Stain Removal for Optimized Injection Mold Maintenance

Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology

Nanoplas offers its Zap-Ox stain removal for optimized injection mold maintenance.   

Direct Solar Heating for Rotational Molding Enables Feedback Control and Rapid Deployment

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Light Manufacturing offers rotomolding factory in a box, with no utilities needed.

United Grinding Signs Agreement to Acquire GF Machining Solutions

Jessica Pompili | Modern Machine Shop

United Grinding has signed an agreement to acquire the GF Machining Solutions division of Georg Fischer AG, aiming to establish a global presence in ultra-precision machining.

Convenio SMADS y ECOCE: impulso al reciclaje y economía circular

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

El Gobierno de Baja California y ECOCE unen esfuerzos para promover el reciclaje en oficinas estatales, con acciones de educación ambiental y economía circular.

Should You Add Linear Scales to Your Machine?

John Miller | Modern Machine Shop

Knowing how scales will influence machine accuracy will help you decide if they’re worth the extra investment.

Natilus challenges the Boeing-Airbus duopoly

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

CW interviews CEO Aleksey Matyushev about composites, certification and the airlines’ needs for increased narrowbody production and decarbonization that aren’t being met.

Nomura DS Showcases Turning and Milling Machines Engineered with Excellence

| Production Machining

Gosiger offers the comprehensive line of Nomura DS machine tools at competitive prices.

Aptera completes function test for first production-intent sEV

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

First initial testing of the production vehicle’s BinC composite body structure, drivetrain and battery pack demonstrates progress toward real-world validation.

Toray Advanced Composites expands continuous fiber TPC capacity, capabilities

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Assets, technology and IP acquisition of Colorado-based Gordon Plastics will enhance Toray’s product portfolio, growing its ability to support emerging markets in thermoplastic composites.

Schuler opens local sales, service facility in Canada

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

DBA Schuler Canada will provide better access to tools, equipment and spare parts for the Canadian market’s forming needs.

Digital Dry Ice Cleaning Technology Enables Mold Component Surface Preparation

Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology

Cold Jet highlights its PCS ULTRA, a digital dry ice cleaning technology to prepare substrates prior to coating.

Get in the Lab: Investing in Automation

| Products Finishing

Looking to upgrade your coating process and possibly invest in automation solutions? This helpful Ask the Expert article from Tom Brown of Carlisle Fluid Technologies offers advice for doing your research and working with your equipment supplier. 

Reliant Expands Effort to Make Equipment Delivery More Environmentally Friendly

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

Reliant’s updated environmental program, however, includes changes based on new information about how packaging, shipping, delivering and unpacking its products impact both customer satisfaction and the environment.

NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #120: Electrochemical Destruction of Perfluorooctanesulfonate in Electroplating Wastewaters – Final Report

| Products Finishing

Unavoidably interrupted by the SARS CoV-2 pandemic of 2020-21, this NASF-AESF Foundation research project report R-120 has been ongoing since April 2019. Now complete, this report is the final report, reflecting 16 quarters of work. 

Destacan participación canadiense en la industria de Querétaro

| Modern Machine Shop México

En el marco del Canadian Manufacturing Day, se informó que Inversión Extranjera Directa canadiense aumentó casi 20 % en Querétaro.

GXT: la nueva solución de extrusión estandarizada de CPM

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

La Global eXtruder Technology (GXT) de CPM ofrece versatilidad y estandarización en extrusoras de doble tornillo, optimizando procesos y reduciendo costos.

Craftsman Cribsheet No. 132: Why You Should Care About Slips, Trips and Falls

David Wynn | Production Machining

Slips, trips and falls are becoming an increasingly cited regulation. Here’s how to minimize these hazards.
#regulations

Optimización de talleres de mecanizado con monitoreo de máquina

Mark Albert | Modern Machine Shop México

Las decisiones sobre los procesos de manufactura no son los únicos factores de negocio que pueden mejorarse con los panoramas que se derivan de los datos recolectados a través de un sistema de monitoreo de máquina. Para este taller, el uso de esta información para fortalecer y afinar su programa de incentivos para los empleados es un beneficio importante, entre muchos otros.

Software QuickCast Air maximiza la remoción de material de los interiores de los patrones de fundición

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

QuickCast Air, de 3D Systems, es una herramienta avanzada que permite maximizar la eliminación de material en patrones de fundición, reduciendo costos y tiempos de construcción. 

3 Unique Elements of LFAM to Consider in Design

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

While similar to desktop fused filament fabrication (FFF), large format additive manufacturing (LFAM) in polymer composite poses several unique challenges as a result of its scale. 

MMT Chats: Eliminating the Noise to Stay Focused on the Customer

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

Metro Mold & Design joins me to discuss the value of the 80/20 rule as a business strategy, its talented cross-functional team, the role of automation in mold building and molding, and the continuing impact of COVID-19.     

FEMSA vende su negocio de soluciones plásticas a AMMI

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

Con la adquisición de PTM, AMMI expande su oferta de productos sostenibles en México y Norteamérica, atendiendo industrias como alimentos y automotriz.