AddiTec Develops Portable Additive Manufacturing Robot Cell

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The AMRC – P (Additive Manufacturing Robot Cell – Portable) is capable of printing parts up to 1.8 meters in dimension in a wide range of materials, including titanium.

Nexa3D Announces Technology, Service Partnerships

| Plastics Technology

The maker of high-speed industrial 3d polymer printers announced a deal with DyeMansion to automate post-printing operations, as well as adoption of its tech by Xometry and QuickParts.

Wasp Polymer, Ceramic 3D Printers for Customized Serial Production

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

Formnext 2022: Italy-based Wasp offers 3D printing options for sustainable, customized serial production with polymers and ceramics.

Palmgren Radial Arm Drill Presses Feature Extended Reach

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The drill press’ table tilts 45° left and right and swivels 360 degrees around the column for easy machining of holes at any angle.

Enhanced Digitization in Thermoforming

| Plastics Technology

Illig’s Easy product family includes the newly developed Human Machine Interface, Illig Easy Touch.

PPG Chairman, CEO Named Industrialist of the Year

| Products Finishing

The western Pennsylvania chapter of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors presented the award to Michael McGarry.

Partial Automation Inspires Full Cobot Overhaul

Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop

Targeting two-to-four hours of nightly automation enables high-mix manufacturer Wagner Machine to radically boost its productivity past a single shift.

ST BlowMoulding Opens U.S. Parts & Service Office

Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology

The former service partner ACIS is now a subsidiary, ST BlowMoulding USA, at a new location in Norwalk, Ohio.

Precision Machining Technology Review November 2022: Grinding

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

Production Machining showcases some of the latest grinding technology from United Grinding, Rollomatic, Norton | Saint-Gobain, Star Cutter Co., Strausak and Okamoto Corp.

Tags Offer Digital, Forgery-Proof Product Identification

| Plastics Technology

Hasco’s Mold Tag A5910/… utilizes RFID Tag (Radio Frequency Identification) and enables the digitalization of original standard mold units.

Nuevos catalizadores para refinar aceite de pirólisis HDMax, de Clariant

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Clariant lanzó un portafolio para el mercado de reciclaje químico de plásticos que incluye los catalizadores HDMax y los adsorbentes Clarit.

Sybridge Technologies' Operations Manager Shares Three Favorite Articles: Purchasing, Transfer Tooling, Scientific Molding

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

MMT's Editorial Advisory Board shares its top MoldMaking Technology articles of all time and how this content has been valuable to their businesses.

Polymeric Coating Protects Dispersant Vessel Used for Offshore Spills

| Products Finishing

Tank needed to be insulated for sub-zero conditions and impervious to water encroachment.

The importance of resin mixing procedures in the composites shop

Louis Dorworth | CompositesWorld

What is considered to be common knowledge when storing, handling, weighing, mixing and deploying epoxy resins and adhesives has brought to light the need for tighter control, improved practices.  
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Massivit 3D Expands Systems, Materials Portfolio to Automate, Speed Up Composite Production

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

Formnext 2022: These additive manufacturing systems utilize the company’s Cast In Motion technology, which is said to enable direct printing of complex molds using high-performance casting materials.

Dow amplía sus objetivos de sustentabilidad para 2030

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Para 2030, Dow transformará los residuos plásticos para comercializar anualmente tres millones de toneladas métricas de soluciones circulares y renovables.

Robotmaster 2023 se integra fácilmente con el CAD/CAM

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Hypertherm Associates lanzó la actualización de su software Robotmaster, el cual cierra la brecha entre el CAD/CAM y la robótica.

Spray Nozzle Provides Hollow Cone Spray Pattern

| Products Finishing

HollowStream spray nozzles said to resist clogging, work well with liquids containing particulate, are durable and resist corrosion.

Lubrizol’s TPU Solution for HP Multi Jet Fusion 3D Printing Technology

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

Formnext 2022: The company says the material is a soft, flexible polymer with excellent processing and unpacking properties for HP’s industrial-grade Jet Fusion 5200 printers which employ powder bed fusion technology.

Veterans Play Key Role in Workforce Development at Mazak

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Mazak currently employs a total of 87 veterans within departments ranging from field service and parts to production and purchasing.
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Okuma exhibe célula automatizada en JIMTOF 2022

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

En JIMTOF 2022, Tim Thiessen, vicepresidente de ventas y marketing en Okuma America, presentó una célula que incluye torno, centro de mecanizado y robot con un solo control.

Rotating Wire Function Cuts EDM Wire Consumption, Optimizes Mold Cutting Conditions

| MoldMaking Technology

Sodick puts a new spin on its ALN and ALP wire EDM line with a new function that reduce wire consumption by 25% and improve the geometric accuracy and surface quality of workpieces.