Sleek and Sustainable Jaguar F-Pace Contrast Roof Produced with AERO’s Game Changing Sustainable Material Technology

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

AERO’s single-stage durable film technology includes adhesive/primer, color, and self-healing clear coat.

Addressing Problems With Carbon Treatment for Nickel Tanks

| Products Finishing

Getting defects after performing carbon treatment and maintenance? Josh Fish of Pavco Inc. offers insights for mitigating problems that might arise from carbon treatment for nickel tanks.

Australia's Sydney Manufacturing Hub Opens, Focuses on Additive

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The Sydney Manufacturing Hub will provide capabilities for design, topological optimization, the 3D printing of metals, ceramics and polymers, as well as post-processing heat treatment, advanced characterization and more.
#workforcedevelopment

Velo3D Qualifies New Superalloy for Use in Its Sapphire Printers

| Additive Manufacturing

New nickel-based Höganäs Amperprint 0233 Haynes 282 powder enhances the capabilities of Velo3D’s end-to-end solution for customers in oil and gas, aviation, energy, space and other high-value applications.

High-Speed All-Electric Machine Line Launches

| Plastics Technology

Korea’s LS Mtron will introduce the ONE*-E series with five sizes—120, 140, 190, 310, and 390 tons—with plans to introduce four more models later this year.

A BMW That’s Like a Kindle

Gary S. Vasilash | Products Finishing

BMW reveals BMW iX Flow, which is wrapped with a laser-cut material that uses an electrophoretic material, or “E Ink.”

La mayoría de las exportaciones de 2021 provinieron de la manufactura

Mauricio Pineda | Products Finishing México

Durante el tercer trimestre de 2021, por sector de actividad económica, las exportaciones manufactureras representaron el 88.9% del valor total de las exportaciones de las entidades federativas.

Stellantis y Foxconn se asocian para diseñar y vender semiconductores

| Modern Machine Shop México

La asociación ayudará a impulsar la estabilidad en la cadena de proveeduría global de semiconductores de Stellantis.

Micro 3D Printing Solves Big Problem for Tiny Parts

Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop

3D printing is a well-known tool for prototyping, but only recently has the technology reached the point that it can handle the tiny features and tight tolerances of micro parts.

Problemas en la cadena de suministro dificultan objetivos de sustentabilidad de P&G

| Plastics Technology México

La compañía enfrenta a una escasez de plástico reciclado lo que reduce la posibilidad de alcanzar sus metas ambientales para 2030.

Technology Roundup: Selecting the Right Cutting Tool

| MoldMaking Technology

Tool up with new product offerings from Iscar, Tungaloy, Horn, Walter, Haimer, Union Tool, YG-1 and other suppliers.

Hand-Held Metrology-Grade 3D Scanner Provides Measuring Freedom 

| MoldMaking Technology

API introduces a re-engineered version of its iScan3D Laser Scanner, featuring improved optics and blue crossed laser lines for fast and accurate metrology-grade point cloud generation.

Micro Drills Offer Precise Machining Performance

| MoldMaking Technology

A new generation of Sandvik Coromant micro drills, the CoroDrill 462 and 862, are ideal for holemaking 1-3 mm in diameter.

U.S. Air Force funds multifunctional composites collaborative research

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Florida State universities, AFRL and industrial collaborators to study multifunctional composites R&D for aerospace and defense, prep students as next-gen polymer scientists and engineers.
#workforcedevelopment

Brand vs. Product Advertising. What’s the Fuss?

| Gardner Web

Marketers have long debated the merits of brand vs. product advertising. In truth, there are reasons for both. The strategy depends on the marketing situation.
#brandbuilding

FFI, Universal Hydrogen join forces to decarbonize aviation

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Identification, development of green hydrogen customer demand in the aviation industry, logistic hub production and delivery of FFI’s green hydrogen supply lay the foundations for zero-emissions flight.

On Global EV Sales, Lean and the Supply Chain & Dealing With Snow

Gary S. Vasilash | Gardner Web

The distribution of EVs and potential implications, why lean still matters even with supply chain issues, where there are the most industrial robots, a potential coming shortage that isn’t a microprocessor, mapping tech and obscured signs, and a look at the future
#economics

3D Printed Tool for Machining Electric Vehicle Motors: The Cool Parts Show #39

Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing achieves a large-diameter cutting tool light enough for fast, precise machining of the motor housing’s stator bore.

Industria aeroespacial de Chihuahua se destaca como sector estratégico

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

El Atlas Prospectivo Territorial-Industrial para la Atracción de Inversiones propone como clúster de prosperidad para el desarrollo industrial del sector aeroespacial una aglomeración de 8 municipios en el estado de Chihuahua.

Vision Engineering Launches Compact Digital Microscope

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Vision Engineering’s VE Cam is a complete standalone inspection microscope for circuit board examination, printed circuit board debug activities or for discovering imperfections, and to trace problems in a wide range of industrial applications.

Blanco, negro y gris dominan las carreteras, según el informe de Axalta

| Products Finishing México

Los vehículos blancos son los que tienen más interés, pero muestran caídas en los principales mercados. El gris sigue ganando popularidad en los mercados de movilidad de todo el mundo.

Ascend anuncia expansión de producción de sus compuestos en América Latina

| Plastics Technology México

Ascend adquirió una nueva planta en San José Iturbide, México, ampliando su capacidad de producción de materiales de ingeniería de alto rendimiento.