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Color Consultant Joins ChemQuest Team
| Products Finishing
Montaha Hidefi joins the ChemQuest Group team in a color consultant role.
#economics
Dual-Shaft Mixers Are Versatile, Powerful
| Plastics Technology
Mixer series reportedly powerful enough to batch dispersions, suspensions, and emulsions with viscosities up to several hundred thousand centipoise.
Borcycle C, de Borealis, permite reciclaje de PE reticulado
| Plastics Technology México
El proceso de reciclaje químico Borcycle C da nueva vida a los polietilenos reticulados XLPE y PE-X.
Cambrio lanza el software GibbsCAM 2023
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
GibbsCAM 2023, de Cambrio, incluye las estrategias PrimeTurning de Sandvik Coromant.
Gema Adds Service Employees
| Products Finishing
Gema is adding two ServiceNet technicians to its North American team, Jacob Argyelan and Jerry Croy.
GE proposes two offshore wind facilities in New York
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Should GE win sufficient order volume, GE anticipates a wind blade and nacelle facility for the Haliade-X, run by LM Wind Power and GE Vernova respectively.
Airbus Commercial selects Altair SimSolid in ZEROe project
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Altair SimSolid simulation technology will streamline Airbus teams in their design, development and engineering of the zero-emissions ZEROe concept aircraft.
Novel OCSiAl graphene nanotube concentrate enables conductive thermoplastics
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Validated Tuball Matrix 808 provides thermoplastics with optimized electrical conductivity but retains mechanical properties and has minimal impact on a high MFI.
Autoneum future-proofs GFRTP production with Evoris digitalization platform
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Extensive plant modernization includes new automation and digitalization solutions procured from Dieffenbacher.
SHD Group relocates to newest prepreg facility in Slovenia
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
With its new 1,500-square meter manufacturing premises, SHD Composite Materials Europe d.o.o. has doubled production capacity, producing a solid foundation to support customers.
Optical Fiber Laser Welding Machine for Effective Mold Repair
| MoldMaking Technology
The Han’s Laser Mold 301 uses a highly flexible laser transmission and highly rigid worktable for repeated and stable crack, chip and damage repair.
Alro Steel Opens Facility in Philadelphia Area
| MoldMaking Technology
The 149,000-square-foot location includes extra storage space, intended to serve Northeastern customers better with expanded material offerings.
Hexagon Agility launches newly designed mobile pipeline modules
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Titan 450 mobile pipeline gas distribution modules, with Hexagon’s latest Type IV composite cylinders and high-strength frame design, make first appearance with Certarus delivery.
Airbus launches European Defence Fund R&D projects
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Airbus has been selected for eight collaborative projects, including EDOCC and ENGRT, the latter of which will study and define key technologies for future rotorcraft operations.
Isoco, V Frames, Lehvoss introduce recycled, biopolymer composites to bike frames
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Bio-based, performance-optimized composite materials promote more lightweight, stiff and impact resistant E-bike frames and components.
Gema USA Promotes Mike Thies to General Manager
| Products Finishing
Prior to this role, Thies was the director of sales and engineering at the company.
Can Connecting ERP to Machine Tool Monitoring Address the Workforce Challenge?
Peter Zelinski | Modern Machine Shop
It can if RFID tags are added. Here is how this startup sees a local Internet of Things aiding CNC machine shops.
#workforcedevelopment
SJ Tools: éxito en fabricación de herramientas de carburo con rectificado
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
Mediante tecnología de punta para el rectificado y afilado de sus herramientas, la empresa mexicana SJ Tools fabrica herramientas complicadas para sus clientes con una reducción en costos y tiempos de entrega.
What Does Additive Manufacturing Readiness Look Like?
Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing
The promise of distributed manufacturing is alluring, but to get there AM first needs to master scale production. GKN Additive’s Michigan facility illustrates what the journey might look like.
Foster’s Distribution Business is Now Foster Supply Chain Solutions
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Company makes strides to position their healthcare focused distribution business for strong growth.
DN Solutions lanza una nueva serie de tornos
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
Los nuevos modelos de la serie Puma DNT de DN Solutions se centran en una operación cómoda y un mantenimiento sencillo.
The real value of CompositesWorld
Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld
Will CW editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan soon be replaced by ChatGPT? Probably not before he retires, but it’s fun to consider the possibility.