Cermet Turning Insert Maximizes Dimensional Accuracy

Jenny Rush | Modern Machine Shop

Walter’s cermet turning insert is designed to ensure dimensional accuracy, superior surface finish and reduced vibration.

Boeing to move headquarters from Chicago to Northern Virginia

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

In addition to proving a more strategic proximity to its global customers and stakeholders, Boeing’s transition serves to develop a research and technology hub to harness and attract engineering and technical capabilities.  

ISTMA realiza Asamblea General 2022

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Con la participación de representantes de Alemania, Portugal, México, Sudáfrica, Finlandia, Eslovenia, Italia, Brasil y Japón, The International Special Tooling & Machining Association realizó su asamblea general en Stuttgart, Alemania.

PPG construirá centro de soporte para aplicaciones aeroespaciales en Francia

| Products Finishing México

Este nuevo centro buscará mejorar la capacidad de respuesta de la empresa para ofrecer una atención al cliente sin precedentes.

Lincoln Electric Helps Get Chevron Refinery Back Online

| Additive Manufacturing

Lincoln Electric worked with Chevron to accelerate refinery maintenance using Lincoln Electric’s 3D metal printing solution.

Desktop Metal Launches ETEC 3D Printer Brand

| Additive Manufacturing

​​​​​​The ETEC polymer additive manufacturing brand is focused on bringing its high-speed, photopolymer 3D printing solutions to volume manufacturers of consumer and industrial products.

Optimice el rectificado de herramientas con machine learning

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

El proyecto Learn WZS, desarrollado por la Universidad Leibniz, enseña a las máquinas a optimizar el rectificado de herramientas, utilizando métodos de aprendizaje automático.

Formlabs’ Nylon 12 GF SLS Powder for Stiffness, Thermal Stability

| Additive Manufacturing

The company says this glass-filled nylon 12 material is well suited for manufacturing and engineering parts in which structural rigidity and thermal stability are critical.

RUAG rebrands as Beyond Gravity, boosts CFRP satellite dispenser capacity

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

NEW smart factory in Linköping will double production and use sensors, data analytics for real-time quality control — CW talks with Holger Wentscher, Beyond Gravity’s head of launcher programs.

Serie de robots de sobremesa de FANUC ofrece 10 variaciones de modelos

| Modern Machine Shop México

FANUC America refiere que estos robots pueden procesar o manipular piezas de hasta 14 kg, cada uno con varias velocidades de muñeca y alcances.

LLDPEs Combine Stiffness, Toughness & Easy Processing

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

ExxonMobil’s new Exceed S series can reduce the complexity of film structures and formulations while boosting processability and film performance.  

Airbus reports solid Q1 2022 results, forecasts 720 commercial aircraft deliveries by end of year

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Reflects solid performance across commercial aircraft, helicopter and defense businesses with 142 aircraft delivered in Q1, with developing activities for A321XLR, A320 Family and A400M.

NCC digital design trial speeds up composite pressure vessel proof of concept

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Application of multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) techniques determines optimal composite hydrogen pressure vessel design five times faster, says the NCC.

Corrosion-Resistant, High-Hardness Mold Steel for Optimal Surface Finishes

| MoldMaking Technology

Uddeholm’s premium Tyrax ESR can reduce polishing time by 40-50% and is suitable for long run production molds and high-performance plastics.

Oil-Filtration System Comes in Three Sizes

| Plastics Technology

PCS Company says the new Filtroil Chrome High Pressure (CHP) oil filters offer a bypass filtration system that filters hybrid and hydraulic injection molding machine oil down to 1 µm.

Safran Aircraft Engines selects Ansys software to support CFM RISE engine

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Safran Aircraft Engines will employ Ansys’ FEA simulation solutions to address an advanced, open fan architecture, higher temperature composites and hybrid electrification.

TU/e leads project for “Smart Circular Bridge” made of biocomposites

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The Netherlands-based 15-meter bridge for pedestrians and cyclists incorporates flax fibers reinforced by bioresin with glass fiber optic sensors to assist in ongoing research. 

The Secure Channel: ITAR-Compliant Link Connects Machine Shops and Machining Advisors

Peter Zelinski | Modern Machine Shop

Confidentiality concerns plus a shortage of experienced staff can leave shops isolated from expertise. How a system developed by two companies might change access to specific, real-time advice on machining challenges.

Jaw Boring Rings Provide Uniform Pressure

Jenny Rush | Modern Machine Shop

Jaw forming rings from Dillon are designed to enable a consistent bore on large-diameter chucks.

How Large-Format 3D Printing Supports Micro-Scale Hydropower

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

There is potential hydroelectric power that has never been unlocked because of the difficulty in capturing it. At Cadens, additive manufacturing is the key to customizing micro-scale water turbine systems to generate electricity from smaller dams and waterways.

Software de impresión de Velo3D soporta piezas más grandes

| Modern Machine Shop México

La última versión del programa de software de preparación de impresiones Flow. Flow 3.0, de Velo3D, soporta modelos de piezas más grandes.

Senior Level Appointments Support ModuleWorks Digital Future

Jenny Rush | Modern Machine Shop

ModuleWorks added new heads of business development as well as new heads of technology in key business segments.