Eigen Integrates Ampacet Color Monitoring into Machine Vision Solutions for Plastics

| Plastics Technology

Injection molders, blow molders and extruders looking to avoid downtime and reduce scrap related to defect detection and color monitoring get a single solution for inline quality monitoring and management.  

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.

Husillos auxiliares de alta velocidad: innovación y eficiencia

Derek Korn | Modern Machine Shop México

Explore cómo los husillos de alta velocidad optimizan el mecanizado, ofreciendo flexibilidad y ahorro energético. Conozca sus ventajas y aplicaciones.      

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.

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.

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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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.  

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.

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.

Sistema de tomografía computarizada Metrotom

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Meximold: En el stand 400, Carl Zeiss destaca que el sistema Metrotom tiene la capacidad de escanear múltiples componentes de manera simultánea, lo que simplifica su fijación y se traduce en un significativo ahorro de tiempo.

Innovación en mecanizado: vertical vs. horizontal

Matt Danford | Modern Machine Shop México

Cuando los volúmenes de parte son altos, y el éxito se mide en centavos y segundos, salirse de los centros de mecanizado horizontales requiere un pensamiento creativo sobre robótica, herramientas de corte, sujeción de trabajos y más.

Metal-Detectable Nylon 66 Compounds for Cable Ties, Fasteners

| Plastics Technology

Material targets applications where foreign object contamination causes health concerns and reputational damage.  

Optimización en talleres: el poder del maquinado vertical

Emily Probst | Modern Machine Shop México

RDM Manufacturing Precision CNC necesitaba mejorar la flexibilidad de sus equipos para mantener su amplia variedad de clientes. Invertir en un centro de mecanizado vertical de SMTCL le permitió al taller obtener tasas de remoción de material más altas y mejores acabados superficiales para manejar mejor la demanda.      

Registration Open for Extrusion 2023: All About Sustainability

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Check out an agenda packed with tips and best practices and register for the conference focused on helping you get your extrusion business more sustainable.

How to Achieve Simulation Success in Molding, Part 3: Inputs, Reports and the Analyst

| Plastics Technology

Ultimately the success of this virtual, digital software falls to the real-world, analog humans requesting and completing the analysis.

Marcelo Rossini asume como nuevo CFO en Braskem Idesa

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

Braskem Idesa nombra a Marcelo Rossini como su nuevo director financiero quien aportará su experiencia para impulsar el desempeño financiero de la compañía.  

Micromecanizado en un centro de mecanizado vertical

Derek Korn | Modern Machine Shop México

Con el refinamiento de su proceso de micromecanizado para aceros de herramientas de metal sinterizado, este taller ha reducido costos de producción, tiempos de ciclo y trabajo secundario en banco para componentes complejos de herramental.      

Weima será el reciclador oficial para NPE2024

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Weima se une a NPE2024 como reciclador oficial, ofreciendo una experiencia inmersiva en reciclaje de plástico en la que se procesarán los desechos generados en la feria.      

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.

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.

Pay Attention to These 7 Themes at TASC

Evan Doran | Production Machining

Looking to automate your shop floor? The Automated Shop Conference (TASC) will connect shops with experts who can advise them through this transition. 

AMT and SME Form Strategic Partnership for Workforce Development

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The partnership focuses on leveraging the strengths and resources of each organization for the betterment and advancement of the industry through three key areas which include workforce development, educational products and services, and student events.
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