Sunnen's Electronic Bore Gage Provides Flexible Measurement
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
The PGE-6000 gage brings reliable, flexible ID gaging to the manufacturing floor with no need for probes or master rings.
Cubic’s Swiss-Type for Simultaneous Front/Back Machining
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
PMTS 2023: The SG-20 makes it possible to complete a wide variety of tooling jobs at one time.
Can You Pull Data From a Solid Model to Perform Five-Axis Conversational Programming?
Derek Korn | Production Machining
A CNC feature imports a 3D solid model from which operators can perform conversational-type, five-axis programming.
Ceratizit's Updated Tooling Solutions Improve Machining Performance
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
The company has upgraded its EcoCut indexable inserts lineup, as well as introduced two new toolholding and workholding solutions.
Estiman ganancias potenciales de exportaciones por Nearshoring
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
De acuerdo con un informe de Banorte, México podría obtener ganancias por 168,000 millones de dólares en exportaciones durante los próximos cinco años.
The Power of Self-Emptying Technology for Extrusion Lines
| Plastics Technology
Advanced purging compounds can save you time, frustration, and cost.
UK Innovation Agency Awards Funding to Recycling Technology Consortium
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
Innovate UK awarded funding to support Stopford and Birmingham University’s collaboration, which uses supercritical water to break down plastic.
Pretend Your Audi EV Is the Prototype
Gary S. Vasilash | Products Finishing
While camouflage car coverings are meant to disguise surfaces of development vehicles, what Audi is doing to the RS e-tron will turn a whole lot of heads — and it is an electric vehicle that you can have in your own driveway.
Breathable Epoxy Flooring System for Floors With Elevated Moisture, Salts
| Products Finishing
The Vent-E is a breathable epoxy system for floors with elevated moisture and salts, creating a new market for epoxy floors, according to Dur-A-Flex.
Norco facility expansion bolsters aerospace, defense project capacity
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
An additional 10,000 square feet will accommodate increasing demand for the company’s composite services.
Hexagon Agility Mobile Pipeline supplied to CNG project in Jordan
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Headed by fuel station chain Masanseer Oil & Gas, the lightweight composite X-Store modules will enable large-volume CNG transportation and distribution, improving project economics, scalability.
Qualified Tool Steel Enhances Thermal Transfer, Long Tool Life
| MoldMaking Technology
Next Chapter Manufacturing has successfully qualified HTC-45 tool steel, an optimized version of H13, to support better thermal transfer and faster cycle times for molders and die-casters.
SGL Carbon Gardena site purchased by Tex Tech Industries
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Transaction of SGL Carbon’s U.S. business activities includes certain assets of SGL Composites Inc., as well as plants, machinery and customer contracts.
GF Divisions Present the Grand Opening of Mexico Facility
| MoldMaking Technology
GF Piping Systems and GF Machining Solutions will be hosting the grand opening of their Apodaca, Mexico, facility on May 3, 2023. Tour the facility and learn more about the companies’ full solution capabilities.
LifePort acquires Aeromatrix Composites advanced materials line
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The aircraft manufacturer solidifies its capability to provide next-generation advanced materials solutions to aerospace and defense customers.
Lanxess, DSM Engineering Materials venture launched as Envalior
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
New global engineering materials contender combines Lanxess’ high-performance materials business with DSM’s engineering materials business to offer a variety of material solutions.
Norsepower secures €28 million for modern mechanical rotor sail
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
New funding will accelerate composite rotor sail production, R&D, marketing, recruitment and more to expand the reach of Norsepower’s fuel-saving and emissions-reducing technology for ships.
Why Towns Want Manufacturing Plants
Peter Zelinski | Modern Machine Shop
A manufacturing facility can harness and focus the native ability of people growing up in a town, and channel this into livelihoods and homes for the town’s next generation. Is this something we lost sight of and are now seeing again?
Two Injection Molding Grades of Biobased Materials Enhance Sulapac’s Cosmetics Packaging Portfolio
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Sulapac Luxe, ideal for replacing hard plastics such as ABS and its more flexible edition Luxe Flex open up new opportunities.
Metalworking GBI Contracted in March After One-Month Reprieve
Jan Schafer | Modern Machine Shop
February’s call for cautious optimism was well placed…market dynamics in March put a damper on what had been metalworking activity’s modest re-entry to growth mode in February.
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Big Daishowa Chuck Eliminates Chatter in Milling Operations
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
The Mega 12DS chuck is designed for trochoidal milling with anti-vibration end mills.
Tap Magic Waxx Stick for Metalworking Lubrication
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
PMTS 2023: Tap Magic’s high-performance formula in a solid stick form offers a professional grade cutting fluid for applications on most metals when a liquid cutting fluid is not desirable.