How Compression Ratio Impacts Extruder Performance

| Plastics Technology

Let’s investigate how compression ratio affects performance of an extruder processing LLDPE.  

Precision Machining Index Returns to Contraction with April Reading of 46.2

Mike Shirk | Production Machining

Tariff uncertainty drives market hesitancy as shops report drop in new orders.

Fresa ElectroMill de Engis mejora la remoción de material en mecanizado de alta precisión

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La herramienta de diamante superabrasivo, que ofrece alta eficiencia en mecanizado de materiales difíciles, reduce costos y aumenta la productividad.

Solving the Skills Gap Means Prioritizing Value Over Price

Udo Jahn | Modern Machine Shop

Manufacturing companies need to invest and add value to educational machine shop programs to solve the skilled labor gap.
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En Nuevo León los empleos manufactureros se concentran en cinco municipios

| Modern Machine Shop México

Apodaca encabeza la lista con 5,601 puestos de trabajo en el sector manufacturero, lo que representa el 47 % del total.

Sodick Finalizes Acquisition of Prima Additive

Jann Bond | Additive Manufacturing

Prima Additive leaves the Prima Industrie Group and becomes a wholly owned company of Sodick.

Expansión del mercado de robots industriales: 27.2% de crecimiento proyectado

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

Astute Analytica refiere que el mercado mundial de la robótica industrial tendrá una tasa de crecimiento anual de 27.2% en el periodo 2025 a 2033

Plastics Industry Association Announces 2025 Plastic Sustainability Innovation Award Winners

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

The Plastics Industry Association announced winners of Sustainable Innovation in Design, Sustainable Innovation in Materials, Sustainable Innovation in End-of-Life, Leadership in Sustainability and the People’s Choice Award.

Meximold 2025: registro abierto para la cita de molderos en México

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Meximold, el evento especializado en moldes y manufactura avanzada, reunirá a más de 130 expositores y presentará más de 150 equipos operativos en piso. La cita es el 22 y 23 de octubre.

Spanish startup to ramp up production of “recyclable” EV prototype

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

Liux’s BIG electric vehicle features multiple structural components manufactured via RTM from flax fabric and a thermoset resin said to enable the entire component to be recycled and reused again.

Veterans Metal Appoints General Manager

Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing

Veterans Metal LLC announces the addition of Jesse French to its leadership team as general manager to lead the company’s growth.

Sunnen Honing Machines Provide Process Flexibility

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Eastec 2025: Sunnen Products Co. showcases a range of honing machines as well as inspection and measurement technology.

Which Mixing System is Right for You?

| Products Finishing

How to select the right equipment for reliable, accurate and repeatable mixing of coatings.

Sunnen Honing Machines Provide Process Flexibility

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Eastec 2025: Sunnen Products Co. showcases a range of honing machines as well as inspection and measurement technology.

Tom Beard Was Like a Brother

Rick Kline, Sr. | GROW

Tom was brilliant, grounded, genuinely funny, and a true friend. Our careers were intertwined, and I feel lucky to have had him by my side as we helped shape Gardner into the leader it is today.

NASF/AESF Project #125: Improving PFAS Degradation via Electrooxidation (Q1)

| Products Finishing

The first quarter of this new work focuses on electro-oxidation of PFAS using doped sub-stoichiometric titanium oxide (Ti4O7) anodes.   

3D Printing Speeds Prototyping and Shifts Talent to Production Tooling

| MoldMaking Technology

A digital approach to prototyping using 3D-printed tooling accelerates product development and frees up mold builders for production tooling work.

AIMM Center for advanced composites NDT opens in Ogden, Utah

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Attendees from SpaceX, Northrop Grumman, Hill AFB, 47G and others joined CICNDT and Omni NDE to demonstrate the latest in robotic CT, RT, shearography, thermography, laser UT and metrology.

Clean Hydrogen Partnership announces 26 new projects

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Awarding €154.6 million in grants, the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking aims to accelerate development and deployment of hydrogen technologies across Europe.

Bold Laser Automation presents certified calibration gauge line

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Noncontact calibration thickness gauges are engineered to ensure composites manufacturers can maintain tight control over product thickness and material uniformity.

Porsche develops TABASKO method for lightweight vehicle series production

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Patented carbon fiber-reinforced polypropylene tape-based process supports cost reduction, light weight and thinner walls without sacrificing rigidity.

Stratolaunch completes repeated Talon-A2 hypersonic flight, recovery

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The company’s air-launched, reusable hypersonic vehicle platform surpassed Mach 5 for the second time.