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Why I Am Bullish on Additive: 3 Factors Favoring 3D Printing’s Continued Advance
Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing
The shortcomings are being overcome and the advantage is nothing less than freedom. Only the pace of the advance is uncertain.
El torno Geminis GT11i maximiza la rigidez y el giro sobre la bancada
| Modern Machine Shop México
El torno GT11i de Geminis es el torno CNC multitarea más grande de su serie GTi, con 138” de giro y una capacidad de soportar 333,000 libras entre centros.
En Chihuahua inauguran el Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo de Tecnologías
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
Este nuevo espacio forma parte de la red de centros de innovación desarrollada por el gobierno del estado y tuvo una inversión de 215 millones de pesos.
Usage of Eastman Tritan Renew Material Continues to Grow
Heather Caliendo | Plastics Technology
Tritan Renew is made through Eastman's Advanced Circular Recycling technologies.
New Research from Essentium Shows Need for Additive Manufacturing Education
Heather Caliendo | Plastics Technology
Even as the industry moves towards large-scale AM, 28% of manufacturers reported their personnel lacked additive manufacturing skills.
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Industria automotriz y T-MEC ofrecen oportunidades para los plásticos
| Plastics Technology México
Manuel Montoya Ortega, director del Clúster Automotriz de Nuevo León, explicó que las modificaciones en el mercado automotriz derivadas del T-MEC están abriendo importantes oportunidades de negocio para la proveeduría de plásticos.
April Machine Tool Orders Best April Since 1998
Steven Kline, Jr. | Gardner Intelligence
April’s month-over-month rate of growth was the fastest since since May 2011. Of course, this fast growth rate, which was comparable to an IMTS month, was, in large part, due to an easy comparison with April 2020. On the other hand, this was the most units ordered in April since April 1998. Therefore, April 2021 was an extremely strong month for machine tool orders.
30 Under 30 Class of 2021: Women Impacting Mold Manufacturing
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
MoldMaking Technology celebrates the next generation of women making an impact in mold manufacturing with its 30 Under 30 Honors Program.
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More than 100 Companies Support EPR for Packaging
Heather Caliendo | Plastics Technology
A group of businesses and stakeholders that are drawn from across the packaging value chain are calling for the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes for packaging.
Webinar: Cinco razones para no perderse Meximold 2021
Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México
¿Quiere saber qué es Meximold y qué oportunidades de capacitación y actualización tecnológica trae para usted? Resuelva todas sus dudas en ese webinar que se realizará el 30 de junio a las 10:00 a.m. y descubra por qué debe asegurar desde ya su presencia en el evento que tendrá lugar el 21 y 22 de octubre en Querétaro.
Tool Libraries and Simulations in CAM Software Accelerate Cycle Times
Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop
Schupan Aluminum was able to reduce its CNC machining cycle times and perform complex five-axis work through Mastercam’s toolpaths and advanced features.
New Finishing Toolpaths Simplify Programming
| MoldMaking Technology
Autodesk’s newly released PowerMill 2022 offers a range of improvements and new capabilities to optimize toolpath utilization and increase user simplification.
Vented Ejector Pins Targets More Efficient Gas Removal for Molds
| MoldMaking Technology
Next Chapter Manufacturing presents its 3D-printed NXC vented ejector pins which offers an integrated porous core to enable gas to pass through the face of the pin and vent out the side, avoiding gas traps.
Apply Carbon France invests in new manufacturing facility for recycled carbon fiber
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The 15,600-square-meter facility will integrate the former ELG Carbon Fibre’s short carbon fiber business to address the growing market for sustainable technical fibers.
Sigmatex approved for National Manufacturing Competitiveness Levels funding
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Industry-led program serves to increase Sigmatex’s CFRP capability and competitiveness relative to the changing needs of the automotive sector.
MTD Micro Molding Commemorates Grand Opening of Facility Expansion
| MoldMaking Technology
Ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrates the company’s expanded medical microinjection molding facility, which will further improve project flow and tracking, as well as timing and efficiency for ultra-precise micro medical components manufacture.
Aditya Birla Group plans to increase advanced materials business capacity
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
A brown field expansion at the company’s existing location in Gujarat, India, will increase capacity by ~125 kilo-tonnes per annum, which include standard and specialty epoxy products and curing agents.
Self-organization and photopolymerization method constructs tailorable 2D polymer materials
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
International research team uses fantrip molecule and a violet laser to create durable covalent bonds for ultra-thin, functional materials with highly defined and regular crystalline structures.
Westfall Technik Opens Medical Molding Facility
| Plastics Technology
The one-time MGS plant outside Chicago in Antioch, Ill. features multiple cleanrooms and will become a micromolding center of excellence.
Reiloy Adds Barrel-Manufacturing Capacity
| Plastics Technology
New facility in Wichita area is equipped with two electrically induced centrifugal casting lines and a metallurgical lab.
Real 10-Year Treasury Rate Falls to -3.37%
Steven Kline, Jr. | Gardner Intelligence
While the nominal 10-year Treasury rate was unchanged in April, the real 10-year Treasury rate fell to its lowest rate since June 1980. The reason for this was that the rate of inflation increased to 4.99% in May, which was the highest rate of inflation since August 2008.
Coatino, plataforma de conocimiento para la industria de recubrimientos
| Products Finishing México
Evonik abrió el Campus en línea Coatino en el que comparte de forma gratuita materiales educativos en inglés: tutoriales, eLearnings interactivos y eventos en vivo, dirigidos a los profesionales de recubrimientos.