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A Guide to Ultrasonic Welding Controls
| Plastics Technology
Ultrasonic welding today is a sophisticated process that offers numerous features for precise control. Choosing from among all these options can be daunting; but this guide will help you make sense of your control features so you can approach your next welding project with the confidence of getting good results.
Turret Lathe Features LFV Technology
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
PMTS 2023: Marubeni Citizen-Cincom offers the Miyano ANX-42SYY fixed headstock-type CNC automatic lathe which has a variety of features that improve machine operating convenience.
Grupo Wittmann presentó tecnología de inyección de gas, Airmould 4.0
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
El proceso Airmould, lanzado por el Grupo Wittmann durante la Feria K, permite lograr partes complejas en un diseño de una sola pieza y con superficies uniformes.
How to Maximize Nickel Plating Performance
| Products Finishing
The advantages of boric acid-free nickel plating include allowing manufacturers who utilize nickel plating to keep up the ever-changing regulatory policies and support sustainability efforts.
#regulations
Material Database Enables Coating Thickness Measurement Without Calibration
| Products Finishing
The database from Coatmaster AG has calibrations of over 400 different RAL colors.
Women in Manufacturing to Host North Regional Conference
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
The WiM North Conference will be held April 3, 2023, in Dearborn, Michigan.
Grupo Hi-Tec apuesta por brindar soluciones integrales para la industria
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
Durante su Open House, Luciano Diorio y Karina Suárez, directivos del Grupo Hi-Tec, señalaron la importancia de ofrecer una solución integral para la industria.
Gardner Business Index - February 2023: 50
Jan Schafer | Gardner Intelligence
The Gardner Business Index (GBI) was ‘flat’ in February, reflecting a mix of component activity.
#economics
MicroCare Named a Best Place to Work in Connecticut for 2023
| Products Finishing
The award is given by the Hartford Business Journal.
#workforcedevelopment
Producción de máquinas-herramienta en Alemania crecería en 2023
Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México
Según la Asociación Alemana de Fabricantes de Máquinas-Herramienta (VDW), la producción de máquinas-herramienta en Alemania crecerá un 9 por ciento en 2023 y llegará a un volumen de 15.5 mil millones de euros.
Pressure Switch Module Features Customizable Setups
| Production Machining
PMTS 2023: Next-Generation Pressure Switch Module works in tandem with Fire Suppression System to help prevent and reduce damage and loss during a machine fire.
SmartCAMcnc's Updated Software Features Functional Improvements
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
SmartCAM v2023 delivers improvements to model information, viewing and display, user interface and usability, macro automation and CAD data translation.
Windform LX 3.0 composites contribute to OreSat0 CubeSat deployment
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Portland State Aerospace Society, incorporating CRP Technology’s GFRP composite materials and SLS 3D printing, sent its CubeSat nanosatellite into low Earth orbit in 2021, where it continues to operate successfully.
Convenient Corrosion Protection for Proper Mold Care
| MoldMaking Technology
Cortec’s EcoAir easy-to-use rust preventative spray enables injection molders and mold and die-makers to properly care for stored or in-use molds.
RCCF of TU Dresden develops next-gen, 3D-printed structural supercapacitors
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Thales Research and Technology leads PRINTCAP project for more sustainable fast-charging, structural energy storage for automotive and aerospace industries using multifunctional composite materials
UniSQ fire-retardant resins development bolster bushfire mitigation
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The University of Southern Queensland has received funding to be used in the development of cost-effective composite resins to increase the resilience of wind turbine blades against bushfire exposure.
There's Your Waste, Shaw! An Argument for Shop Reinvestment
Brent Donaldson | Modern Machine Shop
The fictional Don Walling had it right: Innovation and long-term success for machine shops requires investments in technology and people. Not just one, but both.
Platinum Tooling Offers Machine-Specific Turning Center Tools
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
PMTS 2023: Platinum Tooling serves the automotive, aerospace, medical, firearms and energy markets, as well as many other industries in metalworking.
Orange PBT Colorant for Electrical & Electronic Equipment
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Ampacet ELTech Orange 2003 PBT masterbatch is designed for high-voltage PBT for high-voltage connectors.
Niigata Spins Off Injection Molding Machine Business
| Plastics Technology
The U.S. subsidiary of Japan’s Niigata Machine Techno Company Ltd. spun off the injection molding side of its business into a separate company.
Sparktek Acquires Marca Coating Technologies
| Products Finishing
Two of North America's vacuum metallizing companies are coming together to provide domestic, high-volume vacuum metallizing services to multiple industries.
#economics
Magic North America Adds Showroom Machine
Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology
New model all-electric shuttle blow molder available for demonstrations.