How to Select the Right Tooling for Pipe Extrusion

| Plastics Technology

In pipe extrusion, selecting or building a complementary set of tooling often poses challenges due to a range of qualitative factors. Here’s some guidance to help you out.  

MoldMaking Technology's Most-Viewed Content of 2023

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

The most popular MoldMaking Technology content according to analytics reports over the past 12 months.

Unisig Enhances Parts Inventory Management System

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The company has added two new SSI Schafer Logimat vertical lift modules to keep parts organized and optimize inventory tracking.

Flexxbotics Software Enables Robot-Driven Manufacturing

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Flexxbotics’ workcell digitalization delivers robot-driven manufacturing at scale with autonomous process control for advanced machining operations.

3D Systems Develops C-103 Metal Alloy for Challenging Environments

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

This niobium alloy with hafnium and titanium alloying elements is resistant to decomposition by heat, pressure or chemical attack and thus retains its strength and form at high temperatures.  

Tempus, de Renishaw, reduce tiempos en manufactura aditiva de metal

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Un nuevo algoritmo de escaneo para la serie RenAM 500, de Renishaw, permite que el láser se dispare mientras el recubridor está en movimiento, lo que puede reducir el tiempo de construcción hasta en un 50 % sin afectar la calidad de la pieza.

Walter Turning Grades Reduce Machining Times

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The WKP01G and WPP05G grades are ideal for continuous cutting and occasional interrupted cuts in high-tensile materials.

Renishaw RenAM 500Q Ultra AM System Features Productivity-Boosting Tempus Technology

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The Tempus technology incorporates scanning algorithms that enable the laser to fire while the recoater is moving, saving up to nine seconds per build layer.

Top 10 CompositesWorld news items of 2023

Cara Ready | CompositesWorld

Explore 2023’s standout moments in the composites industry with CW's compilation of the top 10 news articles, determined by Google Analytics. 

Manufacturing tech for scalable Type V hydrogen tank fabrication, CFRP lifecycle management

Stewart Mitchell | CompositesWorld

Cygnet Texkimp’s Multi Roll Stack and composite recycling technology catalyze ASCEND program’s mission to optimize aerospace, automotive hydrogen storage and CFRP sustainability.

Haitian inaugura centro de capacitación y servicio en Nuevo León

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

Con instalaciones modernas y un enfoque en el nearshoring, el centro refleja el compromiso de Haitian con el mercado mexicano, ofreciendo servicios de alta calidad y capacitación especializada para impulsar el éxito continuo de la industria del plástico en la región noroeste de México.  

5 Benefits of Having a Manageable Backlog

Udo Jahn | Modern Machine Shop

Shops must effectively deal with workloads and not let the backlog grow too large in order to keep customers satisfied.

Omni Tanker, Lockheed Martin complete composite hydrogen storage tank project

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

The collaborative project includes Type IV and Type V tank demonstrators for storing and transporting cryogenic and liquid hydrogen, helium and more.

Versatile End Mills Key for Moldmaking Operations

| MoldMaking Technology

Said to be impossible to clog, the new series of Pow-R-Feed M936 cutting tools from IMCO Carbide Tool delivers free cutting at fast part cycles and high speeds and extended tool life in die steels.   

Siemens Energy Named Preferred Supplier for Advanced Fission Power Plant Deployments for Oklo

| Valve Magazine

Siemens Energy to become preferred supplier for steam turbines and generator technology for Oklo’s Aurora line.

Top 10 Markets for Polyethylene Film Extrusion | #9 Agricultural Film

| Plastics Technology

Editorial director Jim Callari continues his conversation with Mastio & Co president Kevin Huntsman, on the largest markets for Polyethylene Film Extrusion. Next on the countdown of largest markets for polyethylene film extrusion is agricultural film

Piezas con precisión micrométrica en el telescopio más grande del mundo

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

En los próximos años entrará en funcionamiento en Chile el telescopio óptico más grande del mundo: el Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), con un diámetro de espejo de 39 metros. El centro de mecanizado G750 de Grob permite al consorcio encargado de la construcción fabricar componentes de aluminio grandes y precisos.

Grado de torneado de Sandvik Coromant proporciona desbaste de alta alimentación

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Diseñado para proporcionar altos índices de remoción de metal en condiciones estables, Sandvik Coromant destaca el grado de torneado de acero GC4405.

Sweden's Site Zero Sorts Plastic Packaging Waste Into 12 Fractions

| Plastics Technology

Svensk Plastatervinning polymer sorting plant has a 3.1-mile sorting line that separates postconsumer waste, including polyeolefins, PET, PS, EPS, PVC and more for recycling.

3D Printing Brings Sustainability, Accessibility to Glass Manufacturing

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

Australian startup Maple Glass Printing has developed a process for extruding glass into artwork, lab implements and architectural elements. Along the way, the company has also found more efficient ways of recycling this material.

PaintExpo 2024 Highlights Coating Processes of the Future

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

The industrial coating technology industry is increasingly focusing on sustainable and energy-efficient processes. This trend will be reflected at the PaintExpo 2024, April 2-9, 2024 in Karlsruhe, Germany. 

Anuncian ganadores del Desafío de Innovación Circular 2023

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

El equipo SCPB de Tailandia ganó el Desafío de Innovación Circular 2023 con un ladrillo que, además de ofrecer resistencia estructural, está elaborado a partir de materiales reciclados. El concurso fue organizado por Indorama Ventures y otros socios.