ABB ofrece un robot con mayor capacidad de carga

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

El robot colaborativo industrial Swifti CRB 1300, de ABB, puede utilizarse en diferentes aplicaciones de producción y manipulación de productos.

ChatGPT analiza las tendencias del sector metalmecánico, ¿acertará?

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Aunque nada reemplaza el criterio y la experiencia de un ser humano que tiene contacto cercano con la realidad del sector metalmecánico, decidimos poner a prueba esta herramienta de inteligencia artificial con preguntas sobre tendencias y proyecciones.

AMT organiza encuentro de “Mujeres en la manufactura”

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

El evento organizado por The Association for Manufacturing Technology – AMT se llevó a cabo el 9 de febrero en Monterrey, con la participación de más de 30 ingenieras vinculadas a la industria y la academia.

Mercado de máquinas inyectoras crecerá 6 % anual para 2030

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Según pronóstico de Spherical Insights & Consulting, el mercado mundial de máquinas de moldeo por inyección crecerá hasta los USD 17,8 mil millones para 2030.  

Benchmarking: An Invaluable Business Tool

Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop

Modern Machine Shop’s Top Shops program shows shops their strengths and opportunities for improvement, and provides recognition for high-performing businesses. 

Bringing Recycled Film into Food Packaging

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

FDA gives nod to recyclers, opening market to food safe packaging films from diverted materials.

Portfolio of Recycled PE Resins Offered Under New Business

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Nova’s new Syndigo brand of rPE is part of its newly established business, Nova Circular Solutions.

My/Mine, Our/Ours – A Reflection on Pronouns

Matthew Kirchner | Products Finishing

Avoid pronouns that imply subconscious ownership, possession or superiority over others.

Protolabs Expands Offerings Through Digital Manufacturing Network

| Modern Machine Shop

Volume pricing, precision tolerances, improved finishes and other machining capabilities available for product developers and production buyers.

Platinum Tooling Offers Expanded Portfolio of Live Tools and Angle Heads

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The product line includes a variety of driven tools, as well as static toolholders, for the Haas BMT turret.

PolySpectra Reformulates Rugged Resin for Desktop 3D Printers

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

COR Alpha was previously available solely for use on 385-nm wavelength 3D printers, limiting use to industrial hardware. The new formulation expands availability to 405-nm wavelength systems.

Refurbished Einstein yacht demonstrates innovative composites repair and redesign

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

Years of creative engineering work went into resurrecting the composites-intensive IMOCA 60 racing yacht — with award-winning results.

U.S. DOE announces $30 million wind turbine materials, manufacturing funding opportunity

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Funding opportunity seeks to increase cost efficiency of wind power generation through R&D projects for lightweight composite materials, streamlined 3D printing processes.

Alkaline Formulation Confronts Difficult-to-Clean Operations

| MoldMaking Technology

Madison Chemical’s Ultra-Clean US-159 removes aged, oxidized, burned-on oil and grease, including those commonly encountered during mold maintenance, repairs and rebuilds.  

SyBridge Technologies Obtains Cavaform Inc. for 15th Acquisition

| MoldMaking Technology

Florida-based Cavaform designs and manufactures tight-tolerance plastic injection molds, adding to SyBridge’s life sciences and consumer portfolio, and extending its supportive molding capabilities.  

Toray supplies Torayca carbon fiber, prepreg for H3 launch vehicle

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Set to launch Feb. 15, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency rocket has been designed with a composite motor case and payload fairing section.  

INCA Renewtech awarded $10 million to invest in commercial biocomposites facility

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Under Alberta’s Circular Economy Projects, INCA will construct and operate a facility for processing and manufacturing waste hemp into BioPlastics and Biocore composite materials for wide industry use.  

Resina ULTEM DT1820EV, de Sabic, para efectos metalizados

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Sabic lanzó el nuevo grado de resinas ULTEM DT1820EV que permite mejorar los diseños de productos de electrónica de consumo con efecto metalizado.  

Multistage Wash System for Continuous Cleaning Efficiency

| Products Finishing

Gas-heated conveyor parts washing system is said to provide continuous, efficient cleaning throughout the multiple stages of the system.

SMW Autoblok presenta sistema electrónico de posicionamiento de piezas

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

El sistema electrónico de posicionamiento automático ZeroAct E-motion, de SMW Autoblok, cuenta con sujeción de Punto Cero.

TIMTOS 2023: máquinas-herramienta cero emisiones

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La edición TIMTOS 2023 se enfoca en tecnologías para que las máquinas-herramienta lleguen a cero emisiones netas. El evento tendrá lugar en Taipéi del 6 al 11 de marzo.