3 Common Filtration Questions Answered

| Production Machining

Learn about the variety of filters for removing particulates from a cleaning fluid, how to determine cleaning fluid life and more.

Dyndrite mejora el software LPBF Pro para ampliar el control del programa

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La actualización de LPBF Pro de Dyndrite mejora la precisión y el control de la geometría y las trayectorias de impresión 3D para aplicaciones industriales complejas.

INEOS Styrolution to Close ABS Production in Addyston, Ohio

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Company will commence a safe and responsible decommissioning process in the second quarter of 2025.
#electronics

Moldmakers Deserve a Total Production Solution

| MoldMaking Technology

Stability, spindle speed and software are essential consideration for your moldmaking machine tool.

America Makes Names New Director of Education, Workforce Development

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

Edward D. Herderick, Ph.D., is responsible for providing strategy and program management leadership in EWD for customer project initiatives, conducting business development and providing subject matter expertise in EWD-related project efforts.
#workforcedevelopment

Formlabs’ Form 4L, 4BL Designed for Reliable, High-Speed SLA 3D Printing

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

Other innovations include the Developer Platform which offers flexibility and control to unlock new workflows, applications and material options; and additional printer accessories, SLS materials, PreForm features and postprocessing solutions to empower users with more scale, throughput, affordability and performance.

New Screw Boosts Mixing, Enhances Polymer Properties

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Device mixes at the ‘molecular level,’ inventor says, to boost mechanicals and in some cases make pre-drying redundant.

Arburg presentó en Fakuma novedades en sostenibilidad y automatización

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Durante Fakuma 2024, Arburg destacó la Allrounder 720 E Golden Electric,   moldeo con fibra compostable, digitalización y automatización.

How to Determine the Currently Active Work Offset Number

Mike Lynch | Modern Machine Shop

Determining the currently active work offset number is practical when the program zero point is changing between workpieces in a production run.

Extrusion Plastometer is Modular, Easy to Clean

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Improved accessibility and optimized surfaces enable the instrument to be cleaned quickly, expediting testing times.  

Presentan panorama sobre la situación laboral en el sector automotriz en México

| Modern Machine Shop México

La Fundación Panamericana para el Desarrollo y la Industria Nacional de Autopartes presentan los resultados de un diagnóstico sobre la situación laboral en el sector automotriz en México.

All-recycled, needle-punched nonwoven CFRP slashes carbon footprint of Formula 2 seat

Stewart Mitchell | CompositesWorld

Dallara and Tenowo collaborate to produce a race-ready Formula 2 seat using recycled carbon fiber, reducing CO2 emissions by 97.5% compared to virgin materials.

Tungaloy Cutting Inserts Enhance Internal Grooving Operations

Jessica Pompili | Modern Machine Shop

Tungaloy-NTK America Inc. introduces the STV type insert for its TungShortCut internal grooving tool line, enhancing internal profiling and machining of complex shapes or narrow areas.

Ross introduces VersaMix mixers for complex formulations

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Multi-shaft mixers line purpose-built for chemicals, coatings, adhesives and composites can process materials in the hundreds of thousands of centipoise.

SAM XL demonstrates closed-loop digital methodologies via full-size aerocomposite parts development

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

PeneloPe Project’s modular, zero-defect manufacturing deliverables are being highlighted in an upcoming video that demonstrates the resulting aerospace pilot line’s feasibility.

Cimatron Appoints Taline Forsberg as New President

Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology

Taline Forsberg has been appointed as president of Cimatron within Sandvik Manufacturing Solutions as of November 1st, 2024.  

Indorama Collaborates in Launch of World’s First Bio-PET Bottles

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Japan’s Suntory Group will introduce the new bottles for selected products in Japan

Presentan quillas de surf reforzadas con fibra de carbono reciclada

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Sieve Fins utiliza compuestos reciclados de Mocom para fabricar quillas de surf ligeras, resistentes y sostenibles, adaptadas a condiciones extremas.

MMT Chats: How Hands-On Experience and Passion Earned a Scholarship

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

University of Wisconsin-Stout student Luke Hodgson shares how his hands-on experience in plastics engineering earned him the 2024 SPE Mold Technologies Division Glenn Beall Scholarship.
#workforcedevelopment

7 Things We Saw at Formnext 2024 — Video Playlist

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

There were countless processes, applications and announcements at Formnext 2024. Here are seven standouts Peter Zelinski and Stephanie Hendrixson caught on film.

Ejemplos de cómo la inteligencia artificial está transformando las fábricas

| Modern Machine Shop México

La red Global Lighthouse del Foro Económico Mundial destaca el papel de la IA en el impulso de la transformación digital de la industria manufacturera.

Mazak Recognized for 50 Years of Manufacturing Innovation

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Mazak’s facility in Florence, Kentucky, currently produces more than 70 machining solutions with a local workforce that exceeds 600 employees.