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Automation Service Provides Robotic Solutions for Metalworking Businesses
| Products Finishing
Walter Surface Technologies has expanded its automation and robotic solutions for industrial manufacturers.
3D Printed Reactor Core Makes Solar Fuel Production More Efficient
Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing
The solar reactor uses water and CO2 from the air and sunlight as the energy source to produce carbon-neutral liquid fuels, for example, solar kerosene for aviation.
Heirloom Unveils America’s First Commercial Direct Air Capture Facility
| Valve Magazine
Heirloom Carbon Technologies unveiled a new facility that can capture up to 1,000 tons of CO2 per year, which will be stored in concrete to fulfill commercial removal purchases.
AI-Aided Software Accelerates CAM Programming Time by 80%
| MoldMaking Technology
CAM Assist from CloudNC automatically generates professional machining strategies in seconds, enabling U.S. manufacturers to be more productive, reducing lead times and eliminating the skills gap.
Element Materials Technology invests in hydrogen capabilities
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Backed by recently acquired Filton Systems’ digital engineering and aerospace capabilities and composite tanks testing, and NTS Laboratories’ H2 facility, Element adds new equipment, expands team for H2 advancement.
Armacell improves rPET foam offerings with ArmaPET Struct GRX
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Structural foam core entirely made from recycled plastic bottles imparts efficiency gains, cost optimization and a more sustainable outlook for sandwich structure production.
Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems and NuScale Terminate Project
| Valve Magazine
Despite significant efforts by both parties to advance the CFPP, it appears unlikely that the project will have enough subscription to continue toward deployment.
New Frontier Technologies launches digital twinning, high-fidelity simulation capability
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
3D imaging and analysis capability illustrates detailed, quality characterization and performance simulation of composites and other advanced materials that properly captures the as-manufactured component.
When Additive and Conventional Processes Work Together, the Result Is Manufacturing
Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing
Various recent articles demonstrate 3D printing and established processes finding one another and working together.
Automatización e Industria 4.0: el foco de grupo Wittmann en Plastimagen
Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México
En Plastimagen 2023, Grupo Wittmann destacó soluciones en automatización e Industria 4.0 con aplicaciones en inyección de silicona y celdas de producción con equipos interconectados.
Craftsman Cribsheet No. 121: ISO Turning — What Does it All Mean?
David Wynn | Production Machining
How to make sense of all those different letters and numbers in ISO turning inserts.
Museo Interactivo de Reciclaje llega a la Alcaldía Azcapotzalco
Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México
En Azcapotzalco, Ciudad de México, se presenta el Museo Interactivo de Reciclaje, el primer museo móvil de reciclaje en el mundo dirigido a la educación ambiental de los niños.
Starrett Hosts Students for Educational Manufacturing Day Event
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
Starrett’s event featured guided tours of its headquarters facility and highlighted a range of opportunities in manufacturing innovation and technology.
Time Interconnect Technology invertirá 40 millones de dólares en Tamaulipas
| Modern Machine Shop México
Time Interconnect Technology producirá cables y sus accesorios, principalmente para las industrias de telecomunicaciones, data centers, y equipos médicos y automotrices.
Okuma America Control Features Digital Twin Technology
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
The OSP-P500 control features dual-core processors that provide redundant operations, ensuring uninterrupted machining operations.
Nueva serie de portaherramientas aumenta la eficacia y la precisión del torno
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
El programa C3, de Big Daishowa, es una ampliación de la línea de portaherramientas Big Capto, diseñada para aumentar la eficacia y la precisión de los tornos pequeños.
MMT Chats: Promoting Plastics One Student at a Time
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with Eve Vitale a chief executive with the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Foundation about her passion for plastics via Plastivan—an educational tool whose mission is to change the perception of plastics one classroom at a time. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Dry Film Thickness Gage for Ferrous, Nonferrous Substrates
| Products Finishing
The byko-test 9500 replaces the byko-test 8500 series, providing a dry film thickness gauge for ferrous and nonferrous substrates.
Line of PFAS-Free Process Aids Extended
| Plastics Technology
Reportedly perform as well as fluoro-based PPAs in blown film extrusion.
SPE Mold Technologies to Present Apprentice of the Year Award in 2024
| MoldMaking Technology
The new award gives all domestic and internationally active students, collegiate or apprentices in pursuit of Journey-level credentials as a moldmaker, mold designer or mold repair technician a chance to be recognized.
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Aerospace Xelerated startup program announces year-round model
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Unlike its previous model of annual cohorts, the Boeing-led accelerator program will scout, select and match startups throughout the year for the development of scalable, sustainable solutions for aerospace.
Monitor Tool Wirelessly Tracks Mold Activity
| MoldMaking Technology
Progressive Components’ Bluetooth CVe Monitor RT enables moldmakers to wireless route real-time data from the mold to the cloud for customers to review in ProFile.