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X-Rite y Pantora de Pantone hacen muestras de material digital
| Products Finishing México
X-Rite Inc. y Pantone LLC han actualizado su aplicación Pantora para conectarse con los espectrofotómetros X-Rite, lo que permite a las marcas convertir materiales físicos en muestras digitales.
Custom Discharge Heads for Blown-ion Plasma Treaters
| Plastics Technology
Enercon’s new offering said to enable new applications for difficult to reach surfaces.
Electro-codeposition of MCrAlY Coatings for Advanced Gas Turbine Applications - Complete Project Report
| Products Finishing
This is the complete final project report of the three-year AESF Foundation Research project (2018-2020) at the Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN., to optimize the electro-codeposition process for improved oxidation/corrosion performance of MCrAlY coatings on critical superalloy components in gas turbine engines.
SimpaTec Opens U.S. Office, Partners With Mold Temperature Control Supplier
| Plastics Technology
The German headquartered provider of 3D CAE software for optimizing part design and injection molding processes has opened an office in Charlotte, N.C. and partnered with Contura MTC.
Ultra-Light TPE Composites for Footwear
| Plastics Technology
Xenia’s new Xelight composites are based on Arkema’s Pebax TPE
SI Issues Price Increase on Plastics Additives
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Price hike is in response to changing market conditions and to ensure security of supply.
Kennametal presentó su end mill HARVI I TE
| Modern Machine Shop México
La herramienta de Kennametal cuenta con cuatro acanaladuras para operaciones de desbaste y acabado 3D.
Solve Five Common Problems in Blown Film Coextrusion
| Plastics Technology
The blown film industry has evolved from monolayer film structures to multilayer ones for a variety of food and non-food packaging applications. Here are typical problems with these structures and tips on how to solve them.
PVC Plasticizers Based on Renewable and Chemically Recycled Feedstock
| Plastics Technology
BASF’s new biomass balance BMB and chemically recycled Ccycled now part of the company’s portfolio of plasticizers.
Rollomatic Upgrades Grinding Machines for Dental Burs, Rotary Instruments
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
The various Rollomatic CNC grinding machines can be used for high-volume geometry grinding and blank prep aration of a number of dental cutting tools.
Index Reaches All-Time High … Again
Michael Guckes | Plastics Technology
Index hits record mark for second straight month, with quickening expansion in new orders, backlogs and production.
#economics
Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Cellophane
Michael Sepe | Plastics Technology
How—and when—cellulose-based chemistry led to the discovery of cellophane.
Composites as auto-body reinforcements
Peggy Malnati | CompositesWorld
Hybrid structural-reinforcement technology expands options, gains applications, markets.
Precision Machining Technology Review: Measurement
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
Production Machining’s April Showcase includes Big Kaiser, L.S. Starrett, LK Metrology, Vison Engineering, Verisurf Software and Carl Zeiss Microscopy names.
Pure Loop Expands Service Offering for Customers in North America
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Erema’s subsidiary Pure Loop expands footprint with the delivery of an ISEC evo 302 recycling machine here.
Cinco indicadores para iniciar la automatización robótica
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
Entre las tareas que se pueden automatizar se encuentran aquellas que tienen un trabajo físico predecible, así como un alto volumen-mezcla baja y alta mezcla-bajo volumen.
How to Use Reverse Engineering to Reduce Mold Tuning Time
| MoldMaking Technology
Mold builders can reduce the number of iterations required to yield acceptable parts with a new tool, a damaged mold or a copy of an existing tool using modern data collection techniques and advanced surface modeling technologies.
En Indonesia, Proyecto STOP beneficia la gestión de residuos plásticos circulares
| Plastics Technology México
Entre 2017 y 2020, el programa llevó los servicios de gestión de residuos a más de 133,500 personas y evitó que miles de toneladas de desperdicios llegaran a los océanos.
Purdue University to establish Thermwood LSAM research laboratory
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Industry-funded research to pursue large-scale composite thermoplastic additive manufacturing, with the goal of providing services to enhance, encourage and expand the adoption of large-scale AM for diverse industrial applications.
#workforcedevelopment
RCN Angle Encoders Advance Machine Tool and Direct-Drive Motor Performance
| MoldMaking Technology
The Heidenhain RCN absolute angle encoder series comes in three new models and is ideal for applications requiring highly accurate positioning and high speeds.
Methods Moves Chicago Technical Center to Gilberts
Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop
Methods Machine Tools has moved its Chicago Technical Center from Elgin, Illinois, to Gilberts, Illinois, saying the new facility will speed up repair and installation times.
Heidenhain's LIC 3100 Encoder Offers Simple Mounting
Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop
Heidenhain says its LIC 3100 absolute kit encoder enhances the efficiency of linear motors and offers forgiving mounting tolerances.