Ellwood Specialty Steel Becomes Ellwood Specialty Metals

| MoldMaking Technology

Integrated producer of tool steel adds Ellwood Aluminum cast house into the Ellwood family of companies to serve both metal needs.

Mold Repair, Design Solutions Serve Many Industries

| MoldMaking Technology

NPE2024: Adler Industrial Solutions exhibits its selection of Pinnacle Molds and Rapid Mold solutions.

Cygnet Texkimp celebrates 50 years in fiber handling, processing technology

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Over the last five decades, Cygnet Texkimp’s breadth of portfolio innovations for the composites and technical fiber industries reflects its emphasis on collaboration and continuous development.

SAMPE 2024 Conference & Expo announces keynote speaker

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The advanced materials organization welcomes Stephen Heinz, vice president of R&I for Syensqo’s Composite Materials Division to kick off the May 20-23 event in Long Beach, California.

Neumáticos del futuro: sostenibilidad y rendimiento

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

Compuesto por un 65 % de materiales sostenibles, incluyendo reciclados y renovables, el neumático UltraContact NXT, de Continental, promete calidad, rendimiento, y una producción más verde.

Demonstrator project targets circularity solutions in carbon fiber composite sports equipment

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

The Carbon Fibre Circular Alliance (CFCA) brought together OEMs and technical partners to reclaim short carbon fibers from end-of-life sports equipment, realign into continuous prepreg tapes and remanufacture into new equipment.

Advantages of UV-LED Spot Curing for Collision Repair

| Products Finishing

Carlisle Fluid Technologies’ Jacob Fortmeyer shares advantages, considerations and important equipment features for the UV-LED curing process.  

Revolución robótica 2024: cinco tendencias clave en automatización

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

La Federación Internacional de Robótica ofrece un análisis profundo de las cinco tendencias principales en robótica para 2024: desde inteligencia artificial hasta humanoides y cobots.

Okuma America Corp. Appoints New VP of Engineering & Factory Automation Group

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Wade Anderson will lead Okuma America Corp.’s engineering department, which includes applications engineering, product engineering and quality assurance teams.

Opening Up to Possibilities

| Production Machining

As a business leader, are you wasting time defining barriers when you should be defining the possibilities instead?

SEWS inaugura planta en Tabasco

| Modern Machine Shop México

Instalada en el Parque Industrial Tabasco Business Center (TBC), la empresa invirtió más de 10 millones de dólares en su construcción. 

Navigating Economic Resilience and Consumer Trends

| MoldMaking Technology

Consumer behavior provides mold builders insight into the evolving market dynamics of goods and services that helps strategic planning.
#economics

Herramienta de ranurado proporciona un rendimiento estable

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Con el nuevo sistema CoroCut 2, Sandvik Coromant actualiza su concepto de tronzado y ranurado CoroCut 1-2.

NPE2024 Building and Construction Session Highlights

| Plastics Technology

Learn about industry trends in materials and sustainability with the Building and Construction Industry Sessions at NPE2024.

Hemco Corp. Enclosures Protect Robotic Processes

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The enclosures are designed protect robotic processes from contamination and personnel from hazardous fumes.

Titanium Golf Club Line Leverages AM to Boost Clubhead Performance

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

Japanese lifestyle golf brand Designer utilizes Farsoon 3D printing to optimize the design and production of its latest titanium golf club line.

Expanded Portfolio of Compounds Based on Patented Lubrication Technology

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

SABIC has expanded its LNP Lubriloy technology to include additional base resins to help processor navigate the changing regulatory use of PFAs.  
#regulations

United Grinding Hires New Manager Director for Mexico Territory

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Alonso Acevedo brings 27 years of experience in the machine tool industry, including 12 years on the end-user side and 15 years in various sales roles.

Five-Axis Turnkey Machine Halves Medical Shop’s Cycle Times

Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop

Horizontal five-axis machines cut cycle times in half at ARCH Medical Solutions – Newtown. But its leadership gives equal credit to a surprising factor: the OEM’s service department.

Improve Production Rates Via Screw Design — Barrier vs. General Purpose vs. Melt Uniformity

John Bozzelli | Plastics Technology

I’m looking for a few good molders to help trial a new screw design, and share data and results for a future article to prove the benefits of a melt uniformity screw.

Chase Plastics Now Authorized Distributor for Envalior

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

The new global engineering materials entity Envalior brings together DSM Engineering Materials and Lanxess High Performance Materials.

Ultrasonic Parts Cleaning System Offers Large Capacity

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

With payload capacity up to 500 lbs and tank volumes of up to 675 gallons, the latest Agi-Sonic AS-6000 model is a larger system than earlier models.