Markus Nolte Named Emco CEO

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

Nolte has 25 years of experience, including stints in different management functions and industries.

KraussMaffei launches large-scale 3D printer, print-on-demand services

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

PowerPrint, capable of using fiber-reinforced compounds, combines design freedom and cost efficiency for large-format printing applications. It is available for purchase or serviced through KraussMaffei. 

Impulse Space secures $45 million to support vehicle development, production

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Developer of in-space transportation vehicles using CFRP tanks raises capital investment from Raytheon Technologies (RTX) Ventures.

PE adhesive creates strong, fast bonds to low surface energy substrates

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

IPS Adhesive’s Scigrip brand introduces SG400LSE, a transluscent, low-color adhesive that has proven its ability to bond to FRPS, metals, plastics and other polymers.

Accede Mold & Tool Promotes Corey Fox to Operations Manager

| MoldMaking Technology

Fox brings his 15 years of experience and knowledge in the moldmaking craft, overseeing and improving Accede’s manufacturing operations, and establishing and driving manufacturing its production goals.  

End Mill Series Design Enables Dynamic Milling Strategies

| MoldMaking Technology

M.A. Ford’s TuffCut XV series of XV5CB, XV7 and XV7CB end mills get the job done when it comes to improving speeds and feeds, wear and surface finish, in addition to standing up to difficult-to-machine materials.

AFPT, Alformet advance bending of thermoplastic composite tubes

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Specialists in AFP and LATW discuss process and lessons learned for new applications in CFRTP parts.

Dassault Aviation becomes a Nadcap Subscriber

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Dassault has joined other aerospace prime contractors that have demonstrated design authority and control over supplier quality.

Daher CARAC TP project advances thermoplastic composites certification approach

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

New tests, analysis enable databases, models, design guidelines and methodologies, combining materials science with production processes to predict and optimize part performance at temperatures above Tg (≈150-180°C) for wing and engine structures.

Time to Rethink Print?

| Gardner Web

Here are a few reasons why there has never been a bigger opportunity for brands in the print channel than right now.

SGL Carbon statement indicates decrease in carbon fiber demand for wind

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

According to preliminary figures for H1 2023, the Carbon Fiber business unit saw a 28.9% decline in sales, balanced by Graphite Solutions, Process Technology and Composite Solutions segments’ better-than-expected earnings. 

High-efficiency, low-energy industrial ovens, furnaces and washers

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2023: International Thermal Systems (ITS) offers a range of equipment that maximizes manufacturing efficiencies and minimizes energy consumption that include OOA composite curing ovens.

Crece el valor de la importación de electroerosionadoras en mayo

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

En mayo de 2023 el valor de las importaciones de electroerosionadoras aumentó 17.17 % con relación al mes inmediato anterior.

UltiMaker 3D Printer Supports Production Applications

Angela Osborne | Modern Machine Shop

The printer features a temperature-controlled heated build chamber and heated build plate, enabling users to print large production parts with manufacturing-grade ABS.

Large Scale 3D Printer Offered by Plastics Processing Machinery Company KraussMaffei

| Plastics Technology

KraussMaffei launches PowerPrint, for product sizes up to 10 square meters.

How Summer Heat is Affecting Your Parts

John Miller | Modern Machine Shop

All machines have thermal shift. Follow these tips to keep your tolerances tight even as shop temperatures flucatuate in the warmer months.

Roll Cooling: Understand the Three Heat-Transfer Processes

Jim Frankland | Plastics Technology

Designing cooling rolls is complex, tedious and requires a lot of inputs. Getting it wrong may have a dramatic impact on productivity.

Composites manufacturing for general aviation aircraft

| CompositesWorld

General aviation, certified and experimental, has increasingly embraced composites over the decades, a path further driven by leveraged innovation in materials and processes and the evolving AAM market.

MoldMaking Conference Session Spotlight: Data

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

Want to learn about digital workflows in mold design or ERP or global mold monitoring and asset management or the impact of tooling digitalization?
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Methods Machine Tools to Host Open House Event

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Methods Machine Fest will provide attendees with an up-close view of Methods’ entire portfolio of three- and five-axis CNC platforms, EDMs, multitasking lathes, automated and integrated solutions, services and support.

Collins Aerospace Opens Additive Manufacturing Center Expansion in Iowa

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The expansion gives the company space to house several new state-of-the-art 3D metal printers and significantly increase the center’s AM capabilities.

Oben Group adquiere planta de películas para embalaje flexible en México

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

La planta de producción de películas para empaques flexibles, y el portafolio de productos de la marca KristaFilms, fue adquirido por Oben al Grupo Agusa de México.