VIDEO: Qualifying Modified H-13 for 3D-Printed Tooling

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

Next Chapter Manufacturing and International Mold Steel discuss their partnership to qualify a modified H-13 for tooling applications.

FDA-Approved Spine Implant Made with PEEK: The Cool Parts Show #63

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

Curiteva now manufactures these cervical spine implants using an unusual 3D printing method: fused strand deposition. Learn how the process works and why it’s a good pairing with PEEK in this episode of The Cool Parts Show. 

Updated Software Reduces Die Design Iterations

| Plastics Technology

New software said to reduce the number of fine-tuning iterations and die development time by at least 50%.  

Danimer, Chevron Expand Biopolymers Partnership

| Plastics Technology

Two companies exploring development and commercialization of materials for blown/cast film, injection molding and rotomolding.  

Inspección visual de moldes con realidad aumentada

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Meximold: En el stand 410, CIM Concept destaca SuPAR, herramienta que posibilita la interacción con información de modelos CAD, PMI y resultados de análisis CAE en un entorno físico.

Video Tech Brief: Five-Axis Machining’s Value for the Medical Industry

Derek Korn | Production Machining

Watch to see how a medical bone plate is created on a five-axis machining center.

Enter to Win a $100 Amazon Gift Card!

| MoldMaking Technology

Moldmakers have curious minds and MMT content helps feed them. Here are 3 questions related to content in the September 2023 issue, answer them and prove us right! Correct answers will enter you into a monthly drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card.

Soluciones integradas de StackTeck y Netstal para preformas PET

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

StackTeck y Netstal combinan fuerzas para mejorar la calificación de los moldes para preformas PET con la incorporación de una máquina Netstal PET-LINE 4000.      

Commodity, Engineering Compounds Include Recycled Content

| Plastics Technology

M. Holland Company announced its Mfinity brand of commodity and engineering resins with recycled content up to 100%.

New Dual-Purpose Relief and Bleed Package in One Unit

| Valve Magazine

Gilmore introduces Agiliti SafeguardPro electro-pneumatic control system.

New Ships to Offer Offshore Microreactors for Emergency Power

| Valve Magazine

New shallow-draft hull ships could supply small-scale nuclear energy to shoreside locations after natural disasters, or to other inaccessible areas.

BAE Systems, Hybrid Air Vehicles agree to explore defense, security applications

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Under a recent MOU, HAV’s ultralow emissions Airlander aircraft will be explored for airborne defense logistics and long-endurance airborne communications and surveillance with large payloads.

Lithium-Ion Battery Processing Facility Announced in Oklahoma

| Valve Magazine

Blue Whale Materials, committed to advancing the battery supply chain, will build its first full-scale processing facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

Aptera joins forces with C.P.C. Group to accelerate solar EV production

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Specialized composite bodies are being produced in Modena, Italy, for Aptera’s BinC vehicle, enabling eventual manufacturing ramp-up of 40 vehicles/day to meet demand targets.

Robotic Metal 3D Printer Automates, Augments AM, Repair and Cladding

| MoldMaking Technology

The ready-to-use Meltio Robot Cell plug-and-play solution integrates Meltio’s metal 3D printing technology with a robotic arm for safe, reliable and automated 3D printing.  

Big Daishowa Brings Back Cutting Tool Incentive to Support Local Schools

| MoldMaking Technology

From October to December 2023, the company is donating a cutting tool certificate valued at 20% of every qualifying order to the buyer’s school of choice.
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MODALT project to validate thermoplastic composite electromobility application

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Zeleros, Aimplas, CMT and Ziur Composite Solutions will develop and test a high-performance energy storage module for integration into modular battery packs, contributing to transportation electrification.

Using CT Scanning to Qualify Molds Faster

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

Software and hardware advances reduce dimensional inspection with part-to-CAD by 70%.

6 Machine Shop Essentials to Stay Competitive

Udo Jahn | Modern Machine Shop

If you want to streamline production and be competitive in the industry, you will need far more than a standard three-axis CNC mill or two-axis CNC lathe and a few measuring tools.

Kays Engineering Gundrilling Machine Increases Accuracy

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Westec 2023: The TechniDrill 2.00-30-48 gundrilling machine drills a large primary hole in a single pass without the need for a pilot hole.

Next-generation airship design enabled by modern composites

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

LTA Research’s proof-of-concept Pathfinder 1 modernizes a fully rigid airship design with a largely carbon fiber composite frame. R&D has already begun on higher volume, more automated manufacturing for the future.

Desafíos y soluciones en el maquinado de grandes piezas

Emily Probst | Modern Machine Shop México

Explore los retos del maquinado de placas grandes y cómo un centro de mecanizado vertical supera estos desafíos con tecnología avanzada.