Engineering Resins for Consumer Electronics and More Feature Unique Colors & Special Effects

| Plastics Technology

SABIC’s new LNP VisualFX resin portfolio incorporates circularity into product design and color selection.

Metalworking Index Cools with Slowing Growth in New Orders and Production Activity

Michael Guckes | Modern Machine Shop

Slowing growth in production and employment activity elevated backlogs, but weighed down overall metalworking activity.
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MMT Chats: 5 in 5 with Medline Industries

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges gets leading mold builders to reveal 5 best practices for improving efficiencies in culture, technology, process, measuring success and staying competitive ... in 5 minutes. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

Researchers 3D Print Customized Sensors with Integrated Electronics

| Additive Manufacturing

Inductive proximity sensors come in cylindrical metal casings in which a coil, circuit board and plug are installed in a fixed configuration and can be used for non-contact detection of metal objects.

Lanxess firma acuerdo para adquirir el negocio de control microbiano de IFF

| Plastics Technology México

De completarse la adquisición del negocio microbiano del grupo estadounidense International Flavours & Fragrances Inc.(IFF), Lanxess se convertirá en uno de los proveedores de productos de control microbiano más grandes del mundo.

Zeiss and Oak Ridge Develop New Characterization Methodology

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The R&D project will use the Zeiss 3D ManuFact Solution to develop and commercialize a comprehensive powder-to-part characterization methodology for additive manufacturing.

Does 3D Printing Drive Startups, or Vice-Versa? AM Radio #1

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

What is it about 3D printing that makes it such a common choice for startup companies? Are these businesses driving additive manufacturing forward, or are they being driven? Peter Zelinski, Stephanie Hendrixson and Julia Hider discuss.

Hexagon Agility receives ninth set of orders for CNG/RNG composite fuel systems

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Fuel systems for medium- and heavy-duty trucks for Q1 2022 delivery represent an estimated value of $17 million.

MGS Promotes Shawn Krenke to CTO and Senior VP of Automation

| MoldMaking Technology

New role accelerates the Wisconsin-based company’s emphasis on cutting-edge technology solutions.

SAMPE announces 2021 George Lubin Award recipient

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Dr. Clement Hiel earns SAMPE’s highest honor award for his significant materials and processes achievements in the composites industry.

Access to CAD-to-CAM Workflow with Advanced Modeling Tools Accelerate Solid Model Preparation

| MoldMaking Technology

Hexagon is helping mold and die manufacturers improve their productivity by giving every WORKNC CAM software user access to its CAD-to-CAM workflow, Designer, to ensure that components are both feasible and optimized for efficient production.

OEMs Are Well Equipped to Insource CNC Machining

Peter Zelinski | Modern Machine Shop

Many OEMs are better equipped to insource manufacturing than they imagine themselves to be. Utilization data can reveal the capacity that is ready to be used an alternative to supply chains.

ExOne Launches X1 Tooling Industrial-Grade 3D Printed Tooling Solutions

| Additive Manufacturing

X1 Tooling offers manufacturers fast, affordable and local tooling options for the final production of metal, plastic and composite designs.

Torrent M Series Cleaning System Designed for Demanding, Medical Applications

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

Systems are self-contained, skid-mounted machines designed for both single-pass or multiple-pass chemistries.

FAMEX cambia de sede a la base aérea militar Santa Lucía

| Modern Machine Shop México

La cuarta edición de FAMEX cambia de sede del Aeropuerto Internacional de Querétaro a la Base Aérea Militar N.º 1 de Santa Lucía, en el Estado de México, del 22 al 25 de septiembre de 2021.

NCSimul Improves CNC Quality Assurance and Traceability

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Westec 2021: NCSimul 2022.0 includes access to MachiningCloud, which provides cutting tool components that can be exported to CAM or other simulation software.

Grasa de alto rendimiento Z2600 para aplicación en salas blancas

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

El nuevo lubricante de alta resistencia Z2600, de Hasco, está registrado para NSF H1, cumple con las regulaciones de pureza de la FDA y es ideal para su uso en la industria alimentaria.

AI to Aid Consistency in Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing

Julia Hider | Additive Manufacturing

Machine vision and algorithms have helped EBAM users address problems as they occur in deposition, but AI could be able to predict problems before they happen.

Ford y BMW inician producción de nuevos modelos en México

| Modern Machine Shop México

La Planta de BMW Group en San Luis Potosí inició la producción del nuevo BMW Serie 2 Coupé, mietras Ford de México inició la producción de la nueva Maverick en la planta de Hermosillo.

Avon anuncia Gerencia Regional de Sustentabilidad para América Latina

| Plastics Technology México

Claudia Restrepo asumirá la nueva Gerencia de Sustentabilidad de Avon para los países de Latinoamérica de habla hispana.

Hybrid 3D printing/machining center enables custom vehicle restoration project

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

3D-printed CF-filled molds made with new CMS Kreator system shorten production time, reduce costs for Bercella’s Restomod Maserati project.

Supply Chain Woes Yield Opportunities for Manufacturers

| Modern Machine Shop

As companies scramble to build more robust supply chains, manufacturing events are aiming to help North American manufacturers find new opportunities.