Bar Feeder for Sliding Headstock Lathes Enables Higher RPMs

PMTS 2023: The LNS GT 342 automatic magazine bar feeder is designed to enable fast and easy diameter changeovers and improved productivity. 

Guess What's Back for 2024?

Submissions now being accepted for polyurethane industry award

The Polyurethane Innovation Award honors transformative technologies and practices in the polyurethanes industry.  

Live Tool Expansion for Cutting Tool Tightening Options

North American importer Platinum Tooling offers Heimatec live tools for the Hass BMT turret to ensure more rigid mold machining operations.  

Conair Group PTXPO Spotlight

Conair discusses the upcoming Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) March 28-30

Caracol scales up, expands internationally with €10.6 million Series A funding

Development and commercialization of Caracol’s turnkey large-format 3D printing platform Heron AM, and new hubs in North America and Middle East solidify the company’s swift growth.  

Finishing Temperature-Sensitive Material with UV Powder Coating

Quality issues with pre-finished components led Global Building Products on a search to discover a new solution for its temperature-sensitive materials.

Avantium and U.S.’s Origin Materials Aim to Accelerate Production of FDCA and PEF

The partnership aims to bring together both companies’ technology platforms to produce FDCA from sustainable wood residues on an industrial scale.

Air Turbine Tools' Alarm System Protects Work in Progress

The tool breakage detector system monitors air flow for deviation from a sensitive baseline record of compressed air consumption.

CGTech Simulation Software Optimizes Machining Operations

Eastec 2023: Vericut detects errors and potential collisions in NC programs prior to running them on machines for the first time, so programmers can send programs to a machine with the confidence that they’ll run without incident.

Adjusting Current and Voltage When Powder Coating

Which manual powder coating gun setting is better to adjust, voltage or current? Jeff Hale of Gema USA discusses when to use different settings on your powder gun to achieve optimal results.

Lexair Unload Pro Provides Flexibility in Part Unloading

PMTS 2023: The Lexair Unload Pro’s design enables configuration for parts to be unloaded from the front or rear of a machine.

Engel suministra dos inyectoras de gran tamaño en Estados Unidos

Infiltrator Water Technologies (IWT), ubicado en Winchester, Kentucky, recibió en sus instalaciones dos máquinas de moldeo por inyección duo 130000/130000H/8200 combi US que, según Engel, son las más grandes que ha construido en su planta de Austria.

DMG MORI's Chicago Event Celebrates 40 Years of Innovation

Chicago Innovation Days will showcase various DMG MORI technologies that can enable shops to boost productivity, become more sustainable and earn more revenue.

Schwanog Insertable Form Tool System for Quick Changeovers

PMTS 2023: The insertable tools are said to enable quick tool changeovers, which can result in sizable reductions in machine downtime while increasing productivity.

Rebuilding Machine Centers: Low Cost, Higher Performance

By sending its grinding machines out for rebuilding, a tooling manufacturer achieved higher speeds at roughly three-fourths the cost of a new machine.

Rollomatic Names Joe Kane New CEO

Kane will continue to hold his position as CEO of Strausak Inc. while serving as CEO of Rollomatic Inc.

Soluciones de clasificación de Tomra se exhibirán en Residuos Expo 2023

Los equipos para recuperación de materiales reciclables de Tomra serán presentados en la feria Residuos Expo 2023, que se realiza del 7 al 9 de marzo en el Centro Citibanamex de la Ciudad de México.

Se acelera la actividad industrial de Nuevo León en enero de 2023

El indicador de expectativas económicas de la manufactura de Nuevo León presentó el mejor inicio de año desde el 2013.

PTXPO 2023 Preview: Advancing the Mold With Featured Mold Component, Hot Runner Technology

There’s no doubt mold components and hot runners are important parts of the moldmaking industry. This preview gives mold buyers, mold builders and injection molders a look into PTXPO exhibitors displaying these technologies at the show.  

Polykemi Starts Up its U.S. Compounding Operations

At the Gastonia, N.C., facility, the company is producing its broad portfolio of nearly every thermoplastic, with the exception of PVC.

Versatile Inspection System for Solving Quality Issues

PMTS 2023: The system measures all profile characteristics and the gauging system provides complete part measurements in less than 7 seconds.