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Partnership integrates recycled turbine blade materials into energy storage system
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Enel Green Power and Energy Vault aim to use decommissioned carbon and glass fiber wind turbine blades to produce composite blocks for the EVx renewable energy storage system.
On Automotive: The Green Issue
Gary S. Vasilash | Gardner Web
One of the things that is happening—especially in the European automotive market, for passenger and commercial vehicles alike—is a transition to greener energy. Found herein are several examples of that and other recent developments in automobility.
Farsoon’s FS721M Large-Frame Metal 3D Printer Offers Dual, Quad Laser Options
| Additive Manufacturing
The printer is designed for high-volume series production, and includes features and capabilities to help ensure quality and repeatability, including high-performance, fully digital optics for controlling the lasers.
Tech Talks at PMTS 2021 Offer Deep Dive into Technology
Lori Beckman | Production Machining
These 30-minute presentations by equipment suppliers teach about the latest technologies and best practices in the precision machining industry.
Controlling Temperature in Paint Process
| Products Finishing
Mike Bonner of Saint Clair Systems discusses using a temperature hierarchy to assess how to best control temperature in your paint process.
Sherwin-Williams Next Generation Aerospace Coatings Qualified by Textron Aviation
Scott Francis | Products Finishing
Sherwin-Williams Aerospace’s SKYscapes coatings have been qualified for use on Cessna, Beechcraft and Hawker aircraft.
Incipio incorporará copoliéster con contenido reciclado
Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México
Tritan Renew, de Eastman, se fabrica mediante las tecnologías de reciclaje circular —también conocidas como reciclaje molecular— que descomponen los desechos plásticos en bloques para crear materiales nuevos.
Durable Goods New Orders Grow More Than 30% for Third Month
Steven Kline, Jr. | Gardner Intelligence
Easy comparisons with April and May have sent the month-over-month rate of growth in durable goods new orders skyrocketing. With a few months of easy comparisons and strong consumer durable goods spending, the annual rate of growth in durable goods new orders should continue to accelerate in 2021.
Industria automotriz reporta nuevo crecimiento en junio
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
La producción total de vehículos ligeros en junio de 2021 fue de 263,955 unidades, en tanto que se exportaron 234,394 unidades.
Americans Need to Re-Engage in the Workforce If the Economy Is to Recover
Michael Guckes | Gardner Intelligence
Struggling supply chains explain only part of the story behind the inability of industry to keep up with the demand for goods and services and the consequential rise in prices. As America was putting the worse of COVID behind it during the first half of 2021, a large proportion of the workforce failed to return. Just prior to the pandemic, the labor force participation rate was just over 63%. That rate then fell to 60% with the forced closure of large portions of the select industries, but then quickly rebounded to 61.7% by September 2020. In the 9 months that followed, the labor participation rate would remain virtually unchanged.
#workforcedevelopment #economics
Alpek compra planta de PET de vanguardia de CarbonLITE
| Plastics Technology México
La unidad recién adquirida por Alpek tiene una capacidad de botella a hojuela de 115,000 toneladas y de hojuela a pellet de 49,000 toneladas.
Double Planetary Mixing, Weighing and Discharging System
| Plastics Technology
Tailored to individual process needs, the Ross Double Planetary Mixer now comes with an optional weighing system for quick and precise measurements throughout the batching procedure.
German Surface Company Creates a Smart Shot Blasting Solution for Integrated Manufacturing Lines
Sarah Barnett | Products Finishing
Rösler's new technology offers de-sanding and deburring of aluminum castings in tight spaces for BMW Group
Are You Doing All You Can to Attract Talent?
| Plastics Technology
Do you create your own hiring problems?
#workforcedevelopment
Crossair Announces New Hires
Scott Francis | Products Finishing
Crossair hires new VPs of operations and sales.
#regulations
Filtro BKG FlexDis, de Nordson Corporation, para reciclaje de PET
| Plastics Technology México
El BKG FlexDis, de Nordson Corporation, es recomendado para el reciclaje botella a botella y la producción de fibra de reciclaje rPET.
Zeiss Evaluates Additive Manufacturing Methods for Oil, Gas Industry
| Additive Manufacturing
Alliance is researching additive manufacturing of value and critical components of Brazil’s oil and gas industry for onshore and offshore environments.
Edge Encapsulation Boosts PLA Coating Speed
| Plastics Technology
Technologies increases throughput, reduces coat weight in the extrusion coating of biopolymers by encapsulating the edges of the coating with LDPE.
Norco Composites awarded AS9100D certification
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The new certification is for Norco’s 30,000 square foot Winfrith facility, which was built on the Dorset Innovation Park to facilitate a long-term defense contract.
Foster is Now Exclusive Distributor for SK Functional Polymer
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
The new partnership allows Foster to offer Orevac 18300M functional engineering PE tie layer to the medical device industry.
Throughput Supports the Bottom Line
Udo Jahn | Modern Machine Shop
Udo Jahn, general manager of Modern Engineering, says focusing on throughput is a more reliable way of increasing the bottom line than focusing on cycle time alone.
Cube Machine Portfolio Completed
| Plastics Technology
Arburg’s Allrounder Cube 1800 joins previously launched machines with clamping forces of 295 and 470 tons.