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Inside the Premium Machine Shop Making Fasteners
Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop
AMPG can’t help but take risks — its management doesn’t know how to run machines. But these risks have enabled it to become a runaway success in its market.
Moldmaking Industry GBI Contracts for Four Months Straight
Jan Schafer | MoldMaking Technology
The GBI Moldmaking ended the month at 45.8, down one point from June, with components contracting or nearing contraction activity.
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July Finishing Activity: Continued Contraction, Closes at 45.1
Jan Schafer | Products Finishing
Finishing activity remained in contraction for July, reporting a 2-point drop for the second month in a row.
JEOL Installing Metal 3D Printer at Cumberland Additive
Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing
This will be the first installation of JEOL’s E-beam system in North America, giving it new opportunities to demonstrate the abilities of the system in a dedicated environment for additive manufacturing.
Racer Machinery Lathe Enables Full Ram Travel
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
The VTX machine series features programmatic indexing of the Y-axis, enabling for extended height to accommodate taller parts.
Production Machining's August 2023 News Highlights
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
Production Machining’s August 2023 news highlights include new company leadership, new headquarters and facilities, advanced manufacturing technology events and more.
Solukon Creates Distribution Partnership with URMA
Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing
URMA is working with Solukon on the automated depowdering of metal parts.
High-Speed Steel Ejector Pins
| Plastics Technology
PCS Company’s new M-2 ejector pins use steel with high carbon content for greater wear resistance.
Polyplastics Group Announces Recycling Initiative to Include Recompounding Service
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
Company will offer mechanically recycled engineering plastics from post industrial materials.
VIDEO: One-Piece, OOA Infusion for Aerospace Composites
| CompositesWorld
Tier-1 aerostructures manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems developed an out-of-autoclave (OOA), one-shot resin infusion process to reduce weight, labor and fasteners for a multi-spar aircraft torque box.
WFL Milling Machines Feature Smart Sensors, Control System
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
M50 Millturn / 3,000 mm and M80X Millturn / 4,500 mm turning-boring-milling machines come equipped with a grinding attachment and a vibration-damped Silent ToolsTM Plus boring bar.
Water Temperature Control Upgraded and Integrated into Machine Control
| Plastics Technology
Engel’s new eco-flomo temperature control system continuously monitors injection mold cooling and temperature control circuits, displaying pressure, temperature and flow rate values.
Portable digital ultrasonic imaging achieves in-service, field and manufacturing inspection
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
CAMX 2023: 2D array ultrasonic NDT for composites, metals and other materials is made possible through Dolpitech’s dolphicam and dolphicam2+ matrix transducer technology.
Mold/Die Software Establishes Higher Productivity for Mold Development
| MoldMaking Technology
Cimatron powers up version 2024 of its CAD/CAM software, providing stronger core capabilities and new tools for advanced moldmaking with an emphasis on automation, simplified UX, productivity, process management and digital connectivity.
Wabash MPI/Carver PNP presses offer new model sizes, feature options
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Customer capabilities for lab or production work have been expanded with 0.5-, 2- and 5-ton pneumatic press models and a variety of new customizable features.
Companies Collaborate to Prove Value of AI for Supply Chain
| Products Finishing
AI-enabled marketplace delivers cost and time savings and improves quality and efficiency in manufacturing on demand and sourcing solutions.
Thermoplastic honeycomb, lightweight solar modules demonstrate sustainability
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
CAMX 2023: Together, EconCore and ThermHex are providing a first look at new product variations for additional lightweight opportunities, including high-performance thermoplastic cores and solar panels with a honeycomb structure.
VIDEO: Benefits of Simulation to the Mold Builder, Molder
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
Mike Skaja, a technical sales representative at Sigmasoft Virtual Molding, discusses the value of simulation in the moldmaking process.
Mubea invertirá 57.7 millones de dólares en Coahuila
| Modern Machine Shop México
Mubea invertirá 57.7 millones de dólares para construir su tercera planta en la entidad, que se ubicará en el municipio de Ramos Arizpe.
Emerging Leader Introduces CNC Swiss to Students
Lori Beckman | Production Machining
Mike Medeiros, production manager at North Easton Machine Co., has been advocating CNC Swiss lathes for years, attempting to persuade his local high school’s administration to add the technology to the school’s machining program. Finally, his efforts paid off.
Five-Layer Polyolefin-Dedicated Film Line
| Plastics Technology
Five-layer line suited to handle PCR.
Verisurf 2024 Features New Productivity Workflows, Device Compatibility
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
The latest update to the Verisurf software includes nearly one hundred new productivity workflows, enhancements and additions to enhance users’ efficiency, quality and throughput,