CAD/CAM Helps Team Win Advanced Manufacturing Competition

| Modern Machine Shop

Minnesota State College Southeast’s “Average Joes” team took home the grand prize at the 2023 Project MFG Advanced Manufacturing Competition.
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CNC Machine Shop Employment Positions to Consider Beyond Machine Operators

Derek Korn | Production Machining

Many machine shops have open machine operator positions to fill. But does it make sense for shops to also seek automation engineers, IT managers and assembly personnel?
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Sames North America Opens Powder Lab

| Products Finishing

Sames North America opened the powder lab to provide a platform to highlight its powder applications to customers.

AkzoNobel Invests in Coatings Technology to Support Beverage Can Industry

| Products Finishing

AkzoNobel’s two products in its Accelstyle range and building of a production plant in Spain aim to support the beverage can industry while shifts between materials.

Honeywell to provide Emirates with wheels, brakes for A380 aircraft fleet

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Ten-year agreement for wheels, carbon/carbon brakes will extend overall use life.

CAMX 2023 wraps up in Atlanta

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

A look back on this year’s North American composites expo shows record exhibitor numbers, positive turnout and a successful, comprehensive program.

Solid Carbide Cutter Mills Aluminum

| MoldMaking Technology

Roughing and finishing deep pockets and cavities are the primary feature strengths behind this Walter MC166 Advance cutting tool.

JEC World 2024 spotlights composites sustainability, innovation

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

This past year’s JEC Innovation Planets and awards are returning, with new opportunities like Country on Stage, a Building & Infrastructure Planet and more villages dedicated to specific aspects of the industry.

Altair high-performance computing, cloud platform receives upgrades

| CompositesWorld

Altair is upgrading its HPCWorks platform with tools and integrations that simplify resource, workload and workflow management as well as reporting.

Hydrogen tank rollout, sustainable manufacturing accelerated via Forvia plant

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Forvia is rapidly growing its mobility, distribution and transport solution offerings with a dedicated clean mobility plant in Allenjoie for producing 100,000 Type IV tanks.

Airtech Advanced Materials Group partners with CEAD

| CompositesWorld

The partnership enables Airtech Advanced Materials Group to incorporate CEAD Flexbot systems into its advanced manufacturing portfolio.

Máquina para reciclaje de plástico Repro-Flex Plus, de Polystar

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Repro-FlexPlus, la máquina que Polystar presentó durante Plastimagen, incorpora desgasificación avanzada y filtración en dos estaciones, garantizando materiales plásticos limpios y listos para su reprocesamiento.

Línea de fresas de desbaste reduce las operaciones de alta remoción de metal

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Kyocera SGS Precision Tools amplía su línea de fresas de cinco filos de alto rendimiento Z-Carb HPR con más de 900 nuevas herramientas.

Precision Machining Technology Review November 2023

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Production Machining’s November 2023 technology showcase includes some of the latest technology from Horn USA Inc., Mazak North America, Kyocera SGS Precision Tools Inc., Big Daishowa Inc., Sandvik Coromant and Hamar Laser Instruments Inc.

FFG Celebrates Grand Opening of Technology Center

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The event featured live demonstrations of CNC equipment and vertical/horizontal milling and turning solutions for high-speed, die/mold, heavy duty, multi-axis, multitasking and high-volume machining solutions across various FFG brands.

Continua el crecimiento en el sector inmobiliario industrial de El Bajío

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

La comercialización de espacios se concentra en las industrias automotriz y de manufactura ligera, sectores que representan más del 70 % de la demanda en lo que va de 2023.

Haitian destaca en Plastimagen máquinas inyectoras y soluciones digitales

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

Además de presentar sus máquinas inyectoras en varias aplicaciones, Haitian destacó en su stand Go Factory, una aplicación diseñada para gestionar la información de las máquinas y permitir la administración y el monitoreo remoto.      

Carbon’s EPX 150 Is High-Performance Rigid Resin for Complex Parts, Features

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

EPX 150 is Carbon’s fastest printing, chemically-resistant, high-temperature resin which is purpose-built to print complex parts and features.

How to Evaluate Measurement Uncertainty

Tony Schmitz | Modern Machine Shop

Manufacturing and measurement are closely coupled. An important consideration for the use of measurement results is the associated measurement uncertainty. This article describes common metrology terms and provides an example uncertainty analysis.

Improving carbon fiber SMC simulation for aerospace parts

| CompositesWorld

Simutence and Engenuity demonstrate a virtual process chain enabling evaluation of process-induced fiber orientations for improved structural simulation and failure load prediction of a composite wing rib.

Alttek abrirá Tech Center en Santa Catarina

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Alttek realizará la inauguración de su Tech Center el miércoles 29 de noviembre en el Parque Industrial Martel de Santa Catarina.

Dow lanza convocatoria para los Premios de Innovación en Envases

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

Los Premios de Innovación en Envases de Dow, que reconocen la excelencia en el diseño de envases y promueve la innovación en toda la cadena de valor, han abierto su convocatoria para 2023/2024.