Formnext Modifies Awards Program, Now Recognizing Excellence in Six AM Categories
Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing
The awards will be presented across six different categories, including young innovative companies, sustainable business ideas and pioneering technologies. Applications are now open.
Laser-excited acoustics provide contact-free, nondestructive composites inspection
Stewart Mitchell | CompositesWorld
Xarion’s couplant-free NDT technology uses laser physics and a membrane-free optical microphone, eliminating the requirement for fluid coupling, widening the scope for NDT technology.
Airbus expandirá sus operaciones en Querétaro
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
Airbus ampliará sus actividades industriales y nuevos procesos de producción, que contribuirán en el aumento de la fabricación de aviones comerciales de pasillo único de la marca.
Royal Master Grinders' Centerless Grinder Features Automatic Bar Feeder
Jessica Pompili | Modern Machine Shop
IMTS 2024: Royal Master Grinders exhibits an automatic bar feeding system for the TG-12×8 thrufeed centerless grinder, designed with loading and grinding capabilities and a dual slide system.
Plataforma CNC de Heidenhain ofrece una interfaz adaptable
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
El control CNC TNC7 está diseñado para ayudar a los usuarios desde el diseño inicial hasta el mecanizado final.
El rol de la comunicación: panel de expertos en reciclaje de plásticos
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
El panel 'El poder de la comunicación en la percepción del reciclaje de plásticos' reunirá a líderes de opinión en Plastics Recycling LATAM 2024, destacando la importancia de estrategias comunicativas para una economía circular.
ANCA's Tool of the Year, Female Machinist Awards Open for Entry
Jessica Pompili | Modern Machine Shop
Submissions are open for ANCA’s Tool of the Year and Female Machinist awards.
GF Machining Solutions' Smart Manufacturing System Boosts Production
Jessica Pompili | Modern Machine Shop
GF Machining Solutions announces System 3R innovations in milling, laser, EDM, electrode manufacturing and automation, amongst others.
México destaca como segundo productor mundial de autopartes
Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México
México ha consolidado su posición en Norteamérica, abasteciendo el 42 % de las partes utilizadas en vehículos para Estados Unidos y Canadá, lo cual ha generado aproximadamente 110 mil millones de dólares en divisas.
‘Game-Changing’ Heat and Light Stabilizer for Agricultural PE Films
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
BASF’s NOR 211 AR promotes sustainability through reduced polymer usage in the so-called plasticulture — plastics used in agriculture — market.
Speedgrip Chuck Reduces Machine Changeover Times
Jessica Pompili | Modern Machine Shop
IMTS 2024: Speedgrip Chuck Co. introduces three workholding solutions to reduce changeover times, boost productivity and gather workplace data in real time.
Mikron Milling Tool Suppresses Machining Chatter
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
IMTS 2024: The CrazyMill Cool CF milling tool features chatter suppression during machining, especially on thin-walled parts, which enables smoother cutting.
Handheld Scanners to Democratize 3D Scanning Environment
| MoldMaking Technology
IMTS 2024: Hexagon introduces its first handheld 3D scanning devices, Atlascan Max and Marvelscan, to capture crucial data easily and more quickly.
CW finalizes Carbon Fiber 2024 program
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Take part in this year’s event in Charleston, South Carolina, which annually provides attendees a comprehensive view of the carbon fiber supply chain through carefully curated presentations, exhibits and receptions.
Conductivity and Plating
| Products Finishing
Eric Xie of PAVCO Inc. discusses conductivity when considering the combination of plating metal deposits, passivates and topcoats/sealers.
Prices of PE, PP, PVC, PET Largely Firm, Flat for PS
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
By most measures, pricing for the five commodity resins appeared to be holding firm going into the third quarter.
AM Workshop at IMTS: Succeeding With Powder Bed Fusion
Peter Zelinski | Modern Machine Shop
A half-day event at the International Manufacturing Technology Show focuses on tactics for success for machine shops and other manufacturers preparing to embrace production 3D printing via powder bed fusion.
Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies' Laser Enhances Deposition Process
Jessica Pompili | Modern Machine Shop
IMTS 2024: Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Ambit EHLA head, designed to enhance corrosion and oxidation resistance to armoring wear surfaces.
Specialty graphene additives functionalize composite systems
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
CAMX 2024: Mito features E-Go graphene oxide for improved thermoset and thermoplastic properties, in addition to other additive solutions that are dispersible, safe to handle and scalable.
Dow presenta resinas recicladas Revoloop en Plastics Recycling LATAM
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
Las resinas Revoloop de Dow, creadas en colaboración con recicladores locales, refuerzan la cadena de valor del reciclaje y promueven la sostenibilidad.
Craftsman Cribsheet No. 129: How to Beat the Heat
David Wynn | Production Machining
Shops tend to heat up in the summer. Here are some tips for staying cool in the warmer months.
Axalta Appoints Two Executive Positions
Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd., has appointed Chris Evans as V.P., global strategy, and Colleen Lubic has been appointed V.P., investor relations.