Heimatec Offers Quick-Change Tool Adapter for Live Tools

Angela Osborne | Modern Machine Shop

The system significantly reduces inventory and changeover time for lathe users.

Sumika Partners with Hexagon to Enable 60% Plastic Carbon Reduction for New Vehicles

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Digitized mechanical and environmental performance of recycled short glass-fiber reinforced PP compounds supports the transition to more sustainable vehicles.

Destacan beneficios del nearshoring para El Bajío

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

De enero a septiembre de 2022, El Bajío sumó 2,700 millones de dólares de Inversión Extranjera Directa, 9% más que en el mismo periodo de 2021.

High-temperature composite 3D printing facilitates design, manufacture of deployable space structures

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

Opterus R&D employs an AON3D printer and OOA prepregs to build the tooling, prototypes and end-use versions of its foldable CFRP satellite structures.

Wall Colmonoy Hires Business Development Manager, Surfacing Products

| Products Finishing

Wall Colmonoy welcomes Josh Gardner as its business development manager of surfacing products.

Simulation is a Process, Not Just Software

| MoldMaking Technology

To reap the benefits of simulation, you must view it as a process requiring you to change the way you work in part and mold design.

Manufacturing Madness: Colleges Vie for Machining Title (Includes Video)

Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop

The first annual SEC Machining Competition highlighted students studying for careers in machining, as well as the need to rebuild a domestic manufacturing workforce.
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Nueva gama de inyectoras IntElect S de Sumitomo Demag

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag lanzó las inyectoras IntElect S orientadas a procesadores de componentes de tolerancia estrecha y pared delgada a velocidades más rápidas.

Regístrese a FITMA y gane un vuelo a Estados Unidos o Canadá

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Ya está abierto el registro para asistir a FITMA – Feria Internacional de Tecnología y Manufactura, que se realizará del 20 al 22 de junio en el Citibanamex de Ciudad de México.

Plastics and the Joy of Chemistry

Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology

A Public Broadcasting program revels in the achievements of polymer chemistry while also warning of the problems that come with its benefits.

Roehm Americas Opens New Innovation Center to Further Specialty Acrylics Compounds Business

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

The Wallingford, Conn., facility marks the company’s largest non-production investment in the region.

Sussex Injection Molding Discloses Leadership Position Updates

| MoldMaking Technology

Sussex has named Megan Tzanoukakis as its presidents and CEO. Former CEO Keith S. Everson is transitioning into a chairman role.  

3D Inspection Software is Dedicated to Flexible Scenarios Using Universal Portable Measuring Equipment

| MoldMaking Technology

NextMeasure enables a solution for flexible, fast and efficient 3D quality control that is compatible with all sensors and portable measuring devices.  

PCS Company Now Distributing i-mold Tunnel Gate Inserts in the US

| MoldMaking Technology

Mold component product enables automatic degating of plastic parts from hot runners during ejection.  

Velocity Composites US facility is granted AS9100, AS9120 accreditation

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

New Alabama facility will build and supply all composite material kits for Velocity aerospace programs, aid customers with their sustainability and efficiency objectives.  

Milliken & Co. partners with MMI Textiles to offer Tegris thermoplastic

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The commercial market partnership enables easier access to the Tegris thermoplastic composite fabric for defense customers in the quantities that they require.  

Learn, Connect and Inspire at Autodesk Moldflow Summit 2023

| MoldMaking Technology

Join Autodesk experts and 11 other companies for two days packed with injection molding simulation content in a free virtual setting.   

Qarbon Aerospace successfully completes icing tunnel test for Helios system

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Patented Helios Ice Protection technology uses an embedded heated graphite layer to heat composite structures significantly faster than legacy systems.  

MMT Chats: Project Engineer Applies Lean Manufacturing Principles to Growing Sustainability Role

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges catches up with MMT’s 30-Under-30 Honoree Katherine Pistorius, who has added Regional Sustainability Coordinator alongside her Project Engineer duties, which demonstrates the many paths one can take in a manufacturing career. Here she shares how this opportunity unfolded for her and what the job entails today and in the future.  This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 1: A Return From China

Brent Donaldson | Modern Machine Shop

Entrepreneur Scott Colosimo found early success in China producing parts for his Cleveland-based motorcycle company in the mid-2000s. This is the story of how IP theft issues overwhelmed the business, prompting Colosimo and his team to start over from scratch — and move production back to the United States.

The Secrets to Hard Milling Success

| MoldMaking Technology

The Secrets to Hard Milling Success

Kaiser Tool Expands Line of Toolholders for Swiss Screw Machines

Angela Osborne | Modern Machine Shop

These angled toolholders can position the insert at 30-, 45- or 60-degree angles for reliefs, undercuts and angled OD and face grooves.