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.

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.

How to Configure Your Twin-Screw Barrel Layout

| Plastics Technology

In twin-screw compounding, most engineers recognize the benefits of being able to configure screw elements. Here’s what you need to know about sequencing barrel sections.  

Avantium’s PEF Receives FDA Food-Contact Approval

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

The FDA approval extends to all food types except infant formulas, foods with more than 15% alcohol or human milk.

Starting Small with Automation

Derek Korn | Production Machining

Quick-change workholding and flexible robotic automation started this small shop on the path to success.

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

¿Por qué pierden gas las bebidas envasadas en PET?: soluciones

M.C. Adrián Méndez Prieto | Plastics Technology México

Descubra las causas de la pérdida de gas en bebidas carbonatadas envasadas en PET y cómo la cristalinidad y orientación influyen en la permeabilidad.

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.

UAG y Braskem Idesa fomentan el reciclaje en jornada de Plastitrueque

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

La UAG y Braskem Idesa organizan “Plastitrueque”, un evento para reciclar plásticos y fomentar la economía circular, reduciendo emisiones de CO₂ y educando a la comunidad.  

7 Things We Saw at Formnext 2024 — Video Playlist

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

At Formnext 2024 the Additive Manufacturing Media editors discovered new materials and design strategies for AM; advances in automation integration; and new applications for 3D printing. Here are seven standouts we caught on film.

Parker Ionics Appoints General Manager of Application Equipment

Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing

Parker Ionics promotes Riley Cole to general manager of application equipment. He will oversee strategic growth and operational management.

Building Temperature Compensation Into the Gaging Station

George Schuetz | Modern Machine Shop

As production tolerances become ever tighter and the error margin for measurement results shrinks, manufacturers must consider thermal fluctuations in their inspection processes.

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.

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.
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Construction begins for UMaine sustainability research facility

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The Green Engineering and Materials (GEM) building will serve as space for an additive, hybrid manufacturing test bed, future workforce training, and bio-based materials and sustainable technologies development.

Harper successfully commissions two carbon fiber lines in China

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Swift on-site installation and system startup for Shandong Yongcheng New Materials Co. Ltd for systems that will produce 3,000 MT of carbon fiber/year.  

Gravimetric Feeder is Compact, Easy to Clean

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Said to offer precise rate control for free-flowing pellets and granules.  

Dawn Aerospace breaks sound barrier, hypersonic global records

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The Aurora rocket-powered aircraft reached Mach 1.1 and more than 82,000 feet, the highest altitude achieved by a New Zealand vehicle, as well as beating the record for fastest aircraft ascent.

Base Materials subsea buoyancy foams earn DNV type approval

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Low-density syntactic foams have been qualified for use in 11,500-meter ocean depths in addition to approval of manufacture.

U.S. Department of Labor Recognizes United Grinding North America as Apprenticeship Ambassador

Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology

Source | United Grinding United Grinding North America, a subsidiary of Swiss-based United Grinding Group, has been recognized as an Apprenticeship Ambassador by the U.S.

The Connector Conundrum: 3D Printed Mold Tooling’s Role in Innovation

Peter Zelinski | Plastics Technology

ReelView Fishing faced an electronics obstacle in the development of its new technology for underwater video. Additive manufacturing for moldmaking allowed for the speed necessary to iterate to a solution. How inventors and invention will benefit from new ways of obtaining production-ready tooling.

Generation Products Provides Flexibility

Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing

DyeMansion launches three generation products and provides upgrades to well-established products to bring more capabilities and flexibility to Print-to-Product workflows.