Kaiser Tool Co. Celebrates 60 Years

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Kaiser’s ThinBit offerings include over 100,000 precision cutting tools.

Understanding Structured Light Scanning Measurements

Tony Schmitz | Modern Machine Shop

Structured light scanning is used to create a digital twin of a manufactured part, but we must understand the measurement reproducibility to best use the data.

Milltronics Expands Leadership Team

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Ryan Delahanty, Don Hammer, Brian Starnes and Steve Schermann join the company’s leadership team to drive growth and innovation.

Digital Manufacturer Partners With Maritime, Offshore Specialist for MENA Regional Expansion

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

Immensa will serve as the exclusive distributor within the maritime and offshore sectors for Pelagus 3D’s products in the Middle East and North Africa region, and act as the exclusive service provider for projects initiated through Pelagus 3D’s platform in the territory.

Milltronics Expands Leadership Team

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Ryan Delahanty, Don Hammer, Brian Starnes and Steve Schermann join the company’s leadership team to drive growth and innovation.

AMMMT y ANAPSA firman convenio de colaboración

| Modern Machine Shop México

El objetivo del acuerdo es conectar a ambas industrias y contribuir a impulsar el desarrollo de la industria de moldes y troqueles de México.

Nidec Machine Tool’s LAMDA5000 Enables Very Large-Scale DED Metal Additive Manufacturing

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The company says this large-format 3D printer expands the capabilities of laser powder DED 3D printing.

VMC de doble columna diseñado para mecanizar moldes grandes

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Kitamura Machinery presenta el centro de mecanizado vertical Bridgecenter-6G, ideal para piezas grandes y largas que requieren un área de mecanizado más amplia.

Milltronics Expands Leadership Team to Drive Growth, Innovation

Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology

Milltronics USA Inc. announces the strategic expansion of its leadership team with the addition of four industry veterans: Ryan Delahanty, Don Hammer, Brian Starnes and Steve Schermann.

Sigmatex achieves IATF 16949 certification

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

ISO specification endorses the company’s rigorous automotive quality system standards, for which it supplies carbon fiber textile products.

Online Portal Optimizes Navigation, Configuration and Ordering

| MoldMaking Technology

The Hasco Portal provides global designers, moldmakers and injection molders the ability to search, configure and easily order from more than 100,000 standard components.

Thermolysis launches RCF brand supporting recycled carbon fiber product development

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Taiwan-based company offers rCF product design and development with significant CO2 emission reductions and certified material traceability.   

3-Stage Versus 5-Stage Washers

Rodger Talbert | Products Finishing

Columnist Rodger Talbert explains the difference between a five-stage washer and a three-stage washer, and how one provides better corrosion protection over the other. 

Mobile Spectroscopy System Expands to Identification of Multimaterial and Monomaterial Films

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

BASF’s trinamiX can now identify multimaterial and monomaterial films for improved recycling.

3D Printed Titanium Replaces Aluminum for Unmanned Aircraft Wing Splice: The Cool Parts Show #72

Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing

Rapid Plasma Deposition produces the near-net-shape preform for a newly designed wing splice for remotely piloted aircraft from General Atomics. The Cool Parts Show visits Norsk Titanium, where this part is made.

SprutCAM Software Update Enhances Robot Support

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

The update includes Profile Mode for lathe operations, enabling users to now adjust the chamfer angle in profile cycle based on the 3D model.

NPE 2024: impresión 3D y su impacto en la industria de plásticos

Stephanie Hendrixson | Plastics Technology México

La manufactura aditiva fue protagonista en NPE 2024 con tecnologías avanzadas en impresión 3D, optimizando la creación de moldes y piezas para diversas aplicaciones.

A Processor's Perspective: What's Driving Growth in Heavy-Gauge Thermoforming

| Plastics Technology

Key factors for the progress are innovative materials, advanced automation and precision engineering.   

Kaiser Tool Co. Celebrates 60 Years

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Kaiser’s ThinBit offerings include over 100,000 precision cutting tools.

Color Masterbatches for Optical Fiber Cable PBT Jacketing

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Ampacet’s ElTech line now includes a range of high-performance masterbatches based on a PBT carrier resin.

Machining’s Impact on Sustainability

| Production Machining

Individual elements of the machining process such as machine tools, tooling and even CAD/CAM software play a role in overall machine shop sustainability. Observing the entire process especially when it comes to their influences on energy usage is key.

Moldeo de envases de pared delgada con tecnología de StackTeck

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

StackTeck y Netstal colaboraron en NPE2024 para el moldeo por inyección de tarrinas ultradelgadas con IML y 30 % de rPET.