Siemens, Nissan, collaborate to digitalize crossover electric vehicle production line

| MoldMaking Technology

Cooperation draws on Siemens’ portfolio of IoT-enabled hardware, software and digital services — the open digital business platform Siemens Xcelerator — for the Nissan Ariya.  

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: JEC Group

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

JEC Group leveraging curiosity, openness and creativity in the composites community through regular publications, market overviews, organized events and awards programs.  

LMS unveils versatile carbon fiber probe for aircraft fuel tanks

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Liquid Measurement Systems’ all-in-one level-sensing, signal conditioning onboard processing probe is durable, crash-resistant and virtually immune to most extreme field conditions.  

Control System Built for Next-Generation Manufacturing

Jenny Rush | Modern Machine Shop

IMTS22: Fagor Automation unveils its complete CNCelite system with high-speed digital drives and i4.0 software tools for the first time in North America.

AZL opens new project in cell-to-pack composite battery enclosures

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

AZL specialists are to kick off new project consortium Oct. 27, 2022 geared toward developing new battery enclosure concepts for cell-to-pack technology. Interested companies can still apply for participation.  

Sigma Engineering adds compression molding simulation to Sigmasoft Virtual Molding

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

In addition to a reworked user interface, the full process simulation software now includes the ability to view all thermal influences on the component and in the mold.  

Welcome to the Composites Age

Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld

The human race has a long history of developing materials, each one a little better than the one before it. Composites are among the latest in a long line, and proving highly adaptable to new opportunities.

AIMS Metrology presenta tecnología llave en mano para CMM de 5 ejes

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Las máquinas de medición por coordenadas de la serie Revolution Summit 10.10.10, LM y HB para fabricantes de equipo original (OEM) proporciona una inspección tridimensional precisa y flexible de piezas pequeñas a grandes.

DOD Drives Transformation with New AM Policy

| Additive Manufacturing

The U.S. Department of Defense published DODI 5000.93, a comprehensive plan for implementing additive manufacturing among military services.

System Takes Aim at Food-Packaging Applications

| Plastics Technology

Gneuss will present new recycling system at the K Show this October.

ThinkIQ Launches Open Software Platform for Smart Manufacturing

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Through a partnership with the Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute, ThinkIQ is expected to deliver a simpler, lower cost and more effective implementation of smart manufacturing solutions to solve manufacturing problems.

3D Scanning Technology Demonstrates Capabilities

| Modern Machine Shop

Nel PreTech demonstrates the capabilities of 3D scanning technology at IMTS 2022.

Expectativas empresariales del sector manufacturero mantienen su crecimiento en 2022

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

En agosto, la producción, la demanda nacional de productos, las exportaciones y el personal ocupado total del sector manufacturero aumentaron con relación al mes anterior.

PPG's 2023 Color of the Year Expected to Influence Industrial Design

| Products Finishing

PPG expects its color, Vining Ivy, to impact industrial and consumer product design.
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Cold Jet Builds New Cincinnati Headquarters

Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology

Cold Jet is consolidating two Cincinnati-area facilities into one location.

Ten Things Mold Builders Should NOT Do

| MoldMaking Technology

What you don’t do can be just as important as what you do, sometimes even more so. One thing great mold builders do is take note of what gets in the way of their success and stop doing it. 

Solución de monitoreo de máquinas de Shop Floor Automations permite comunicación en tiempo real

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Shop Floor Automations refiere que la solución de monitoreo de máquinas Scytec Data­ Xchange aprovecha el Internet Industrial de las Cosas para capturar y comunicar datos de equipos en tiempo real.

Tri-Mer Corporation ofrece en México servicios de control de emisiones y más

| Products Finishing México

Tri-Mer Corporation ofrece en México desde servicios para el control de emisiones hasta la fabricación de tanques para proceso y el diseño de sistemas de tratamiento, señaló en entrevista Francisco Escobar Barajas, encargado de ventas de esta empresa.

Reimagining Moldmaking with Technology

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

A look at some of the technology mold builders have expressed a growing interest in and are now actively investigating, including advancements in mold design, 3D printing, automation, machining, inspection and repair.  

Wireless Inspection System Improves Machine Shop's Measurement Efficiency

Lori Beckman | Production Machining

After implementing a wireless measurement data communication system for its inspection equipment, this machine shop overcame its inefficiencies in its quality department including backlog, accuracy and consistency.

Improving Transfer Efficiencies in Coating Operations

| Products Finishing

There are many methods for addressing electrostatic grounding in metal painting processes, and Tim Ulshafer from Mueller Electric says the best method for your process is a simple and worthwhile exercise.

Meximold impulsa la confianza en la industria de moldes mexicana

Mauricio Pineda | Plastics Technology México

Ante medios de comunicación de la Ciudad de México se llevó a cabo la presentación de Meximold 2022, la única exhibición en México dedicada a todos los aspectos pertinentes del ciclo de vida de un molde.