Herramientas vivas y estáticas para máquinas Citizen

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

FITMA: Platinum Tooling (stand 1533) presentará en la feria su oferta de herramientas vivas y estáticas para máquinas Citizen.

What Were the Big Themes in Plastics in 2021?

Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology

What stands out in our coverage over the past year? Five main themes are unmistakable, and—spoiler alert!—Recycling was the biggest headliner.

The Present Situation in The Electroplating Industry as Regards Government Restrictions and Government Business (1942)

| Products Finishing

by William McCord Technical Editor’s Note: The paper begins with introductory remarks by Chairman Maurice R.

3D Printed Magnets: The Cool Parts Show #38

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

Is it possible to 3D print a magnet? In this episode of The Cool Parts Show, we learn how magnets have been printed successfully at Oak Ridge National Lab, and the implications this has for energy, material conservation and supply chains. 

Wittmann Group to Drop Battenfeld Name in Branding

| Plastics Technology

The Austrian based maker of injection molding machine, robotics and auxiliaries had combined the brand names for injection molding related offerings, reflecting its acquisition of Battenfeld in 2008.

High-Performance Chip Splitter Maximizes Metal Removal Rate

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Hanita’s VariMill Chip Splitter is said to deliver higher metal removal rate (MRR) by separating long, undesirable, stringy chips from deep cavities and dynamic milling paths by cutting material into shorter, more manageable sections.

Amerimold 2021 Post-Show Flashback: Build

| MoldMaking Technology

MMT looks back on the return of an in-person Amerimold in September after a year-long pandemic. 

Smart, Fast Prototyping Informs Redesign for AM

Timothy W. Simpson | Modern Machine Shop

Rapid intelligent prototyping can reveal how best to proceed when developing design guidelines for additive manufacturing.

A 'Microscopic' Look at ISO 16232 Standard Analysis

| Production Machining

This article gives three key points that should be confirmed with a microscope support team or within microscope software to ensure that proper settings are in place to detect, measure and categorize most particles for automotive manufacturing. 
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Integi presenta en FITMA sus nuevos modelos de herramientas de bruñido

| Modern Machine Shop México

FITMA: Integi (stand 1419) presenta los nuevos modelos de herramientas de bruñido

El CICY: simbiosis entre ciencia y tecnología para investigación sobre polímeros

| Plastics Technology México

El Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán (CICY) cuenta con una Unidad de Materiales, desde la cual contribuye a la investigación e innovación de polímeros. Conozca más se este centro, ubicado en el sureste mexicano.

eG-SERIES, de PTi, optimiza el soporte de rodillo configurable

| Plastics Technology México

La eG-SERIES, de Processing Technologies International (PTi), ofrece la versión de soportes de rodillos más compacta ofrecida actualmente por PTi, beneficiando a aquellos con un espacio de producción muy limitado.

Addcomposites adds tape winding to Finland facility for pilot trials

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The new capability, which enhances the available level of design freedom, was added to encourage manufacturers to develop new innovations using tape winding.

Cortec Launches Quick-Dry Coating for Spray, Dip Lines

Chris Pasion | Products Finishing

Cortec’s EcoShield 386 FD force-dries in 5-10 minutes at 150°F and has good hot hardness, which keeps the hot coated parts from sticking together before they can cool down.

Indexable Thread Mill Demonstrates Universal Metal Cutting

| MoldMaking Technology

T2710 indexable thread milling cutter brings high productivity, reliability and quality to the machining of short threads.

Expanded Line of Nanotube Water-Based Dispersions From OCSiAl

Chris Pasion | Products Finishing

Applications for the new nanotube solutions include ultra-thin coatings, such as UV coatings and coatings on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and anti-static binders with no changes in processing and retained level of rheology.

MT Aerospace proves out CFRP hydrogen tank for rocket propulsion

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Comprehensive test campaign under the ESA’s ComET project proves linerless composite pressure tank prototype can withstand cryogenic stresses inherent to rocket flight.

Airborne participates in three technology development projects for new mobility solutions

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Airborne will develop new digital and automated composites manufacturing technologies to advance maturation of UAM, civil aviation and automotive projects.

NCC’s all-composite Type V tank demonstrates future composite space tank technology

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

SpaceTank project delivers a 96-liter carbon fiber composite tank with 4.0-5.50-millimeter nominal wall thickness for 30% weight savings in launch vehicle and satellite propellant tank applications.

Hexcel prepregs power cleaner ocean transport with Chantiers de l’Atlantique Silenseas project

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

HexPly supplied M9.6 carbon fiber prepregs for a 34-meter-high cruise ship mast. Silenseas production scale-up objectives for future vessels intend for the development of three 66-meter-high carbon fiber masts.

Los Technology Days de Arburg se posponen para junio de 2022

| Plastics Technology México

Pensando en la seguridad de sus visitantes, Arburg anunció que el evento se llevará a cabo, presencialmente, entre el 22 y el 25 de junio de 2022 en sus instalaciones de Lossburg, Alemania.

Starrag Five-Axis HMC Joins AMRC's Factory of the Future

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Starrag Heckert’s X40 joins a series of other multi-axis Starrag-supplied machines at the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre’s Factory of the Future.