Manufacturing Madness: When to Speed It Up and When to Slow it Down

Matthew Kirchner | Products Finishing

I love March Madness!

Virtual Foundry’s M300 Tool Steel Filamet Offers Strength, Versatility for FFF 3D Printing

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The Virtual Foundry developed its M300 Tool Steel Filamet material for fused filament fabrication, offering compatibility with a variety of 3D printers.

Master Cut celebra su 30 aniversario

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

Matias Teniente, director general de Master Cut, dijo que a lo largo de 30 años el recubrimiento y la vida útil de las herramientas han tenido cambios significativos en la evolución del sector.

Fiberglass conduit manufacturer grows into new products, infrastructure applications

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

Texas-based Champion Fiberglass, a five-time CW Top Shops honoree, expands its success in the fiberglass composite conduit market into new applications and products, looking toward future automation and sustainability initiatives.

Insight Masterbatches Improve Appearance of PLA, PETG FDM Systems, and More News of Note

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

America Makes names winners of EARTH Project totaling $1.2 million | The Virtual Foundry developed its M300 Tool Steel Filamet material for fused filament fabrication, offering compatibility with a variety of 3D printers.

Explore Orlando's Night Life During NPE2024

| Plastics Technology

Orlando is home to a wide variety of evening entertainment and experiences — check them out while you’re at NPE2024.

Insertos cerámicos de Walter que permiten un torneado y fresado eficaces

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Los insertos cerámicos SiAlON, de Walter, cuentan con alto contenido de aluminio y son eficaces en el mecanizado de materiales de superaleación.

Interpon Helps Aluminum Coating Business with Sustainability

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

DFV is partnering with AkzoNobel Powder Coatings to keep the business out in front by using an Interpon powder coating technology that can make aluminum look like wood.

Looking Back: The Columnists

| Products Finishing

Many industrial/technical journals consist of a well-rounded mixture of technical papers, practical articles about technology and how-to-do-it features, including this one, Products Finishing.  In its decades of publication, the AESF/NASF journal, Plating & Surface Finishing also endeavored to meet this need.  Among the many features were those of the columnists, recognized experts who had expertise in certain segments of the surface finishing industry.  This article contains a sampling of columns published in P&SF over the years, which still retain information of importance even today.

Get in the Zones: Take Deep Dives Into Key Technology Areas

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Visit these specialized areas and meet exhibitors that feature products and services tailored to specialized technology areas.   

Tungaloy Modular Turning System Provides High Repeatability

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The ModuMiniTurn tool system incorporates a specialized coupling mechanism between the modular head and tool shank.

How I Made It: Nick Pinkston, Founder/CEO, Volition

Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop

Nick Pinkston is a serial entrepreneur in the manufacturing technology space whose startups include CloudFab, Plethora and Volition, an online marketplace that’s designed to make finding and buying off-the-shelf components easier. 

Production Machining's February 2024 News Highlights

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Production Machining’s February 2024 news highlights include new facilities and expansions, partnerships, anniversaries and more.

Siemens’ Engineering HEEDS AI Simulation Predictor Optimizes Additive Manufacturing

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The HEEDS AI Simulation Predictor empowers organizations to take full advantage of the digital twin to optimize products through advanced state-of-the-art artificial intelligence with built-in accuracy awareness.

Longtime composites leader Scott Beckwith passes away at age 82

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Dr. Scott Williams Beckwith held a distinguished and well-respected career in composites, serving nearly 50 years at SAMPE in addition to forming his own composites consulting company.

Broetje-Automation demonstrates rCF placement via AFP

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Through the ScrapSeRO project, the system integrator and machine builder successfully processed recycled composites, in addition to more traditional materials, via its highly flexible Staxx One system.

Wilson Plans to Sell Customizable Airless, 3D Printed Basketball

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

This limited-edition Wilson Airless Gen1 basketball offering enhanced customization and color options will be available for purchase on Feb. 16.

Hyfer Objects furniture incorporates Sulapac wood composites

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

High-end design furniture is 3D printed from bio-based, eco-friendly materials for aesthetic and sustainable home product options.

At General Atomics, Do Unmanned Aerial Systems Reveal the Future of Aircraft Manufacturing?

Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing

The maker of the Predator and SkyGuardian remote aircraft can implement additive manufacturing more rapidly and widely than the makers of other types of planes. The role of 3D printing in current and future UAS components hints at how far AM can go to save cost and time in aircraft production and design.

ModuleWorks se asocia con DN Solutions en el desarrollo de software para máquinas-herramienta

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

DN Solutions aprovecha los recursos de desarrollo de software de ModuleWorks para avanzar en sus ciclos de mecanizado automatizados y soluciones asistidas por el usuario.

A3 Commemorates 50 Years as an Organization

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

The Association for Advancing Automation now represents more than 1,280 member companies around the world.

Extensive Evaluations Build The Plastek Group’s EDM Arsenal

Peggy Malnati | MoldMaking Technology

Sinker and wire EDMs selected for speed, volumetric accuracy, surface finish, reliability, cost of ownership and extensive warranty.