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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Curiteva on Ti vs PEEK: The Cool Parts Show All Access
Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing
Curiteva produces cervical spine implants using PEEK, but today most spine implants are made of metal — specifically, titanium. There are very good reasons to choose titanium, as Erik Erbe describes in this interview clip. But, PEEK may have the edge in terms of stiffness, osseointegration and another important factor we learned about.
A Look at Lattice: The Cool Parts Show All Access
Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing
Lattice structures are great, but they have to end somewhere. When designing head padding made from lattices, how do you design the surfaces where the pads adhere to the helmet? Marek Moffet, chief technical officer for General Lattice, talks about that here.
Innovation is Revving Up: ‘Manufacturing Explorers’ Season 3
| Additive Manufacturing
Buckle up and join Max and Travis as they talk about the thrills of visiting innovative automotive companies in the premiere of their third and final season of “Manufacturing Explorers,” an IMTS+ original series.
Teknor Apex to Relaunch Terraloy Brand
| Plastics Technology
Brand will include bioderived, recycled and biodegradable formulations.
R&D Leverage Europe to Offer Injection Blow Mold and Tooling Development
| MoldMaking Technology
Investment in equipment for mold validation and sampling, a second Product Solutions Lab and enhancement of technical team expands R&D’s IBM services.
Solid Carbide Drill Designed With Mold Machining in Mind
| MoldMaking Technology
The Walter X·treme Evo Plus DC180 Supreme drill maximizes productivity and process reliability thanks to its Krato·tec AlTiN coating technology.
Flax fiber producer Group Depestele invests in Greenboats GmbH
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Group Depestele acquires a minority share of Greenboats in an effort to redefine the applications of natural fiber-reinforced composites on a global scale.
Vertical Aerospace VX4 program moves to the next phase
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The company’s latest announcement touches on eVTOL flight and program updates, confirming that Vertical is still on track with no changes to the timeline.
OCSiAl to construct European graphene nanotube facility in 2024
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Synthesized graphene nanotubes and other nanotube derivatives at new hub in Serbia will meet customer demand for high-performance EV batteries, polymers.
Plataine publishes composite industry survey results
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Survey findings provide insight from industry players as they navigate global manufacturing challenges and uncertainties, and sustainability and digitalization implementation.