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Rectificadora VGrind 340S, de Vollmer, reafila herramientas de carburo pequeñas
| Modern Machine Shop México
La rectificadora VGrind 340S, de Vollmer, está diseñada para producir y reafilar herramientas de metal duro pequeñas y rotacionalmente simétricas. Es ideal para aplicaciones en las industrias de electrónica e ingeniería médica.
Mantle Metal 3D Printing System for Toolmaking, Prototypes
Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing
The technology is designed for easy installation and use so that, with minimal training, manufacturers can have users quickly operating and running the machine.
WM Acquires Avangard Innovative
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
New business will operate as Natura PCR
What's New and What's Next for Parts Cleaning
Lori Beckman | Production Machining
Three companies weigh in on what’s trending in parts cleaning right now. Keep up with the industry and find out more about the Parts Cleaning Conference at IMTS 2022.
Recycling Challenges Become Opportunities with the Aid of New Technologies
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
The latest recycling equipment on view at the K Show handles more materials, is more efficient and produces higher quality output than ever achieved before.
Materialise Acquires Identify3D Software Encryption Company
Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing
The acquisition of Identify3D enables Materialise to add an additional security layer to its CO-AM platform, making it an even more robust and secure software platform for distributed manufacturing.
Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Polyphenylene Oxide
Michael Sepe | Plastics Technology
Behind the scenes of the discovery of PPO.
Máquina de rectificado, erosión y láser VLaser 370, de Vollmer
Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México
Además de erosión y rectificado, Vollmer amplía su gama de productos con el proceso láser en la nueva VLaser 370. La máquina está diseñada para materiales ultraduros como PCD, CVD-D y MCD.
Robotic Developments Boost Productivity, Resilience and Adaptability
| Modern Machine Shop
To fight ongoing trade disruptions and supply chain issues, ABB developed over 30 new robot, software, digital and educational products.
Heule Precision Tools Celebrates 60th Anniversary
Lori Beckman | Production Machining
Booth visitors enjoy giveaways, meeting company owners from Switzerland and more.
Don't Miss This: Technology Trends
Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop
Manufacturing advances like automation and machine monitoring software are not only affordable for job shops, they may soon become competitive necessities.
PFAS Regulatory Alert: What Facilities Will Be Covered by EPA's PFAS Rulemaking for Surface Finishing Industry?
| Products Finishing
It is still too early to tell whether the proposed rule scheduled for release later next year will apply only to those facilities with certain chromium-based processes or more broadly to all metal finishing and electroplating operations.
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Xact Metal’s XM300G 3D Printers for Large Quantities, Large Parts
Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing
The series comes in single-, dual- or quad-independent laser system models with 100% overlapping print zones that are said to offer industrial speed and performance.
Cobot industrial compacto UR20 con control de movimiento mejorado
Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México
Universal Robots presenta el UR20, un cobot que cuenta con un nuevo diseño que permite tiempos de ciclo aún más rápidos y la capacidad de manejar cargas más pesadas. En IMTS, Denis Pineda, presidente para las Américas, destacó sus principales capacidades.
Operative System for Grinding Machines
| Modern Machine Shop
United Grinding showcases digital operating systems at IMTS 2022.
Digital Manufacturing. Implemented.
Tom Beard | Modern Machine Shop
Digital Manufacturing is all over IMTS, in exhibitor booths and in special technology displays. Discover what Peter Eelman, chief experience officer at AMT, thinks of what’s to come at this year’s show.
NASF Releases September 2022 Policy Update
Scott Francis | Products Finishing
The National Association for Surface Finishing has released a Policy Update, summarizing some of the pertinent regulatory developments and new announcements from the month of September.
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EPA Will Send Nationwide PFAS Survey to Finishing Operations by October
| Products Finishing
EPA is preparing a formal survey to send to finishing operations nationwide as early as October to inform the agency’s analysis of the industry’s PFAS use and discharges. The survey is a significant undertaking and will be executed under the federal Clean Water Act’s authority, similar to the last major discharge survey of the industry over 20 years ago.
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EPA Issues Proposed Rule to Designate PFOS and PFOA as CERCLA Hazardous Substance
| Products Finishing
EPA has for the first time proposed to designate PFOS and PFOA as hazardous substances under the authority of CERCLA or Superfund. The rule will trigger some reporting requirements and potentially significant cleanup costs.
#regulations
Experience Machining in a New Dimension — The Metaverse
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
IMTS22: CNC meets the metaverse at the Hurco booth with a VR experience and drawings for an Oculus VR headset.
EPA Plans to Release Major New Health Assessment for Hexavalent Chromium By End of Year
| Products Finishing
EPA is scheduled to issue a draft scientific health evaluation for hexavalent chromium by the end of 2022 for public comment and review. The assessment has been underway for more than a decade, and an updated assessment could lead to significantly tighter rules and restrictions nationwide.
#regulations
25 Years Later, What’s Exciting in Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion?
| Additive Manufacturing
Often seen as runner-up to laser powder bed fusion, are we finally in the golden age of the electron beam?