Large Scale 3D Printer Offered by Plastics Processing Machinery Company KraussMaffei

| Plastics Technology

KraussMaffei launches PowerPrint, for product sizes up to 10 square meters.

MoldMaking Conference Session Spotlight: Data

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

Want to learn about digital workflows in mold design or ERP or global mold monitoring and asset management or the impact of tooling digitalization?
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Specialized cutting tool equipment accommodates automotive requirements

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2023: Hufschmied’s machining systems, particularly the company’s 194/195 T-Rex cutting tools and carbide cutting blades, are being presented for use on plastics, composites and other materials.

UltiMaker 3D Printer Supports Production Applications

Angela Osborne | Modern Machine Shop

The printer features a temperature-controlled heated build chamber and heated build plate, enabling users to print large production parts with manufacturing-grade ABS.

Oben Group adquiere planta de películas para embalaje flexible en México

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

La planta de producción de películas para empaques flexibles, y el portafolio de productos de la marca KristaFilms, fue adquirido por Oben al Grupo Agusa de México.  

How Summer Heat is Affecting Your Parts

John Miller | Modern Machine Shop

All machines have thermal shift. Follow these tips to keep your tolerances tight even as shop temperatures flucatuate in the warmer months.

Toolholder Solutions for Moldmaking

| MoldMaking Technology

MMC Collet Chucks, SK Collet Chucks and Shrink Fit Toolholders presented by Lyndex-Nikken are designed for accuracy to meet the demands of machining molds.

HRC facilitates development of Karma Automotive ultra-luxury EV

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Low-density GF-SMC decklids, fenders and headlamp brackets will be provided for the GS-6 EV model to achieve weight reduction and higher performance.

Fiberglass products target industrial application needs

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2023: Jrain FRP, with locations in China, Mexico and the U.S., is equipped with 16 years’ of experience engineering, designing and manufacturing fiberglass-reinforced industrial products.

Control Valves for Hydrogen Applications

| Valve Magazine

Proper sizing, material selection and monitoring are as important as ever.

Trivalent Chrome Overview

| Products Finishing

As the finishing industry begins to move away from the use of hexavalent chromium to trivalent chromium, what factors should finishers consider as they make new investments? Mark Schario, chief technology officer for Columbia Chemical offers a helpful overview of this complicated topic.
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Carbon Exoskeleton Technology Enables Freedom in Composite Design

| CompositesWorld

At JEC World 2023, Addyx exhibited their patented water-soluble inflatable mandrel, together with a patented carbon exoskeleton technology. This technology enables greater design freedom, reduced manufacturing costs, and lighter and stronger composite components.

Volkmann Depowdering Station Removes Toxic Materials

Angela Osborne | Modern Machine Shop

The Volkmann additive manufacturing technology is designed to safeguard workers and boost efficiency.

National Composites Week 2023

| CompositesWorld

National Composites Week is August 21-25 and the theme is #CompositesAreNow. The goal of National Composites Week is to celebrate and bring attention to the myriad ways that composite materials and composites manufacturing contributes to the products and structures that shape the American manufacturing landscape today. Learn how you can participate. 

Nikon Metrology adquiere Avonix Imaging

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Ambas empresas impulsarán el desarrollo de nuevos productos, especialmente en las industrias automotriz y aeroespacial.

MicroCare Welcomes Strategic Account Executive

| Products Finishing

Dan Sinclair is rejoining the MicroCare team.

Ciudad de México lidera la acción global contra la contaminación plástica

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

La Ciudad de México se une al Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), iniciativa que busca eliminar la contaminación por plásticos y transitar hacía una economía más circular e inclusiva.  

iTech, nuevo representante de ventas de Netstal para México

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

Netstal, parte del Grupo KraussMaffei, fortalecerá su presencia en el mercado mexicano de piezas moldeadas por inyección con el apoyo de la agencia de  ventas iTech-Global.  

Data: The Dark (and Light) Side of Additive Manufacturing: AM Radio #41

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing relies on and creates large amounts of data. On AM Radio, Stephanie Hendrixson and Dr. Tim Simpson discuss concerns around protecting AM data, plus how data security can bring greater opportunities for this technology. 

Tamaulipas capta 5,000 millones de dólares por nearshoring

| Modern Machine Shop México

El gobierno de Tamaulipas dio a conocer que se han confirmado 51 proyectos que representan una inversión de alrededor de 5,000 millones de dólares.

Recubrimiento de Dillon aumenta la fuerza de sujeción de las mordazas

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Con la adición de carbinita, Dillon Manufacturing ha duplicado eficazmente la fuerza de sujeción de sus mordazas.

Wilmington Expands Lab Capabilities

| Plastics Technology

The 500-ton Lumina 2400HE is available for mold and material trials.