2019-04-30 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Twenty Years of Copper Alloys in Moldmaking(2)
Beryllium Copper or Copper Nickel Alloys Basically there are two families of alloy chemistries that yield high strength, high conductivity alloys that are the best choices for use as molding surfaces ...
2019-04-30 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Twenty Years of Copper Alloys in Moldmaking(1)
A look at where we are today with the integration of copper alloys in mold building. Prior to 1987, there was very limited use of copper alloys as molding surfaces and molds using copper alloy materia...
2019-04-30 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on MTA Welcomes Interest Rate Drop
The UK’s Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) has issued a statement saying that it welcomes the latest British interest rate reduction. Despite the general economic conditions, includin...
2019-04-29 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Hexagon Sets Financial Targets for 2008-2010
Hexagon AB held a capital markets day in early December, which featured an overview of the company’s strategy and focus areas presented via live webcast. During the event, Hexagon announced its ...
2019-04-29 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Mazak Sees Record Output in Worcester
Having completed the latest round of expansion at its Worcester, UK, manufacturing plant, the Japanese machine tool builder Yamazaki Mazak is embarking on a review of the next phase of development at ...
2019-04-29 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on CBI: UK Manufacturing Sector Gearing Down
Further evidence of an upcoming slowdown in the UK economy was revealed when the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) released its December Industrial Trends Survey, a snapshot of the manufacturing...
2019-04-28 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Emco Lands €18-Million Asian Order
The Salzburg, Austria–based mechanical engineering company Emco was successful recently in competing against numerous competitors from Europe, the United States, and Japan to capture a large-sca...
2019-04-28 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Gildemeister Moving Up to MDAX Stock Index
Gildemeister AG, a leading manufacturer of cutting machine tools for the global market, is soon to join the German mid-cap stock index MDAX. Deutsche Börse in Frankfurt made the official announce...
2019-04-28 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on METAV to Link Equipment Makers, Users
The next METAV trade fair will be held in Düsseldorf from March 31 through April 4, 2008. This international fair for manufacturing technology and automation has established itself as the biggest...
2019-04-27 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Standard-Knapp Protects Bottles and Labels with Advanced Soft Placement Module
Zero-Impact Servo System Packs Without Damage Portland, CT-Standard-Knapp, a worldwide leader in the manufacture of innovative packaging machinery, announces its soft placement module for secure, effi...
2019-04-27 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Zero-Impact Servo System helps prevent bottle breakage.
Compatible with several case packer models, soft placement module with motion control gently lowers bottles into cases or trays without damage to label, closure, or container integrity. Steady and pre...
2019-04-27 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on ADSL Router allows secure communication between remote sites.
Supporting ADSL, ADSL 2, and ADSL2+ broadband technologies, DR-250 enables communication with remote sites at speeds to 8 Mbps. It provides 20 encrypted secure tunnels and optional support for up to 2...
2019-04-27 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Vertical CNC Honing Machine integrates air-gauging system
Providing closed-loop control of tool size, along with downloadable SPC data, SV-1005 series machines automatically control hole size to accuracies of 0.00001 in., working on size range of 0.120-2.56 ...
2019-04-26 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Market recovers 5,100 points after rate hike
Chinese stocks have shrugged off the year’s sixth interest rate hike as the major index gained for a third day and recaptured the 5100-point position by close of trading. The benchmark Shanghai ...
2019-04-26 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on China’s A-share IPOs top the world this year
China’s A-share markets raised a total 447 billion yuan (US$60.82 billion) from initial public offerings (IPOs) this year, topping the world in terms of the amount raised, according to China Sec...
2019-04-26 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Advances in automation broaden punching capabilities(2)
When Is Automation Suitable? Standard Product. A standard product in large volumes with a common material type, thickness, and size remains the most obvious application. A consistent range of material...
2019-04-25 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Advances in automation broaden punching capabilities
Increasingly metal fabricators are turning to automated equipment to reduce production downtime and costs, streamline manufacturing, minimize material handling and address a shortage of skilled labor....
2019-04-25 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Bradbury names president
The Bradbury Co., Moundridge, Kan., a manufacturer of metal roll forming and processing equipment, has promoted COO David Cox to president. Cox, who joined the company in 1997, also has served as gene...
2019-04-25 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Surging Demand for Composites Creates Opportunities for Moldmakers(2)
Adapting Machining Centers A few suppliers of machining centers offer models that are suitable for composites, either by themselves or after modification. One such is Haas Automation Inc. (Oxnard, CA)...
2019-04-24 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Surging Demand for Composites Creates Opportunities for Moldmakers
Metal fabrication skills meet needs of composites manufacturing in a range of high-tech operations. Business is booming in aerospace and defense, fueled by record demand for aircraft and by advances i...
