Molder Repairs Platen Holes with Threaded Inserts

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Automotive molder ITW Deltar Fasteners found new life for the battered bolt holes on its machine platens with a solution that’s designed to last.

Boring Head Enables Sculpture Hardware to Be Machined on a Lathe

Derek Korn | Production Machining

When small job shop Ansonia Manufacturing took on a tricky hardware component job for a “live” glass art sculpture, it realized a boring head would be needed to machine the part complete on its live-tool lathe.

Nueva versión de Cimatron 2024

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Meximold: En el stand 404, Cimatech participa con sus herramientas CAD/CAM destinadas a la industria de herramentales.

Digital Thread Enables First-Time-Right 3D Printing

Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop

Connecting all stages of manufacturing, from design to postprocessing, helps break down barriers to industrializing additive manufacturing.

Haimer Shrink-Fit Machine Features Integrated Cooling

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Power Clamp Air i4.0 Eco provides smooth and clean cooling of all kinds of toolholders or collets by air, without dirt and water residue.

Sistema de monitoreo de moldes ProFile, de Progressive Components

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Meximold: ProFile es un sistema de control en la nube que brinda visibilidad en tiempo real y capacidades de gestión de activos para el sector de moldes y maquinaria.      

Industry Association Campaign Centers Workers Who Recycle Plastic

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Advocacy campaign videos present policymakers with a view of plastic recycling as a manufacturing process from those who do it.
#regulations

IMCO End Mills Enable Aggressive Cutting Parameters

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Westec 2023: M936 Pow-R-Feed end mills enables users to make toolpath moves without slowing down.

Matro invertirá 21 millones de dólares en Coahuila

| Modern Machine Shop México

Matro es una empresa de origen coahuilense dedicada a la fabricación y ajuste de troqueles, así como a la producción de piezas estampadas y maquinadas.

Curiteva Implant Manufacturing Process: The Cool Parts Show All Access

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

Todd Reith explains the workflow for creating Curiteva’s 3D printed spine implants from PEEK.

Curiteva on Ti vs PEEK: The Cool Parts Show All Access

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

Curiteva produces cervical spine implants using PEEK, but today most spine implants are made of metal — specifically, titanium. There are very good reasons to choose titanium, as Erik Erbe describes in this interview clip. But, PEEK may have the edge in terms of stiffness, osseointegration and another important factor we learned about.

A Look at Lattice: The Cool Parts Show All Access

Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing

Lattice structures are great, but they have to end somewhere. When designing head padding made from lattices, how do you design the surfaces where the pads adhere to the helmet? Marek Moffet, chief technical officer for General Lattice, talks about that here.

Innovation is Revving Up: ‘Manufacturing Explorers’ Season 3

| Additive Manufacturing

Buckle up and join Max and Travis as they talk about the thrills of visiting innovative automotive companies in the premiere of their third and final season of “Manufacturing Explorers,” an IMTS+ original series. 

Teknor Apex to Relaunch Terraloy Brand

| Plastics Technology

Brand will include bioderived, recycled and biodegradable formulations.

Solid Carbide Drill Designed With Mold Machining in Mind

| MoldMaking Technology

The Walter X·treme Evo Plus DC180 Supreme drill maximizes productivity and process reliability thanks to its Krato·tec AlTiN coating technology.

R&D Leverage Europe to Offer Injection Blow Mold and Tooling Development 

| MoldMaking Technology

Investment in equipment for mold validation and sampling, a second Product Solutions Lab and enhancement of technical team expands R&D’s IBM services.

Flax fiber producer Group Depestele invests in Greenboats GmbH

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Group Depestele acquires a minority share of Greenboats in an effort to redefine the applications of natural fiber-reinforced composites on a global scale. 

OCSiAl to construct European graphene nanotube facility in 2024

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Synthesized graphene nanotubes and other nanotube derivatives at new hub in Serbia will meet customer demand for high-performance EV batteries, polymers.

Vertical Aerospace VX4 program moves to the next phase

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The company’s latest announcement touches on eVTOL flight and program updates, confirming that Vertical is still on track with no changes to the timeline.

Plataine publishes composite industry survey results

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Survey findings provide insight from industry players as they navigate global manufacturing challenges and uncertainties, and sustainability and digitalization implementation.

NPE2024 Registration Opens

| Plastics Technology

After what will be a 6-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, registration is open for the triennial show, which will take place May 6-10, 2023, in Orlando, Florida.

Manifold Blocks for Flexible Cooling Circuits

| Plastics Technology

Hasco’s Z920/... manifold blocks create a centralized inflow/outflow location that enables the use of shorter hoses in mold heating/cooling systems.