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Moldmaking-Related Technology Highlights
| MoldMaking Technology
This month’s tech roundup highlights mold materials and other miscellaneous technologies for moldmaking needs.
Seco Tooling Lineup Promotes Optimized Part Processing
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
The company’s expanded tooling lineup is aimed at applications ranging from general ISO turning to high-volume hard turning and deep-hole drilling.
Saint-Gobain Abrasives Announces New Partnership with Dedeco Abrasive Products
Lori Beckman | Products Finishing
Saint-Gobain Abrasives will market Dedeco’s Sunburst line of thermoplastic-bonded abrasives.
Metalworking Activity is Nearing a Full Year of Contraction
Jan Schafer | Modern Machine Shop
Metalworking activity has contracted since October of 2022.
BASF Executive Inducted into WiM Hall of Fame
Lori Beckman | Products Finishing
Kristen Pforr is one of 10 female manufacturing leaders selected for the global award.
Fakuma 2023: Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim to Showcase Joint Recycling Offerings
| Plastics Technology
Virtual PET recycling plant will introduce comprehensive solutions.
CW Top Shops 2023: Honoring global top-performing facilities
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
CW congratulates the 2023 CW Top Shops honorees and composites fabricators whose leaders cite team expansion, focus on Industry 4.0 and adaptation to emerging markets among this year’s top achievements.
Defining a Top Shop: Quality, Quickness, Communication, Community
| Products Finishing
Luke Engineering & Anodizing Co. takes an active role in its community and the industry while also focusing heavily on the quality of its work and employee treatment.
#workforcedevelopment
EPA Announces Selectees for $73 Million in Recycling Infrastructure Grants
| Plastics Technology
25 communities will receive grants under the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling funding opportunity.
IVW research to better determines fiber friction coefficient
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Highly variable system development contributes to the increasing precision and efficiency in the manufacture of filament-wound composite components.
Firefly Aerospace completes composite Blue Ghost lunar lander
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
First of two lunar missions under NASA’s CLPS initiative will launch in 2024 and conduct diverse technology demonstrations and scientific investigations on the moon’s surface.
RTX joins Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project team
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Selected by Boeing, RTX business units Pratt & Whitney and Collins Aerospace will be supporting the X-66A aircraft dedicated to aviation decarbonization.
Infinite Composites signs $1.6 million US Army contract for H2 tanks
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Development of conformable composite fuel tanks for hydrogen storage backs military applications including aircraft, ground support and marine.
MGS Acquires Medical Toolmaker Winther Mould Technology
| MoldMaking Technology
Experienced, integrated healthcare manufacturer expands the group’s tooling capacity while strengthening its global position.
3D-Printed Manifold Engineered to Eradicate Dead Spots Behind Valve Pins
| MoldMaking Technology
Hasco Hot Runner introduces the Steamrunner Shadowfree hot runner system that aims to reduce material waste and elevate product quality in the injection molding process.
Happy Manufacturing Day!
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
This community of mold builders knows that manufacturing matters. It's a vital industry and a valuable career path that we must continue to promote to the next generation.
Toray expands eco-friendly PBT resin offerings
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
New grades include low-warpage and hydrolysis-resistant glass fiber-reinforced grades, with post-consumer chemical- and material-recycled versions in development.
Toray boosts European carbon fiber production capacity
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Toray Carbon Fibers Europe S.A. facility in France will increase to an annual production of 6,000 metric tons of medium and high modulus carbon fiber tows.
Solvay becomes Beta Technologies material supplier for AAM
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Beta Technologies’ electric CTOL and VTOL aircraft will use lightweight composite materials to enable zero-emission passenger and cargo air transit.
Airbus to install fuel-saving sails for maritime operations
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The bound4blue eSail, currently built in part from composites, will further decarbonize Airbus’ transportation of A320 subassemblies from Europe to the U.S.
Flowserve Intends to Terminate Agreement to Acquire Velan
| Valve Magazine
French authorities have informed both Flowserve and Velan that they will not provide the requisite regulatory approval for the sale of Velan to Flowserve.
Editorial Advisory Board 2023-2026: Meet New Board Member Bob VanCoillie, Kenvue, Part of Johnson & Johnson
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
The 2023-2026 version of MoldMaking Technology's EAB features a new crew of industry professionals. Meet Bob VanCoillie.