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.

Indicadores de establecimientos con programa IMMEX durante enero

| Modern Machine Shop México

El personal ocupado en los establecimientos con programa IMMEX se incrementó 0.2% en el primer mes de 2021 frente al mes que le precede, con cifras desestacionalizadas.

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.

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.

Innovation Squared

Scott Francis | Products Finishing

Single component EN system enables bleed and feed process.

Webinar: avances en sistemas de preformas PET para elevar su flexibilidad y competitividad

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

El próximo 22 de abril a las 10:00 a.m. (Hora Ciudad de México) expertos de Husky analizarán los avances tecnológicos en el diseño de sistemas de preformas de PET de bajo/medio volumen y las características clave que hay que buscar. Registro SIN COSTO.

Paperless Parts Adds Search Function to Quoting Software

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

Digital search tool provides easy access to all formats of historical data.

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.

MSC Expo: la apuesta por una cadena de proveeduría que genere valor para las empresas

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

Eduardo Medrano, presidente de la AMMMT y presidente interino de ISTMA Américas, refirió que en el contexto actual MSC Expo es un evento clave para que la cadena de proveeduría genere valor para las empresas de México y la región.

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.

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.

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.

Ford y HP colaboran para transformar desechos 3D en autopartes

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

Las compañías encontraron una forma de extender la vida de las partes usadas de impresiones 3D, para convertirlas en autocomponentes para camiones Super Duty F-250, de Ford, y crear así un ciclo de economía circular.

Durable Goods New Orders Grew for Fourth Consecutive Month

Steven Kline, Jr. | Gardner Intelligence

Durable goods new orders continued their run of growth as aerospace new orders grew 31% from one year ago, which was their first month of growth since July 2019.

Hexagon Digital Wave starts continued life service testing on composite cylinders for breathing apparatus

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Tested tanks returned for extended service life with Antarctic Fire Department, prevents landfill on Antarctica continent.

Advanced Composites Training uses augmented reality to deliver composites training

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Virtual system delivers live composite technology training courses for a range of industries without the inconvenience of travel.
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CNC Machine Technology Package Targets Motion Control and Workpiece Quality

| MoldMaking Technology

Siemens introduces Sinumerik One Dynamics, a three-variant package for its Sinumerik One CNC control system, offering more efficient programming and execution of CAM-generated CNC programs.

AIMPLAS enters financial year with €13.3 million revenue and sustainability commitment

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

AIMPLAS closed 2019 with a 14% increase in revenue based on 226 R&D&I projects, became leading plastics technology center in Valencia, constructed new facility that promote research for circular economy.
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