NPE2024 Building and Construction Session Highlights

| Plastics Technology

Learn about industry trends in materials and sustainability with the Building and Construction Industry Sessions at NPE2024.

Navigating Economic Resilience and Consumer Trends

| MoldMaking Technology

Consumer behavior provides mold builders insight into the evolving market dynamics of goods and services that helps strategic planning.
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Demonstrator project targets circularity solutions in carbon fiber composite sports equipment

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

The Carbon Fibre Circular Alliance (CFCA) brought together OEMs and technical partners to reclaim short carbon fibers from end-of-life sports equipment, realign into continuous prepreg tapes and remanufacture into new equipment.

Neumáticos del futuro: sostenibilidad y rendimiento

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

Compuesto por un 65 % de materiales sostenibles, incluyendo reciclados y renovables, el neumático UltraContact NXT, de Continental, promete calidad, rendimiento, y una producción más verde.

Opening Up to Possibilities

| Production Machining

As a business leader, are you wasting time defining barriers when you should be defining the possibilities instead?

Revolución robótica 2024: cinco tendencias clave en automatización

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

La Federación Internacional de Robótica ofrece un análisis profundo de las cinco tendencias principales en robótica para 2024: desde inteligencia artificial hasta humanoides y cobots.

Chase Plastics Now Authorized Distributor for Envalior

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

The new global engineering materials entity Envalior brings together DSM Engineering Materials and Lanxess High Performance Materials.

SEWS inaugura planta en Tabasco

| Modern Machine Shop México

Instalada en el Parque Industrial Tabasco Business Center (TBC), la empresa invirtió más de 10 millones de dólares en su construcción. 

Ultrasonic Parts Cleaning System Offers Large Capacity

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

With payload capacity up to 500 lbs and tank volumes of up to 675 gallons, the latest Agi-Sonic AS-6000 model is a larger system than earlier models.

Titanium Golf Club Line Leverages AM to Boost Clubhead Performance

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

Japanese lifestyle golf brand Designer utilizes Farsoon 3D printing to optimize the design and production of its latest titanium golf club line.

Advantages of UV-LED Spot Curing for Collision Repair

| Products Finishing

Carlisle Fluid Technologies’ Jacob Fortmeyer shares advantages, considerations and important equipment features for the UV-LED curing process.  

United Grinding Hires New Manager Director for Mexico Territory

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Alonso Acevedo brings 27 years of experience in the machine tool industry, including 12 years on the end-user side and 15 years in various sales roles.

Improve Production Rates Via Screw Design — Barrier vs. General Purpose vs. Melt Uniformity

John Bozzelli | Plastics Technology

I’m looking for a few good molders to help trial a new screw design, and share data and results for a future article to prove the benefits of a melt uniformity screw.

Herramienta de ranurado proporciona un rendimiento estable

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Con el nuevo sistema CoroCut 2, Sandvik Coromant actualiza su concepto de tronzado y ranurado CoroCut 1-2.

Hemco Corp. Enclosures Protect Robotic Processes

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The enclosures are designed protect robotic processes from contamination and personnel from hazardous fumes.

Next-Generation Servo-Hydraulic and Electric Injection Molding Machines Launch

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

NPE2024: Absolute Haitian will introduce Generation 5 of the Haitian and Zhafir machines lines, emphasizing efficiency, performance and intelligence.

Airbus full-year 2023 results outline strong commercial aircraft business

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Consolidated financial results surpass 2022 results, deliver on commitments made in 2023 despite complex operating environment. 

Zoltek founder and carbon fiber visionary Zsolt Rumy passes away at 81

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Founder, CEO and board member of Zoltek Companies leaves behind significant contributions to industrial-grade carbon fiber and cross-cultural promotion.

Ultra-light honeycomb blocks are engineered for application versatility

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

JEC World 2024: Schütz Composites introduces Cormaster, its line of aramid paper-based honeycomb materials suitable in many application fields as panels or parts.

Plastic Omnium starts construction of Chinese mega-plant for H2 pressure vessels

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

The new PO-Rein joint venture factory in Jiading, Shanghai, aims to be operational in 2026, producing up to 60,000 hydrogen vessels and high-pressure hydrogen storage systems per year for the Chinese commercial vehicle market.

Research center highlights sustainability, digitization technological offerings

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

JEC World 2024: Spanish research center Ideko showcases its knowledge, capabilities and experience in advanced manufacturing processes for composites to reduce the environmental footprint of aerospace production.

Arris introduces MTO CFRTP bike spokes

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Lightweight carbon fiber spoke is designed, engineered and manufactured using Arris’ Additive Molding technology.