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3D Printing Tech Acquires Voodoo Manufacturing
| Additive Manufacturing
The acquisition is a step toward operating one of the largest fused deposition modeling print farms in the U.S.
Galardonan envase cosmético fabricado con PP circular de SABIC en los Beauty Shortlist
| Plastics Technology México
El premio fue otorgado gracias a la colaboración entre REN Clean Skincare, Aptar y SABIC por el desarrollo del innovador envase de EVERCALM fabricado con polipropileno circular certificado.
ExOne, Ford Motor Co. Develop Aluminum Binding Jetting Process
| Additive Manufacturing
This aluminum engine block model, 3D printed in 6061, demonstrates the high resolution and geometric control that can be produced in a new binder jet 3D printing and sintering process developed by Ford and ExOne.
LDPE and LLDPE Made of 100% PCR
| Plastics Technology
Nova Chemicals has launched its first three 100% PE-PCR resins for flexible film applications.
Beside-the-Press Granulators Target Closed-Loop Recycling of Sprues, Runners
| Plastics Technology
Wittmann Battenfeld’s G-Max replaces a gear box and a gear motor with a self-pre-tensioning belt for quieter operation and less maintenance.
Hydromat Rotary Transfer Machine Cuts Complex Turned, Milled Parts
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
The machine features 12 independently driven workpiece spindles and up to 18 machining modules in both horizontal and vertical positions, enabling challenging machining tasks to be performed from six sides.
Centros de torneado Romi GL con un avanzado control CNC Fanuc
| Modern Machine Shop México
La nueva generación de centros de torneado horizontal de dos ejes de Romi GL utilizan tecnología de enfriamiento incorporada y el último software CNC para garantizar una mayor precisión.
PPG abre nuevo centro de innovación de aplicaciones en Zhangjiagang, China
| Products Finishing México
La instalación es el primer centro de investigación y desarrollo de negocios cruzados de la compañía en la región, y sirve como un puente entre la innovación y las aplicaciones de los clientes para sus negocios de recubrimientos industriales y de repintado automotriz.
Commodity Resin Prices Rise, But PP Falls
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Supply constraints continue to be a key factor in further resin price increases.
Portable, lightweight active wheelchair design eases travel accessibility
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Technical partnership to combine a revolutionary wheelchair design with composite materials and processes for a lightweight, travel-friendly product that promises 60% space savings.
Crystallizing Dryer for Small Batches
| Plastics Technology
Resin is crystallized and dried with the same desiccant dryer that is used to supply dry air to the hopper bank.
Phillips Industries invertirá 10 millones de dólares en ampliación de su planta en Coahuila
| Modern Machine Shop México
Con la ampliación, la planta de Phillips Industries sumará 15,000 metros cuadrados y 600 nuevos empleos.
Plastic Bank, SC Johnson Partnership Keeping Bottles from Oceans
| Plastics Technology
Partnership has diverted more than 500 million bottles from oceans.
Swiss Shop Chooses CAM Over Hand Programming
Lori Beckman | Production Machining
This shop’s manual (by hand) CNC programming was slowing it down until it discovered a CAM software for Swiss-type lathes.
‘Software inteligente’ ahorra costos y aumenta la calidad en mezclado
| Plastics Technology México
Este software de AEC ayuda a los operadores a efectuar mejores mezclas y a reducir los errores al ajustar manualmente las recetas.
System Facilitates Material Distribution
| Plastics Technology
Wittmann-Battenfeld has developed a new material-distribution system that is said to facilitate material changeovers.
Rising Supplier Delivery Reading Sustains Expansionary Index Trend
Michael Guckes | Products Finishing
Industry Signals Slowing Business Expansion Excluding Rocketing Supplier Delivery Activity
#economics
Sheet Lines Feature 'No Dry' Capabilities
| Plastics Technology
Vented extruder design degasses material to make pre-drying unnecessary.
PLASTICS Releases New Safety Standard for Robotics and Injection Molding
| Plastics Technology
New standard establishes guidelines for the design, implementation, set-up, operation, maintenance and modification of robots in use with injection molding machine systems.
#regulations
Third Generation of Hybrid and All-Electric Machines Come to North America
| Plastics Technology
Absolute Haitian says the latest generation of the electric Zeres III and all-electric Venus III offers advances in hardware and software.
Mobile Bag Dump Station Equipped with Compactor, Conveyor
| Plastics Technology
Allows bulk material transfer from handheld sacks, pails and boxes into elevated process equipment and storage vessels.
MMT Chats: Making Moves and Making Progress
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
MMT Editorial Director Christina Fuges brings M.R. Mold & Engineering of Brea, California, to this MMT Chat to discuss moving to a new facility, investing in new machines to tackle large molds, diversifying into aerospace and defense, hiring new young employees, working on certifications, and integrating additive manufacturing into their operations. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.