

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

JEC World 2024: The DLR is presenting the EmpowerAX multi-curved shell demo part as a JEC Innovation Award winning innovation, in addition to results from other projects involving hydrogen tanks, wind and more.

Flax fiber-based technologies target application diversity

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

JEC World 2024: Bcomp continues the tradition of exhibiting components from diverse markets, including motorsport, wider mobility and performance sports equipment, that incorporate ampliTex and powerRibs fibers.

ACMA champions finalization of Utility Pole Product Category Rule

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Utility Pole PCR represents a culmination of efforts to provide standardized information on environmental impacts associated with composite pole manufacturing and use.

4 Ways the Education and Training Challenge Is Different for Additive Manufacturing

Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing

The advance of additive manufacturing means we need more professionals educated in AM technology.

New 15-Ton, All-Electric Shuttle

Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology

NPE2024: Plastiblow demonstrates double-station, quad-head machine making 500-ml HDPE bottles.

Nidec Universal Head Enables Versatile Machining

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The compact universal head enables better accessibility between the tool and the workpiece, as well as improved surface-finish quality, greater motion range and high-efficiency machining under ideal machining conditions.

Coatings Plant Evolves with Market Trends

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

Expanding its focus from exclusively serving the RV industry, one of this company’s stand-alone coatings plant has successfully extended its services to additional markets.

52 % de mexicanos identifican envases reciclables, según encuesta

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

El Triángulo de Möbius no solo es el símbolo del reciclaje, sino también una herramienta clave para identificar materiales en envases plásticos.   

Prices of All Five Commodity Plastics On the Way Up

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Despite earlier anticipated rollover in prices for most of the volume commodity resins, prices were generally on the way up for all going into the third month of first quarter.  

Aspen Aerogels invierte 270 millones de dólares en Nuevo León

| Modern Machine Shop México

En Apodaca, Nuevo León, Aspen Aerogels inauguró dos plantas de producción en las que invirtió 270 millones de dólares.

Verisurf Software Enables Efficient Translation of CAD/CAM Data

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The Validate software is designed to ensure data integrity and enable users to perform metrology workflows in a seamless CAD environment while maintaining model-based digital continuity.

Six-Axis Top-Entry Robot Debuts

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

NPE2024: Absolute Robot will debut the MaxCW10-1600A+B+C 6-axis top entry robot, featuring additional axes and updated control, as well as a Fanuc cobot automating a vertical press.