Purging Compounds & Process Efficiency: Why They Must Work in Tandem To Improve Your Bottom Line

| Plastics Technology

More and more plastics processors are using commercial purging compounds to clean out their systems and help them switch from one product run to the next as efficiently as possible. But quality purging compounds aren’t cheap, nor are they a standalone solution.

Performance resins, putties and structural adhesives

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: Scott Bader illustrates its local and global materials supply availability backed by technical support, as well as a novel composite panels development with Armacell.

México, aliado estratégico en la sustitución de importaciones asiáticas

| Modern Machine Shop México

Según Eugenio Marín, CEO de FUMEC, México no solo puede sustituir sus propias importaciones asiáticas, sino también ayudar a Estados Unidos a reemplazar las suyas.

Pic of the Week: DED Replaces Hydraulic Pump Diffuser

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

After decades in service, the original cast part had severe wear and needed to be replaced. With no OEM option, wire directed energy deposition supplied the replacement.

Sistema modular WinTwist de Ingersoll facilita el montaje en tornos suizos y multihusillo

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

El sistema WinTwist, de Ingersoll Cutting Tools, es una línea modular de herramientas de torneado que combina versatilidad en la configuración con facilidad de montaje.

MSS Relocates to New Facility in Nashville

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Optical sorting manufacturer expands area for manufacturing, testing and demonstration.

Sandvik Coromant Turning Adapters Enhance Vibration Control

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Sandvik Coromant’s Silent Tools turning adapters provide improved internal turning at long overhangs.

Unilever y México Recicla apoyan acopiadores

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

Unilever y México Recicla renovaron un centro de acopio en Ecatepec y capacitaron a recicladores como parte de su programa “Enchúlame el Acopio”.

Lightweighting Challenges: Coatings for Next-Gen Vehicles

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

With demands on the auto industry to incorporate more lightweight structural materials in vehicles, coatings manufacturers are challenged with developing coatings that are compatible with a variety of different substrates.

Juggerbot P3-44 Astra Enables Large Format Printing With PVC

Matt Stonecash | Additive Manufacturing

Process controls and safety systems specifically tailored for industrial printing with PVC.

Xenia 3DF Materials for FFF Printing

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Xenia filament materials for fused filament fabrication.

Architected graphene microfillers for lightweighting, reinforcement

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: Dickinson presents its portfolio of “metamaterials,” looking to collaborate with industry partners to demonstrate their scaled-up mechanical capabilities and potential.

How Will Metal 3D Printing Change CNC Machining?

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing won’t necessarily take machining work, but it will reshape how machining happens and what machine shops look like. In this contributed column, CNC expert John Miller speaks to this tension and shares tips for manufacturers. 

Linetec Finishing Systems Achieve Cohesive Modern Design, Performance in Corporate Campus

| Products Finishing

Linetec provides dual finishes on Tubelite aluminum curtain wall for Shamrock Trading Corp.’s global headquarters in Kansas, supporting energy efficiency and aesthetic unity.

KraussMaffei Debuts New Extruders for Recycling Applications

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

KraussMaffei Extrusion will debut compounding solutions for both PET and mechanical recycling at K 2025, Oct. 8-15 in Düsseldorf, Germany.  For PET recycling, the company will demonstrate a high-performance twin-screw system based on its BluePower series for throughputs up to 12 tons/hr.

Xenia 3DF Materials for FFF Printing

Matt Stonecash | Additive Manufacturing

Xenia is introducing new filament materials for fused filament fabrication.

Greenleaf End Mills Optimize Machining Stability

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Capstone-360 end mills are well suited for machining HRSAs, cast iron and hardened steel materials for the aerospace, oil and gas, power generation and medical industries.

MMT Chats: AI on the Shop Floor Now

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

In this MMT Chat, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Mike Murakami, wire and sinker EDM lead hand at StackTeck Systems, to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly—but powerfully—transforming moldmaking.

Frauen@Arburg reflexiona sobre el valor femenino

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

El grupo Frauen@Arburg celebró un evento sobre el coraje femenino con ponencias inspiradoras y un panel que destacó la valentía en lo profesional y lo personal.

Succeeding at Swiss & More: Our Top 10 June Articles

Cara Ready | Production Machining

The top 10 June articles featured tips on succeeding at Swiss, finding hidden talent within your organization, and more. 

Colines To Run First-Ever Blown-Film Line

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

During K 2025 in October in Düsseldorf, Italian machine builder will operate nine-layer blown film line along with a three-up cast-stretch system.  

Can Cooperation Out-Compete Competition?

Eli Plaskett | Modern Machine Shop

Spearheaded by Rego-Fix, the Center for Machining Excellence gives OEMs the chance to cooperate and provide a more comprehensive service to their customers, and it gives machine tool users the chance to look at all the component elements that go into a machining cell.