Metrics to Review for Your Marketing Strategy
| Gardner Web
To maximize ROI on your marketing strategies and digital assets, make sure you are reaching the goals you have put in place. Following the performance metrics of your brand’s marketing will help you track the success of each one and, when needed, adjust strategies for greater results.
Gardner Business Media Announces Inaugural Top Shops Expo + Conference
| MoldMaking Technology
New industrial event delivers data, sourcing and technology solutions for durable goods manufacturing businesses.
Matsuura Machinery Appoints Mike Bruegger to Application Engineer Position
| MoldMaking Technology
Mike will train and support distributor engineers and Matsuura customers in the operation and troubleshooting of all company machining centers, support five-axis automated manufacturing solutions.
Arlington Capital closes acquisition of Triumph’s composites business, forms Qarbon Aerospace
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Private equity firm has acquired Triumph’s composite manufacturing facilities in Milledgeville, Georgia, Red Oak, Texas and Rayong, Thailand.
Evonik-led group targets epoxy SMC for EV battery housings
Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld
Epoxy modified with an amine-based hardener is applied in a demonstrator EV battery housing. The result is a thermally and mechanically robust structure that offers scalability in a variety of e-mobility applications.
Flow Controller Series Updated
| Plastics Technology
A new control valve for more precise management of the flow rate is one update to the flow controller line Wittmann Battenfeld started its business with more than 40 years and 500,000 units ago.
Plotting a Pathway to Profitable AM
Timothy W. Simpson | Additive Manufacturing
The cost per pound for a metal AM part may shock you, but that knowledge is essential to help you plan your journey to success with Additive Manufacturing.
Crecen pedidos de la industria italiana de máquinas-herramienta en primer trimestre de 2021
Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México
El índice de la Asociación Italiana de Máquinas-Herramienta, Robots y Automatización (UCIMU) mostró un repunte del 48.6 % en los primeros tres meses del año en comparación con el mismo período de 2020.
ExOne Acquires Freshmade 3D Assets
| Additive Manufacturing
ExOne believes Freshmade 3D’s patented approach offers additional unique benefits and can help accelerate adoption of 3D printed sand tooling solutions.
Soluciones digitales de United Grinding ayudan a la supervisión de la producción
| Modern Machine Shop México
La app y el software Digital Solutions, de United Grinding, pueden facilitar la optimización de procesos y simplificar las tareas de mantenimiento.
Teknics Releases Zerolox Five-Axis Workholding Console
Jenny Rush | Modern Machine Shop
Teknics has released the Zerolox XP 80Z Zero Point workholding automation console, which is designed for improved repeatability and high clamping force.
Tritan Renew, de Eastman, en línea de artículos para el hogar
Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México
Los contenedores de alimentos y las botellas para agua de Snips, dentro de la línea 4 Recycle, están elaborados con 50 % de material reciclado certificado de Eastman.
Danimer Receives Innovation Research Grant to Support Biodegradable PHA Plastic Solutions
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Project to be conducted with University of Minnesota’s ForeverGreen Initiative to investigate pennycress oil in production of PHA for single-use products.
Ecoclean Connect Monitors, Optimizes Parts Cleaning Processes
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
Cloud-based system optimizes acquisition of parts cleaning data for monitoring and documenting parts cleaning processes.
Temperature Control Units Updated
| Plastics Technology
Included in the new Thermalotor TCUs from Conair are the first units available with the company’s new “common control”—a company wide initiative to standardize HMIs.
NSK Named Motion Industries' 2020 Supplier of the Year
Jenny Rush | Modern Machine Shop
Motion Industries awarded NSK as 2020 Supplier of the Year, based on its product and service offerings plus ratings based on Motion’s Supplier Stratification formula.
Photopolymer Printers, Open Access Software Enable New Applications
| Additive Manufacturing
The company’s printer versions are tailored for specific-use cases, giving users the power to develop new advanced materials.
System Targets Large-Diameter Pipe
| Plastics Technology
Downstream line is packaged with mono- or multi-layer die for PVC or polyolefin pipe up to nearly 25-in. diam.
Presentan cifras de la industria automotriz en abril de 2021
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
La producción total de vehículos ligeros en abril de 2021 fue de 269,180 unidades, mientras que las exportaciones realizadas en el mismo mes fueron de 234,584 unidades.
Booster Unit Amplifies Microcellular Foaming
| Plastics Technology
Trexel’s NC-Series Nitrogen Booster can reliably supply nitrogen supercritical fluid (SCF) to multiple satellite dosing units, creating a low-cost option to equip multiple molding machines with MuCell microcellular foaming.
MMT Chats: 5 in 5 with Intex Tooling Technologies
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
For this MMT Chat: 5 in 5—that’s 5 best practices in five minutes on ways to improve efficiencies—I chat with Robert Graup, Toolroom Manager for Intex Tooling in Ontario Canada. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
Compact Second-Op CNC Mill Gets Makeover
Derek Korn | Production Machining
New control and programming capabilities make this small VMC well suited for second-op work or use as a standalone production milling machine.