ABB OmniCore Robot Controllers Feature 1,000+ Functions

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

Controllers are said to offer faster performance and enhanced flexibility to enable improved productivity and ability to respond to changing market demands.

Agile Tooling Prepares Shop for Machining Spaceflight Parts

| Modern Machine Shop

Big Daishowa’s angle head and milling chucks have enabled Baker Manufacturing to keep up with the tight turnarounds and mystery metals of Blue Origin.

Implicaciones de la reforma eléctrica para la industria automotriz

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

Industria Nacional de Autopartes refiere que la industria automotriz se encuentra en un proceso de transformación global, donde la energía eléctrica es uno de los elementos clave.

Technology Marketing highlights Armor-Mask APE 200 polymer elastomer formulation 

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Coatings, maskants and sealants are effective sealant barriers in high-temperature, corrosive environments, from composite tooling to industrial equipment.

Hexcel composite materials lightweight Sunseeker 90 Ocean luxury yacht

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Hexcel’s HexPly XF and HexPly SuperFIT surface technologies yields parts with paint-ready surfaces for builder of luxury yachts.

Umicore Combines Electroplating, Thin Film Business

Scott Francis | Products Finishing

The company’s new Metal Deposition Solutions business unit combines the former Electroplating and Thin Film Products business lines.

AERO Technology Exterior Finish Featured on Land Rover Defender

Scott Francis | Products Finishing

AERO Sustainable Material Technology finishes reportedly offer a durable finish with self-healing properties and reduced environmental impact. 

Heartland, Ravago leverage engineered hemp additives for next-gen plastic resins

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The carbon-negative and renewable plastic additives will reduce the carbon footprint of plastics manufacturers while producing composite products that are stronger, lighter, cheaper and more sustainable.

MoldMaking Technology Announces Booth Featured For PTXPO 2022

| MoldMaking Technology

The brand will feature live recordings of their popular MMT Chats web series, the Mouldmaker Card Game and other giveaways during the three-day show schedule in March.

Gema USA Inc. Expands Sales, Service and Operations Teams

Chris Pasion | Products Finishing

The Indianapolis-based powder coating technology company has hired five new employees.

Magnetic Ring Encoder Delivers Functional Safety for Machine Tool

| MoldMaking Technology

Heidenhain’s contamination-resistant, absolute modular magnetic angle ECM 2400 is suitable for high rotational speeds, angular accelerations and limited space.
#regulations

NLR, Synthesites work toward intelligent manufacturing for aerospace structures

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

NLR acquires fully operational intelligent resin monitoring system for noninvasive, real-time resin viscosity and glass transition temperature estimation.

Branding: Making a Name for Yourself

| Gardner Web

Branding continues to be the rage. Companies spend funds trying to brand or rebrand. So what is branding, and how does it apply to your business? How can you use it to make your company more successful, or avoid unnecessary expense? This paper looks at these issues.
#brandbuilding

Bye Aerospace all-electric eFlyer 800 program advances 

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Production backlog reaches 135 purchase deposits and option agreements, approaching a total of 900 units in backlog.

WSU opens registration for online composites courses in March

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Join WSU, industry experts and the FAA for hands-on Composite Maintenance Technology (CMT) and Composite Structural Engineering Technology (CSET) courses beginning March 7 and March 14, respectively.

IHC Launches New Program to Facilitate Global Trade of Recycled Plastic

Heather Caliendo | Plastics Technology

Scheduled to open for trading in mid-2022.  

Arburg demuestra cómo producir envases de paredes delgadas con material reciclado

| Plastics Technology México

El concepto “Thin Wall Integra” desarrollado por Arburg y sus socios se basa en una célula de moldeo por inyección totalmente automatizada para ciclos rápidos y un sistema robótico.

Top Grade Molds Is All About Innovation and Collaboration

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

Top Grade Molds develops technology solutions with a heavy emphasis on R&D, recyclable material trends and collaboration.

How to Choose the Right Dial Indicator

George Schuetz | Modern Machine Shop

Digital alternatives are replacing dial indicators – but dial indicators can still be useful. Here’s how to select the right one for a given application.

La siguiente edición de FITMA será en junio de 2023

| Products Finishing México

La organización del evento agradeció la confianza de expositores y visitantes a la primera edición de FITMA y anunció que la próxima cita será del 20 al 22 de junio de 2023.

Hybrid battery cover: CAE approach

Peggy Malnati | CompositesWorld

A Q&A with Benedikt Fengler, co-founder and composites simulation specialist for Simutence provides a more in-depth take on moldfilling, warpage and assembly simulations performed in HRC Group’s SMC battery cover feasibility study.  

Choose Your Favorite MMS Cover Photo, Win Some MMS Gear

| Modern Machine Shop

Modern Machine Shop featured a variety of subjects for cover art this year. Let your voice be heard and vote on your favorite for a chance to win MMS gear.