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Upgraded Former is Faster, More Precise

| Plastics Technology

New features reportedly offer more efficient production of trays, containers, hinged boxes, pallets, blisters, lids and technical products.

Gardner Business Index: Precision Machining November 2023

Jan Schafer | Production Machining

Precision Machining activity has contracted at about the same rate for three months straight.
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KraussMaffei optimizes SCS process with quick nozzle change module

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Efficiency, resource optimization and environmental responsibility are key focuses behind the seamless switch between flat and round jet nozzles, used for spraying polyurethane onto composite components.

Plataine releases enhanced version of Digital Thread Portal

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The cloud solution delivers digital thread connectivity across multiple sites and organizations, enabling manufacturers to automate material receiving and maintain a complete digital genealogy of their products.

High-Performance Cartridge Heaters Offered With Longer Connecting Cable

| MoldMaking Technology

Electric cartridge heaters from Hasco are now provided with 1,000-mm cable lengths.

GMI Aero enhances digital/physical twin network application for Anita hot bonder

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

EVOLVED-5G project seeks to test, validate and certify, in a vendor-agnostic experimentation 5G platform, Industry 4.0 network applications.

Air New Zealand uses Beta’s Alia for Mission Next Gen Aircraft program

| CompositesWorld

The composites-intensive electric aircraft was purchased to meet the airline’s goal of flying a commercial demonstrator by 2026.

Machining Unleaded Materials — Reliability is Possible

Miles Free | Production Machining

Leaded steel is no longer produced in the United States. How do shops approach unleaded brass and steel machining?

Hablemos de plásticos y economía circular

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

La economía circular integra los conceptos y prácticas de sustentabilidad. Más allá del modelo extractivo de “tomar, fabricar y desechar”, la economía circular busca restaurar y regenerar. ¿Por qué los plásticos podrían ser la bandera de la circularidad?

Finishing Activity Continued to Contract in November, Closing at 43.6

Jan Schafer | Products Finishing

Finishing activity has now contracted for eight months in a row, not unlike other manufacturing segments tracked.

Cobot Creates 'Cell Manufacturing Dream' for Thermoformer

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Kal Plastics deploys Universal Robot trimming cobot for a fraction of the cost and lead time of a CNC machine, cuts trimming time nearly in half and reduces late shipments to under 1% — all while improving employee safety and growth opportunities.

Causes for Cross Contamination

Rodger Talbert | Products Finishing

Cross contamination of powder coatings is often the result of poor habits in the powder room. Powder coating consultant Rodger Talbert offers an example of how to mitigate cross contamination.

Large Plants Plan High Rates of Capital Spending in 2024

Jan Schafer | Modern Machine Shop

Gardner Business Media’s Capital Spending survey projects a modest decline of 7.4% in machine tool spending next year. While job shops are taking a wait-and-see posture, large plants plan robust spending with machining centers leading the way.
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