Máquina rectificadora para manipulación de piezas grandes

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Kaast Machine Tools cuenta con las rectificadoras cilíndricas R-Grind HD, máquinas de alto rendimiento para la producción precisa de piezas grandes.

Bolt Construction Adds Titan Equipment to Painting and Coating Operation

| Products Finishing

The blast room and paint booth will provide upgrades in both processes at Bolt Construction.

Additive Masterbatch for Permanent Etching on Black and Dark Plastics Products

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Ampacet’s new ColorMark reveals color in dark plastic surfaces exposed to laser light  

Baerlocher presenta Baerolub AID: PPA sin PFAS ni siloxanos

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Baerolub AID es un ayudante de proceso que Baerlocher presenta en NPE2024 para mejorar el procesamiento de polímeros incrementando el rendimiento y el cumplimiento normativo.

Dynamic Milling Machine Design Improved for Heavy Machining

| MoldMaking Technology

Zimmerman modifies its five-axis FZU/FZP42 machine line with features like a thermo-symmetrical design and centrally guided Z-slide to efficiently process large workpieces more dynamically and productively. 

From the CW Archives: Airbus A400M cargo door

Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld

The inaugural CW From the Archives revisits Sara Black’s 2007 story on out-of-autoclave infusion used to fabricate the massive composite upper cargo door for the Airbus A400M military airlifter.

Monadnock HTAC Veil protects GFRP equipment against corrosion

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Binder-free ECTFE-apertured reinforcement maintains a high resistance against chemicals and abrasion at high temperatures, extending performance and integrity of composite systems.

Reshoring Initiative 1H 2023 Report Announces Upward Trends

Grace Stubbins | Modern Machine Shop

Geopolitical risk and industrial policy drove the first half of this year’s announcements, indicating exceptional progress in U.S. reshoring.
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Dzyne Technologies announces new California manufacturing facility for UAS production

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Dzyne offers composite fabrication, avionics fabrication and assembly, and aircraft integration among other manufacturing capabilities to support current and future UAS needs, further enabled by the new 125,000-square-foot facility in Irvine.

Composite underground storage tanks protect national recreation area

| CompositesWorld

Composite underground storage tanks for a service station in Ecuador, aided by AOC’s material technologies, are playing a role in protecting the natural environment of Playas Villamil National Recreation Area.

AddUp, WBA Investigate Additive Manufacturing for Moldmaking Tooling Study

| MoldMaking Technology

The additive manufacturing (AM) tooling study focused on six select companies, offering them the opportunity to test the introduction of AM and specifically implement the technical and economic advantages of AM technology for their injection molds.

3D Printing for Automated Food Packaging: The Cool Parts Show All Access

Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing

Parts on Demand CEO Neil van Es shows examples of 3D printed food automation hardware.

Sistema de medición proporciona una alta productividad

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Mitutoyo anuncia mejoras en su línea de sistemas de medición por visión Vision Pro.

Composites industry heads into slightly accelerated contraction in November

Jan Schafer | CompositesWorld

The GBI: Composites Fabricating in November continued its general slow-going path of contraction that began in April 2023.

AddUp, WBA Investigate Additive Manufacturing for Moldmaking Tooling Study

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The additive manufacturing (AM) tooling study focused on six select companies, offering them the opportunity to test the introduction of AM and specifically implement the technical and economic advantages of AM technology for their injection molds.

Dillon Soft Top Jaws Improve Concentricity, Chuck Balance

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The soft jaws are designed to provide better concentric performance chuck balance, as well as enable a longer jaw life because of the increased jaw accuracy.

Flexan e ILC Dover se certifican para sala limpia en Ciudad Juárez

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

Flexan LLC e ILC Dover celebran la obtención de la certificación ISO 13485:2016 para su instalación de sala limpia Clase 7 en Ciudad Juárez, México.

Plastics Industry Association Announces Future Dates for NPE

| Plastics Technology

Ahead of the first NPE since 2018, PLASTICS announced that its triennial show will stay in Orlando and early May for ’27, ’30 and ’33.

Hasco presentó en Plastimagen el control para canal caliente Primezone

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Hasco destacó en Plastimagen la unidad de control de canal caliente Primezone que destaca por su precisión, interfaz intuitiva y funciones de diagnóstico avanzadas.  

Medical Shop Performs Lights-Out Production in Five-Axes

Eli Plaskett | Modern Machine Shop

Moving to five-axis machining enabled this shop to dramatically reduce setup time and increase lights-out capacity, but success relied on the right combination of workholding and automation.

Heated Nippers Offer Easier Degating

| Plastics Technology

Globeius is now offering heavy-duty heated nippers from MouldPro for safer, more efficient cutting of plastics and removal of gates from molded parts.

November GBI Saw a Drop in Moldmaking Activity

Jan Schafer | MoldMaking Technology

The moldmaking index experienced a high degree of accelerated contract, primarily driven by production, new orders and backlog readings.