Austrian Recycler's Mission to Recycle PET Takes It Beyond Bottles
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
Mission PET supplements bottle-to-bottle capability with alternative applications for recycled PET.
CW’s 2024 Top Shops survey offers new approach to benchmarking
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Respondents that complete the survey by April 30, 2024, have the chance to be recognized as an honoree.
Thousandth Increment Pins Designed for Small Cavity, Core Inserts
| MoldMaking Technology
Progressive Components’ TI Pins offerings now include 267 standard sizes.
Supplies Target Mold, Molding Challenges
| Plastics Technology
NP2024: Plastixs provides a firsthand look at a variety of solutions for hot runner mold protection, manifolds, mold cooling and fitting installations to transform injection molding processes.
Swinburne-CSIRO Testlab grows composites competency via industrial-scale 3D printing
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Industry 4.0 facility is integrating an additive manufacturing approach to its holistic processes to optimize composite component production rates, quality and cost.
Move Into Automation Adds to Mold Building Quality, Competitiveness
| MoldMaking Technology
NPE2024: Cavalier Tool is showcasing its multiphase shift into more automated processes for lifters, inserts and slides manufacturing, in addition to giving attendees a chance to step inside a mold.
Joby acquires facility in Ohio, scales up eVTOL aircraft manufacture
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Existing facility at Dayton International Airport will enable 500 eVTOLs per year, serving as Joby’s initial manufacturing footprint in the region.
Stratolaunch celebrates first powered flight of TA-1 test vehicle
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Reusable hypersonic test aircraft met primary flight objectives and approached Mach 5 speed, gathering data for concurrent TA-2 and TA-3 test beds.
Caterpillar Pullers Move Pliable Profiles, Tubing
| Plastics Technology
NPE2024: Versa Machinery’s Caterpillar pullers are designed to pull pliable materials without product deformation.
How Manufacturing Information Becomes "Golden": The Cool Parts Show All Access
Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing
Baker Hughes saves optimized production information in its PLM system for reuse later, creating “Golden Master” manufacturing routers. Rohan Buntval, additive manufacturing design engineer, goes into greater detail about how files become golden.
6 Cutting Tools for Machining Made Via 3D Printing
Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing
By making tools, additive manufacturing aids so-called “subtractive” manufacturing (better known as machining). Here are examples of how 3D printing balances performance, coolant flow and weight in small and large cutting tools.
Borealis: 30 años impulsando la innovación y la sostenibilidad
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
En su 30º aniversario, Borealis, fabricante de soluciones para poliolefinas, destaca por su compromiso con la innovación, la economía circular y la sostenibilidad.
Hot Runner Cable Range Extended
| Plastics Technology
Hasco is now offering its H12251/ cable in two different lengths and four different wiring standards.
Leveraging Data to Drive Manufacturing Innovation
Brent Donaldson | Modern Machine Shop
Global manufacturer Fictiv is rapidly expanding its use of data and artificial intelligence to help manufacturers wade through process variables and production strategies. With the release of a new AI platform for material selection, Fictive CEO Dave Evans talks about how the company is leveraging data to unlock creative problem solving for manufacturers.
Crece la importación de moldes y troqueles en 2023
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
En 2023 el valor de la importación de moldes de inyección de plástico creció 20.64 % y el valor de la importación de troqueles aumentó 55.13 %.
INEOS and Supply Chain Partners Collaborate on Premium Film Packaging with 50% Recycled Plastic
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
PepsiCo launches its new Sunbites brand snack packaging in the U.K. and Ireland
How to Implement a Remote Validation Process
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
A review of the setup and use of a remote mold validation kit.
AkzoNobel Achieves 100% Renewable Electricity in Latin America
| Products Finishing
AkzoNobel has announced that all of its Latin America-based manufacturing facilities are now operating on 100% renewable electricity.
Engineered Shaped Grain Abrasives Take Grinding Productivity to New Heights
| Products Finishing
Unique three-pointed curved grain approach offers advantages for tough grinding applications.
Evonik Develops Infinam FR 4100L 3D Printing Resin for Manufacturing Tough, Ductile, Flame-Retardant Parts
Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing
Once cured, Infinam FR 4100L features high elongation at break, good haptics and an excellent surface finish that can be further machined and polished.
Integrated Conveyor Solutions
| Plastics Technology
NPE 2024: Dynamic Conveyor invites attendees to visit its booth at NPE2024 and see the five conveyor solutions that it is exhibiting.
The AIM Institute and Engel North America Unveil Partnership
| Plastics Technology
Engel North America has provided an E-mac 265/85 injection molding machine to be used by the AIM Institute for education and R&D purposes.