High-temperature tooling boards, liquids, adhesives and fabrics

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2023: One-stop shop supplier Freeman Manufacturing & Supply is featuring its tried-and-true composites industry staples, as well as a more recent addition, the RenShape BM-5060 epoxy board.

MoldMaking Conference Session Spotlight: Workforce Development & People Operating Systems

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

Want to learn what a people operating system is and what's really holding manufacturing back?

Hagan Named SPE Thermoformer of the Year

| Plastics Technology

Fifty year veteran of thermoforming industry to receive award during October’s conference.  

Oerlikon Balzers y ITP Aero firman contrato para uso de recubrimientos

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Oerlikon Balzers firmó un contrato de diez años con ITP Aero para utilizar su nuevo recubrimiento resistente al desgaste por alta temperatura, en los componentes de motor aeronáutico de próxima generación.  

Silica-free Abrasive Compounds Offer Improved Health, Safety

| Products Finishing

Osborn has a line of silica-free abrasive compounds that offer both employee and environmental benefits.

MMC de Zeiss acorta el tiempo de configuración

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Zeiss Industrial Quality Solutions presenta la MMC multisensor O-Inspect, la cual optimiza el campo de imagen y permite realizar mediciones exhaustivas por contacto.

Inyección y sistemas de colada caliente en Meximold Tech Preview

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Conéctese en línea, y sin costo, los próximos 9 y 10 de agosto para ver un adelanto de las tecnologías y nuevos desarrollos que se verán en Meximold sobre inyección de plásticos y sistemas de colada caliente.

Shrink-Fit System Offers OneTouch Displays, Rapid Tool Cooling

Angela Osborne | Production Machining

The US1100 shrink-fit machines are available with the Pyrometer Coil technology included as standard, with direct temperature monitoring for reliable and stable tool shrinking.

Silicon carbide foam provides benefits in high-temperature, corrosive environments

| CompositesWorld

CAMX 2023: ERG Aerospace’s Duocel silicon carbide foam has a working temperature of 3,600ºF, designed for hypersonic application and high-temperature, corrosive environments.

Siemens Partners With Intrinsic on AI-Based Robotics, Automation

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

The two companies plan to investigate new methods to seamlessly bridge the gaps between robotics, automation engineering and IT development.

Pursuit of Parts Collector Spearheads New Enterprise

Lori Beckman | Production Machining

While searching for a small parts accumulator for Swiss-type lathes, this machine shop CEO not only found what he was looking for but also discovered how to become a distributor for the unique product.

Integrated PET Plant Due Onstream in 2025

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Corpus Christi Polymers Plant to produce 2.4 billion lb/yr of PET and another 2.8 billion lb/yr of PET precursor purified terephthalic acid.  

Clúster de Plásticos de Querétaro busca impulsar la economía circular

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

La alianza entre el Clúster de Plásticos de Querétaro, PTB y EMA fortalece la economía circular y respalda el desarrollo de laboratorios y normas de calidad.

ABB's Expanded Robot Lineup Provides Sustainable Production

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The next-generation models are suitable for payloads ranging from 150 kg to 310 kg, with a reach from 2.5 m to 3.2 m.

Polymer additive system, services bridge the gap between design and manufacturing

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2023: Center Street Technologies’ large-scale hybrid 3D printer, paired with its advanced manufacturing confluence (AMC) system, provides a comprehensive additive/subtractive process flow on a single system.

Diamond-Coated End Mills for Machining Electrodes

| MoldMaking Technology

Adding on to Crystallume’s Standard Premium and Lightning coatings is Stealth, the company’s thinnest diamond coating for highly detailed moldmaking work.

Henkel Adhesive Technologies, Bluecrux transform customer-centric supply chain

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Composites material supplier embraces digitization as one tool in a plan focused on improving the customer experience, which then adds to its value and competitive advantage.

AIM Institute Deepens Mold Maintenance Training Course Learning

| MoldMaking Technology

Acquisition of specialized equipment used in conjunction with MoldTrax mold maintenance training courses adds to AIM’s virtual and in-person course curriculum for the injection molding industry.

Dura Composites enters joint venture with Mekina Industries

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The GFRP permanent formwork specialist, adding to Dura Composites’ 27 years of supplying structural walkways to infrastructure markets, aims to further its own composite construction products.

High-performance fire-retardant resin series for composites

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2023: AOC’s Firepel R003 resin technology series are low viscosity, non-filled and non-halogenated polyester resins that meet the challenges of EV battery enclosures, mass transportation and architectural projects.

How to Achieve Simulation Success, Part 2: Material Characterization

| Plastics Technology

Depending on whether or not your chosen material is in the simulation database — and sometimes even if it is — analysts will have some important choices to make and factors to be aware of. Learn them here.

Progalvano Opens Headquarters, Invites Attendees to Open House

| Products Finishing

The Progalvano open house featured a tour of the production facilities and other general activities.