Use Plunging to Increase Metal Removal Rates
Recent cutting tool innovation—as well as new CAM programming techniques—make plunging a more popular approach. By Tom Raun Plunging—or as it has been recently called in the Midwest,...
2019-05-26 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Use Plunging to Increase Metal Removal Rates
Recent cutting tool innovation—as well as new CAM programming techniques—make plunging a more popular approach. By Tom Raun Plunging—or as it has been recently called in the Midwest,...
2019-05-26 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on A Copper-Nickel-Silicon-Chromium Alloy for Mold Tooling(2)
Microstructure An SEM micrograph (backscattered electron image) of a polished CNS-V sample is shown in Figure 3. The large 10 micron regions are Ni2Si particles, while the smaller dark regions are Cr2...
2019-05-25 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on A Copper-Nickel-Silicon-Chromium Alloy for Mold Tooling
A review of the physical and mechanical properties of one copper alloy system will help moldmakers better understand how this alloy will perform thermally and mechanically in applications. By Robert E...
2019-05-25 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on China to build 1st 3G nuclear plant in March
The construction of China’s first third-generation nuclear plant, the Sanmen power plant, is set to begin in March, the State Nuclear Power Technology Company (SNPTC) said Thursday. Wang Bi...
2019-05-25 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Sino-Brazilian trade up 42.55% in 2007
Trade between Brazil and China amounted to $23.367 billion in 2007, up 42.55 percent over 2006, according to the Brazilian Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade. China has replaced Argen...
2019-05-24 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Japan eases regulations on spinach imports from China
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has ended compulsory inspections of frozen spinach exported by eight Chinese companies, said China’s top quality control agency. The General A...
2019-05-24 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on German-Japanese venture acquires APEC
Joint venture purchase strengthens medical moulding role. Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership, the $1bn Americas joint venture between the German seal and component maker Freudenberg and Japan’s...
2019-05-24 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Lanxess hikes prices by 5%
Cost pressures lead to rises across entire portfolio. Lanxess Business Unit Basic Chemicals has increased its prices worldwide by 5% for its entire product portfolio due to cost pressures. The special...
2019-05-23 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Brose to make composite carriers
German firm invests more than EURO 3m in facility. German vehicle door and seat component supplier Brose Fahrzeugteile is poised to start producing its composite door-module carrier using new Hus...
2019-05-23 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Petcore approves MXD-6 resin for PET recycling
The barrier polyamide is cleared for bottle-to-fibre recycling applications. Petcore, the European industry association promoting sustainable PET bottle use and recycling, has approved bottle blends c...
2019-05-23 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Battenfeld Injection Moulding files for insolvency
Austrian machinery company says move due to unexpected sale. Following what it described as a “surprising and unexpected” change in ownership, Austrian-based machine business Battenfeld Ku...
2019-05-22 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on PennEngineering files complaints against fastener manufacturers
PennEngineering®, Danboro, Pa., has served complaints on six fastener manufacturers that attended the National Industrial Fastener Show/West in Las Vegas in November. The complaint alleges that th...
2019-05-22 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on MTC expands foreign-language software, staff in Latin America
MTC Software Inc., Lockport, N.Y., a provider of nesting software for sheet and plate fabrication, has expanded its product, sales, technical support, and marketing for customers in Latin America by a...
2019-05-22 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Tape / Fiber Placement
Tape placement is an advanced composites process that orients resin preimpregnated high-strength reinforcement fibers in specific directions. Part weight is minimized by concentrating high strength in...
2019-05-21 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Structural Reaction Injection Molding (SRIM)
This process uses two resin components which are combined and mixed together, then injected into a mold cavity containing reinforcement. In the mold cavity, the resin rapidly reacts and cures to form ...
2019-05-21 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Pultrusion
Pultrusion is a continuous method of manufacturing various reinforced plastic shapes of uniform cross sections. Glass reinforcements, such as unidirectional rovings or multi-directional glass fiber ma...
2019-05-21 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Pulshaping
One of the greatest limitations of the pultrusion process is its inability to permit the manufacture of fiber reinforced plastics of varying cross-sections in the axial direction. Pulshaping is a revo...
2019-05-21 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Hand Lay-Up
Hand lay-up is the simplest and oldest open molding method of the composite fabrication processes. It is a low volume, labor intensive method suited especially for large components, such as boat hulls...
2019-05-20 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Almen Strips meet aerospace specification requirements
Used to quantify intensity of shot stream during shot peening process, Almen A, N, or C strips are available in Grades 3, 2, 1, and 1-S. They can be provided to any specification, from standard MIL to...
2019-05-20 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on New labor contract law changes employment landscape(2)
Although the law raised human resources costs of a company, it would enhance staff loyalty and reduce invisible costs, he said. The law was welcomed by employees. Huang Shuiyou, a worker from Shaoguan...