Heidenhain Introduces In-Process Gage to Check Tools

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The TD 110 tool breakage detector can determine whether a tool is broken off by more than 2 mm as it passes within a machine tool.

Upgraded CAM Software Tools Support 3D Mold Embossments

| MoldMaking Technology

The BobART add-on module included in BobCADCAM’s V35 software is a powerful tool that enables users to add text and logos to existing 3D models.  

IACMI names Chad Duty as CEO

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Duty will fully assume his new role as CEO in April 2023, while continuing his position as an engineering professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  

DLR, NLR extend co­op­er­a­tion in aerospace, sustainability

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Building on a longstanding, 50-year partnership, both executive boards are stepping up their game regarding aeronautics, sustainability, climate-neutral aviation, uncrewed flight.  

Massivit 3D wins IBEX Innovation Award for additive composite tooling system

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The Massivit 10000 provides automated, high-speed tooling for composite materials manufacturing, finds foothold in marine industry.    

Solving Paint Adhesion Problems

Scott Francis | Products Finishing

A farm equipment supplier’s quest to find the right cleaning chemistry.

Automatización con robots colaborativos mantiene el control de calidad

Matt Danford | Modern Machine Shop México

Los cobots ayudan a que la inspección siga el ritmo del mecanizado en un flujo de trabajo personalizado y digitalizado para piezas complejas del sector aeroespacial y de defensa.

Sistema de sujeción permite a un taller alcanzar las tolerancias requeridas

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Este taller de Monterrey, dedicado a la manufactura de ejes para motorreductores, no conseguía alcanzar las tolerancias exigidas por su cliente. El uso de un collet chuck le permitió lograr las dimensiones requeridas y reducir los tiempos del proceso en 54 %.

Teel Adding Capacity, Bumping Pay for Hourly Workers

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Teel growing to meet market demand, meaning increased employment opportunities for the area.  

Herramienta para medir la redondez en el mecanizado

George Schuetz | Modern Machine Shop México

Hay formas de abordar la medición de redondez en el taller que pueden proporcionar una alternativa práctica y de bajo costo a un medidor de geometría circular.

Velo3D Appoints New Chief People Officer

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Jessie Lockhart will help Velo3D continue its growth strategy and oversee all aspects of the company’s people operations.

New Entrant Heartland Polymers Stepping up as Reliable Supplier

| Plastics Technology

Heartland Polymers’ new Alberta, Canada facility will produce 525 KTA propylene and 525 KTA polypropylene. It is expected to stabilize supply chains across the continent.

"Un molde bien hecho es una herramienta, casi una máquina": Carlos Seabra

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Durante Meximold 2022 tuvimos la oportunidad de conversar con Carlos Seabra, director comercial de Simoldes Tools en México, la empresa portuguesa fabricante de moldes para la industria automotriz más grande del mundo, que estuvo como expositora en el evento realizado en Querétaro el pasado mes de octubre.

Expectations for the machine tool industry 2022-2023

| Modern Machine Shop México

Manufacturing growth continues and more investments in machinery and equipment are expected in the remainder of 2022 and next year.

Proveedores de la industria del plástico: piedra angular de la productividad

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

Como es tradición cada año, la edición Noviembre - Diciembre de Plastics Technology México presenta una herramienta fundamental para conectar con empresas proveedoras de equipos, maquinaria, materiales, insumos y servicios para la industria del plástico en México. Se trata de la Guía de Proveedores.

De prototipado rápido a manufactura aditiva: evolución de la terminología

| Modern Machine Shop México

¿Prototipamos rápido o imprimimos en 3D? ¿Imprimimos en 3D o manufacturamos aditivamente? En la actualidad, las dos expresiones más generalizadas son ‘manufactura aditiva’ e ‘impresión 3D’. Pero ¿de dónde vienen?

FITMA and AMMA3D sign cooperation agreement

| Modern Machine Shop México

The International Expo of Technology and Manufacturing – FITMA and the Mexican Association of Additive Manufacturing & 3D – AMMA3D signed a partnership agreement to create an Additive Manufacturing pavilion and conferences at FITMA 2023.

Sandvik Cormant Introduces Lightweight Milling Tool

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The new CoroMill MF80 for automotive milling offer a 40% lighter cutter body with shim protection and a high number of inserts.

Resin Prices Still Dropping

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

This downward trajectory is expected to continue, primarily due to slowed demand, lower feedstock costs and adequate-to-ample supplies.  

5 Can't-Miss Conversations on Additive Manufacturing

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

The top 5 most-downloaded episodes of the AM Radio podcast reveal some of the most relevant conversations in AM today, including opportunities for bridge production, new possibilities in plastics, and when to embrace 3D printing for manufacturing at scale. 

Digital Demo: UV-Cured Powder Coating on Carbon Fiber

| CompositesWorld

Keyland Polymer's R&D chemist will demonstrate the UV powder coating application process followed by UV curing on a carbon fiber water bottle holder. (Sponsored)

Ser pioneros en tecnología y capacitación llevó a este taller al cuadro de honor

Matt Danford | Modern Machine Shop México

El taller de mecanizado KLH Industries se ganó un puesto en el Top Shops Honors Program de 2022 por materializar lo que los hace únicos: ser los primeros en adoptar la tecnología, lo que atrae un tipo específico de trabajo y un determinado tipo de empleados.