Rising Supplier Delivery Reading Sustains Expansionary Index Trend
Michael Guckes | Products Finishing
Industry Signals Slowing Business Expansion Excluding Rocketing Supplier Delivery Activity
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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.
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TUMI unveils premium composite capsule luggage and travel collection inspired by McLaren
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Nine-piece collection embodies TUMI and McLaren’s mutual focus on quality, lifestyle and advanced material usage for elegant business, and travel.
Multi-Tasking Machine Enhances Flexibility, Speed and Automation Integration
| MoldMaking Technology
Smaller footprints, faster spindles, new turret design and ease of automation underscore new series from Mazak Corporation.
Thermwood completes first LSAM 1010 system
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Large-scale additive manufacturing system simultaneously prints and trims via a single, large gantry and offers speeds up to almost three feet per second.
Refined Shoulder Milling Cutter Design Offers More Teeth and New Insert Mounting Positions
| MoldMaking Technology
The expanded Walter USA Xtra-tec XT M5130 family offers greater penetration depth and increased reinforcement for improved tool body productivity.
Amerimold 2021 Is Returning, And We Want to See You There!
| MoldMaking Technology
After surviving a global pandemic, moldmakers, molders, OEMs and tier suppliers are more than ready to come together. This premier mold manufacturing event will make it happen.
Verisurf to Distribute Peel 3D Products
Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop
Verisurf has signed an agreement to become worldwide distributor of Peel 3D’s product line, which centers around versatile 3D scanners.
Aptean Industrial Manufacturing ERP is Scalable, Cloud-Based
Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop
Aptean Industrial Manufacturing ERP is a cloud-based software solution that gives users real-time visibility and control over manufacturing and business operations.
JM Performance's High Torque Retention Knobs Lower Chatter
Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop
JM Performance Products has launched a specially designed High Torque retention knob for V-Flange tooling that the company says reduces chatter and tool wear.
Five-Axis Grob G550T Tightens Cycle Times and Accuracies
Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop
The five-axis Grob G550T not only cuts cycle times and tooling costs for aluminum aerospace applications, but provides exacting accuracy for titanium and Inconel applications.
Aramco, ACI launch new center to develop, promote nonmetallic material use for construction
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Center of Excellence for Nonmetallic Building Materials to develop, disseminate and adopt consensus-based standards for concrete design, construction and materials.
Machinery Sales Co. Wins Kitamura Outstanding Achievement in Sales Award
| MoldMaking Technology
Despite limitations caused by COVID-19, team exceeded goals in unit sales, sales revenue and market share.
Combining AC and DC dielectric measurements for cure monitoring of composites
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld
Lambient Technologies advances dielectric analysis (DEA) for more reliable, affordable composites manufacturing.
Cadillac Blackwing Models Are First GM Cars Using Additive Manufacturing for Full-Scale Production
Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing
Three functional components are 3D printed thanks to cost savings and design freedom. Layers lines on the shift knob signify this advance.
Férulas de polímeros y madera incursionan en los deportes
Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México
Woodcast es un material ligero biodegradable de madera y de polímeros que se desarrolló para reemplazar los vendajes de yeso usados en los hospitales y que, gracias a su facilidad de moldeo con calor, ahora se utiliza en los deportes de alta competencia.
Acción de corte de Turbo 16, de Seco Tools, aumenta la vida útil de las herramientas
| Modern Machine Shop México
Seco Tools amplía su línea con Turbo 16, que ofrece una mayor longevidad de la herramienta y un aumento de la tasa de eliminación de material.
Compuestos ZD, de Tosaf, para fabricación de películas perladas de BOPP
| Plastics Technology México
Para la industria de embalajes y etiquetas, esta nueva línea de masterbatches perlados y perlados blancos proporciona a sus usuarios eficiencia y flexibilidad en producción.
Braided carbon fiber & resin transfer molding for complex composites
Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld
Hawthorn Composites, a division of SpinTech Holdings Inc., reviews case studies of its high-value complex composites parts developed by deploying low-cost materials with resin transfer molding and novel manufacturing methods.
Probing Feedback Keeps CNC Machining On Track
Matt Danford | Modern Machine Shop
CNC machine tools that operate like self-contained, automated smart factories can be an introduction or an addition to digital manufacturing workflows.
Una nueva familia de rectificadores
Scott Francis | Products Finishing México
Dynapower anunció la salida al mercado de su nueva familia de rectificadores RapidX, que incluye rectificadores SCR prediseñados y SMPS refrigerados por aire.
Custom Tooling, Workholding Help Whip Rotors Into Shape
Derek Korn | Production Machining
Whipple Superchargers uses unique form tools and dead-length-collet workholding for its B-axis turn-mill enabling it to create more accurate rotors for its brand of engine power-adders.