Stainless Steel Sealing Plugs Feature High Corrosion Resistance

| MoldMaking Technology

Reliable injection mold cooling is achieved by Hasco Z9425/.../VA seal plugs, with temperature resistance up to 180°C and up to 10-bar internal pressure.

Gefran hosts Manufacturing Day for students to support education outreach

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to tour Gefran’s North Andover, Mass., U.S. facility on Oct. 6 to learn more about career opportunities in manufacturing.

Carbon fiber chassis halves weight of Krone Big X forage harvester

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

IFW and partners are developing and testing a CFRP chassis for agricultural vehicles, enabling new design possibilities, enhanced torsional stiffness and 50% less weight.

Roth Composite Machinery celebrates 100 years in filament winding, coatings

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Roth’s filament winding and coatings expertise goes back to the merging of three original German companies, which continue to characterize its commitment to quality, innovation and high performance.

TPI Composites, UT advance recycled glass fiber yarn development

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

In Phase II, industrial textile manufacturing methods and equipment will be used to scale the process and optimize the properties of the recycled yarn, leading to eventual commercialization.

Ship & Shore Environmental Provides Biogas Industry with Solutions

| Valve Magazine

Ship & Shore Environmental is making an impact on the biogas industry through solutions for renewable energy generation.

Nueva versión de Cimatron 2024

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Meximold: En el stand 404, Cimatech participa con sus herramientas CAD/CAM destinadas a la industria de herramentales.

Small Staff Operates Lucrative Powder Coating Top Shop

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

Strength in numbers? Not necessarily. Determination, customer loyalty and family values have held up this small family-owned shop after almost 30 years in business, including surviving a natural disaster.

Boring Head Enables Sculpture Hardware to Be Machined on a Lathe

Derek Korn | Production Machining

When small job shop Ansonia Manufacturing took on a tricky hardware component job for a “live” glass art sculpture, it realized a boring head would be needed to machine the part complete on its live-tool lathe.

Molder Repairs Platen Holes with Threaded Inserts

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Automotive molder ITW Deltar Fasteners found new life for the battered bolt holes on its machine platens with a solution that’s designed to last.

Aerodynamic considerations when repairing complex composite structures

Louis Dorworth | CompositesWorld

An example process gives steps and issues to consider when determining the most effective repair method for preserving the aerodynamic surface of a complex-contoured composite sandwich structure.

How to Select the Right Tool Steel for Mold Cavities

| MoldMaking Technology

With cavity steel or alloy selection, there are many variables that can dictate the best option for moldmaking.

Sistema de monitoreo de moldes ProFile, de Progressive Components

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Meximold: ProFile es un sistema de control en la nube que brinda visibilidad en tiempo real y capacidades de gestión de activos para el sector de moldes y maquinaria.      

México: destino atractivo para empresas globales de manufactura

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

México se ha convertido en un punto focal para la expansión de empresas globales interesadas en el incremento comercial que ha generado el T-MEC, entre otros factores.        

Taylor Swift’s Advice for Finishers

Matthew Kirchner | Products Finishing

What happened to taking responsibility?

Matro invertirá 21 millones de dólares en Coahuila

| Modern Machine Shop México

Matro es una empresa de origen coahuilense dedicada a la fabricación y ajuste de troqueles, así como a la producción de piezas estampadas y maquinadas.

Industry Association Campaign Centers Workers Who Recycle Plastic

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Advocacy campaign videos present policymakers with a view of plastic recycling as a manufacturing process from those who do it.
#regulations

IMCO End Mills Enable Aggressive Cutting Parameters

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Westec 2023: M936 Pow-R-Feed end mills enables users to make toolpath moves without slowing down.

Haimer Shrink-Fit Machine Features Integrated Cooling

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Power Clamp Air i4.0 Eco provides smooth and clean cooling of all kinds of toolholders or collets by air, without dirt and water residue.

Digital Thread Enables First-Time-Right 3D Printing

Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop

Connecting all stages of manufacturing, from design to postprocessing, helps break down barriers to industrializing additive manufacturing.

Autodesk, DN Solutions Adopt ModuleWorks Data Exchange

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The Manufacturing Data Exchange Specification is expected to simplify and optimize data transfer between the two companies’ solutions, enabling more effective workflows between the CAM programming office and the shop floor.

Curiteva Implant Manufacturing Process: The Cool Parts Show All Access

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

Todd Reith explains the workflow for creating Curiteva’s 3D printed spine implants from PEEK.