2022 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Hot Runners

| MoldMaking Technology

Hot runners deliver the material into the mold to make the part. These systems consist of hot halves, nozzles, gates and temperature controllers—all of which must be monitored, maintained and cleaned to guarantee a quality end product.

Schwanog Insertable Form Tools for Flexible Applications

Angela Osborne | Modern Machine Shop

IMTS 2022: The insertable tools are said to enable quick tool changeovers, which can result in sizable reductions in machine downtime while increasing productivity.

Waking Up to a World Without Manufacturing

Matthew Kirchner | Modern Machine Shop

The world now knows what those of us in the manufacturing sector have known all along: the incredible importance of U.S. manufacturing to the overall economy. 

VIDEO: The Capabilities of Micro Molding

Cara Ready | MoldMaking Technology

In this demo, Sodick IMM by Plustech shares its micro molding capabilities with Matrix Tool and M.R. Mold. 

STRUCTeam, Apex Composite Structures design, engineer sustainable composite footbridge

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The 12.5-meter bridge provides pedestrian access through the village of Newchurch on the Isle of Wight, inspired by a similar footbridge commissioned by Network Rail in 2009.  

Mill Automation System for High-Mix CNC Manufacturing

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

IMTS22: VersaBuilt’s Mill Automation System can automate the production of almost any part geometry through multiple milling operations without the need for any custom grippers, part flip stations or robot programming.

People in Composites: July 2022

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

New personnel announcements have been made in July by composites companies AGY Holding Corp., Airbus, STRUCTeam, Arris Composites and KraussMaffei.

Anisoprint partners with Jacobs University, SIT to establish composite 3D printing ecosystem

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

On-campus continuous fiber 3D printing based in Bremen, Germany, fosters research, education and technology transfer through materials development, process and design method improvement.  
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Heavy-Duty, Precise Five-Axis Machining Manages Multiple Projects, Fixtures in One Setup

| MoldMaking Technology

Typically seen in mold and die, aerospace and general machining applications, Hwacheon’s D2-5AX offers enhanced strength, rigidity and additional features for highly productive machining.  

Desktop Metal introduces FreeFoam photopolymer resins

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

New family of products are able to produce durable and dimensionally accurate closed-cell, complex-designed foam parts without tooling via digital light processing.  

CorPower Ocean delivers first commercial-scale composite WEC hull

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Custom-built, environmentally controled workcell forms integral part of composite hull construction, will lead to future manufacturing scaleup and mobility.  

Machine Demo: MW35 with iFLiPP - Faster Functionality Meets Furious Productivity

| Modern Machine Shop

MW35's lightning-fast loading and unloading pace of three seconds is enhanced by the patented iFLiPP automated orientation feature, eliminating changeovers and machine downtime. (Sponsored)

Next-Generation Vertical Honing System

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

IMTS22: Sunnen Products Company’s new SV-3000 series vertical honing system incorporates synchronized servo stroke and spindle motors that enable constant crosshatch finishes the length of the bore.

Inaugura AMAS la expo Surface Finishing México 2022

| Products Finishing México

Empresas proveedoras y aplicadoras de la industria de recubrimientos superficiales se dieron cita en Surface Finishing México, evento industrial que se realiza en Monterrey, Nuevo León, con el objetivo de impulsar la industria de acabados mexicana.

Grupo Hi-Tec presentó soluciones de automatización

| Modern Machine Shop México

Grupo Hi-Tec integra soluciones de automatización en los equipos Haas VF4 y Nakamura AS-200L.

Eco-Sustainable Pad Printing Ink

| Plastics Technology

Incups GN Series passes the ISO cytoxicity test and complies with EuPIA.

PEI-Based Resin with Surface Mount Technology (SMT) Capability

| Plastics Technology

SABIC’s Ultem 3473 helps reduce weight of RF filters in 5G Macro cells by up to 40%.

Semi-Bright Pure Tin Electrolytic Plating Solution

Chris Pasion | Products Finishing

Technic’s Ceramistan 1031 is a pure tin electrolytic plating bath specially formulated for sensitive ceramic components, connectors, pins and LED/MELF resistors.

Grupo Hi-Tec celebró Demo Day A&G Plastic Machinery en Querétaro

| Plastics Technology México

Demo Day de Grupo Hi-Tec llevó a los asistentes del evento lo más nuevo de sus soluciones integrales de alta tecnología para inyección de plástico.

Arnprior Aeroespace ampliará sus operaciones en Chihuahua

| Modern Machine Shop México

La empresa integra una nueva línea de mecanizado con el objetivo de manufacturar piezas de lámina metálica y subensambles para diferentes clientes.

Exair Corporation's Website Features Case Study Database

Chris Pasion | Products Finishing

Exair’s Case Study Library features over 40 detailed and downloadable accounts of how Exair products have improved a customer’s process.

Aditivos para poliamidas y reciclados de poliolefinas de Brüggemann

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

K 2022: Los nuevos aditivos desarrollados por Brüggemann incluyen estabilizantes térmicos eléctricamente neutros para poliamidas y aditivos para estabilizar los reciclados de poliolefinas.