How A Digital Manufacturing Workflow Is Making Orthoses, Prostheses More Accessible

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

Digitization of the workflow needed to create limb prostheses, orthoses, helmets and more means that these devices will become more readily available. Using 3D scanning and 3D printing, EastPoint Prosthetics and Orthotics and Additive America have established a way to produce these devices that both changes lives and makes business sense. 

Guías de diseño para la reciclabilidad transforman la industria del plástico

| Plastics Technology México

Descubra cómo las Guías de Diseño para la Reciclabilidad están cambiando la forma en que diseñamos y consumimos plásticos. Conozca cómo estas guías fomentan la creación de envases totalmente reciclables.

Filtración de dos pasos con ERA, de FIMIC

| Plastics Technology México

Esta serie de FIMIC no solo facilita trabajar materiales mucho más contaminados, sino que garantiza una consistente reducción de los consumos en virtud del doble filtro.

BIA México obtiene las primeras piezas cromadas en su planta de San Luis Potosí

| Products Finishing México

Luego del exitoso lanzamiento de su planta de cromado de plásticos en San Luis Potosí, BIA México está completando el Proceso de Aprobación de Piezas de Producción (PPAP) con el objetivo de aumentar la producción durante el resto de 2021.

Diseño con contenido reciclado: cómo se adaptan los transformadores de plásticos

Heather Caliendo | Plastics Technology México

Compañías dueñas de marca, proveedores de materiales y transformadores opinan sobre los desafíos y oportunidades de diseñar aplicaciones de plástico con materiales reciclados.

Big Kaiser lanza cabezales de mandrinado de precisión que eliminan vibraciones

| Modern Machine Shop México

Big Kaiser presentó dos tamaños más pequeños de sus cabezales de mandrinado de precisión EWN Smart Damper, los cuales, dice la compañía, eliminan la vibración en el mandrinado de acabado de perforaciones profundas.

Cybersecurity Process Maturity Demands a Plan

Matt Danford | Modern Machine Shop

Plans may fail, but planning has intrinsic value for building sustainable, adaptable data defenses.

NGR promueve mejoras en el reciclaje de botella a botella de PET

| Plastics Technology México

Para demostrar mejor el proceso LSP (policondensación en estado líquido) y realizar pruebas con los clientes, NGR amplía la planta piloto de PET con una línea adicional.

Aeroclúster de Querétaro y la UNAQ presentan cursos para manufactura aeronáutica

| Modern Machine Shop México

El Aeroclúster de Querétaro y la Universidad Aeronáutica en Querétaro presentan cursos del programa de formación básica para la manufactura aeronáutica a través de su campus virtual.

Sanicro 825 Alloy Designed for Corrosive, High-Temp Environments

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

The alloy is stable, easy-to-machine and weld, and is well suited for use in a wide range of components and installations.

Taking a Second Look at Copper-Graphite Electrodes

| MoldMaking Technology

A review of the often-overlooked impact of copper-impregnated graphite electrodes on EDM properties, performance and cost.

Rethinking MRO Challenges with Desktop Metal's Studio System

Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop

The second-generation Studio System simplifies the design process and eliminates common safety hazards of metal AM, increasing accessibility for manufacturers.

Metal Additive Manufacturing Machine Series Enables High-Volume Mold Component Production

| MoldMaking Technology

The Matsuura Lumex series system implements conformal cooling and integrated porous venting, reducing EDM processes and capital equipment investments for tooling and molding machines.

EconCore Expands its Honeycomb Cores to Higher-Performance Engineering Resins

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

SABIC’s Noryl GTX PPE blend featured in latest EconCore cores with potential use for EV batteries and photovoltaic structures.

Mitsubishi to supply CFRP components for Dymon lunar rover

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Mitsubishi CFRP components and thermoplastic materials, as well as technical support will aid the Japan-based private company’s scheduled fall 2021 launch.

Large Mold Builder Builds Strategic Alliances

| MoldMaking Technology

Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing builds about 200 quality molds per year, aided by new technology investments, an experienced team and strategic alliances sought with customers and suppliers.

ATLANTIS program develops 12-MW floating offshore wind turbine concept

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

Part of a two-year DOE-funded project, partners including GE and Glosten investigate lighter-weight, more economically competitive designs for offshore wind.

People in Composites: May 2021

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Illium Composites, Boom Supersonic, Hexion, AOC, KraussMaffei, Composites Integration and SPE announce new hires within the composites manufacturing industry.

EHang reveals long-range composite autonomous aerial vehicle

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Further expanding its UAM services, the passenger-grade VT-30 is designed for zero-emissions intercity transportation up to a distance of 300 kilometers.

Airbus delivers 100th composites-intensive A400M

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Delivery to the Spanish Air Force adds to several additional achievements, including the A400M’s new certified capabilities and 100,000 flight hours recorded for its global fleet.

Matsuura Machinery Appoints National Sales Manager

| MoldMaking Technology

The newly developed position will be held by Billy Bogue, who will bring senior-level leadership experience and a machine tool industry background to develop the company’s sales and growth strategies.

Infinite Material Solutions microporous 3D printing material enables AM design freedom

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Caverna PP is said to be first extrudable thermoplastic with a water-soluble, co-continuous, microporous morphology to to create lightweight foam parts. Particular application interest is in porous tooling for the production of vacuum-formed parts.