Ceratizit Introduces End Mill for Titanium, Super Alloys

Jessica Pompili | Modern Machine Shop

IMTS 2024: Ceratizit USA features an end mill for titanium and super alloys, upcoming tool catalog and a cutting tools portfolio.

Rivelin Robotics Leads Project CAMPFIRE to Develop Automated Postprocessing Solutions for Regulated Industries

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The participating companies are working to create complete digital postprocessing solutions for the automated finishing of flight parts, orthopedic implants and gas turbine components produced using metal additive manufacturing processes.

How to Make Data Work for Mold Productivity and Performance

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

The use of digital workflows improves the impact of mold design libraries, conformal cooling and machine learning.

Choosing the Right Gearbox and Motor for Your Single-Screw Extruder

| Plastics Technology

Extruder OEMs are typically very good at sizing motors and gear boxes for extrusion applications. But you have the final decision on the acceptance of the design. Here’s what you should consider.

Cortador “tres en uno” aumenta la capacidad de fresado de roscas

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Walter USA presenta el cortador de roscas Thrill-tec TC645 Supreme, que combina los pasos de mecanizado de taladrado de orificios centrales, biselado y roscado en una sola herramienta.

Veteran-Owned Metal Finishing Company Recognized

Scott Francis | Products Finishing

Andrew Kossowski recognized as the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2024 State of Florida Veteran Business Owner of the Year.

JR Machine Launches Expansion Strategy, Hires New CEO

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

An investment from Schneider Resources Holding positions JR Machine to grow in emerging markets such space exploration and green energy.

NPE2024: la feria del plástico concluye con un éxito histórico

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

Con más de 50,000 registrados, la edición 2024 de la feria internacional de plástico NPE, catalogada como la más grande de las Américas, concluyó con cifras récord y gran optimismo para el sector.

Production Machining's May 2024 News Highlights

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Production Machining’s May 2024 news highlights include new partnerships, personnel appointments and more.

Reciclaje en México: industria en auge con metas ambiciosas

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

La industria del reciclaje en México avanza con paso firme, con metas ambiciosas para el 2025 y 2030. Conozca los logros y compromisos del sector.

Panorama del mercado de vehículos eléctricos a nivel mundial

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

La Organización Mundial de Comercio detalla que, hasta 2023, los vehículos eléctricos representaron más de un tercio de todas las importaciones de automóviles en términos de valor.

Wittmann Shifts Some Production out of Austria

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Manufacture of several core products, including specific models and sizes of injection molding machines, automation and auxiliaries have shifted out of Austria and into Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey.

NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #120: Electrochemical Destruction of Perfluorooctanesulfonate in Electroplating Wastewaters – January – December 2023

| Products Finishing

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers quarterly reporting for the year 2023 at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  The objective of this work is to utilize a cost-effective reactive electrochemical membrane (REM) for the removal of PFAS from synthetic electroplating wastewater.  Discussed here are the oxidation of PFOA with three different catalysts, development of a method for detecting PFAS, as well as work on 6:2-fluorotelomersulfonic acid (6:2 FTS) and electrodeposited bismuth/tin oxide catalysts.

How AI is improving composites operations and factory sustainability

| CompositesWorld

Workforce pain points and various logistical challenges are putting operations resilience and flexibility to the test, but Industry 4.0 advancements could be the key to composites manufacturers’ transformation. 

NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #121: Development of a Sustainability Metrics System and a Technical Solution Method for Sustainable Metal Finishing - 15th Quarterly Report

| Products Finishing

This NASF-AESF Foundation research project report covers the twelfth quarter of project work (October-December 2023) at Wayne State University in Detroit.  In this period, our main effort focused on the development of a set of Digital Twins (DTs) using the Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN) technology with application on parts rinsing simulation.

Airbus video highlights RACER compound helicopter first flight

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Launched as part of a Clean Sky 2 program, a compound design — rotor, split fixed-wing, propulsive propellers — uses composites to cut fuel consumption and emissions by 20%.

GTL validates LH2 composite dewar tanks for use in aviation

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Test results exceeded expectations regarding holding hard vacuum, heat load, rapid chill-down and hydrogen fraction goal, leading to flight prototype fabrication.  

Variable Geometry End Mills Add to Moldmaker’s Cutting Options

| MoldMaking Technology

VGM-NIK and VGM3-AL end mill addition to OSG USA’s Hy-Pro Carb VGM series.

AMBA Applauds U.S. Administration’s Retention of Chinese Mold Tariffs

Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology

The American Mold Builders Association (AMBA) congratulates the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for retaining the 25% tariffs on imported molds, tooling and dies.   

11th Hour Racing sponsors IMOCA to advance competitive sailing diversity, sustainability

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Additional support will be provided for IMOCA projects related to building with alternative material sources, a carbon fiber recycling pilot project, increasing opportunities for female sailors and more.

NIAR receives $10 million NASA funding for high-temp advanced materials

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Specialized research program will develop, mature and implement composites and other novel materials for use in hypersonic vehicles.

Video: AM for Repair of Large Shafts

Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing

Wind power shafts that might once have been scrapped are now returned to service. See the robotic directed energy deposition (DED) and shaft preheating system developed by Ikergune, Izadi and Talens.