Plastic Injection Guide

2019-03-29 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on German Machine Tool Makers Stage

Around 600 top-level experts representing India’s automobile and related supplier industries, mechanical engineering, electronics manufacturing, and aerospace, attended a pair of symposia staged...

2019-03-29 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Studer Engineer Wins World Skills Competition in Shizuoka, Japan

Adrian Trachsel, a 22-year-old mechatronic engineer with Fritz Studer AG, was awarded a gold medal at the World Skills competition held in mid-November in Shizuoka, Japan. Trachsel and his team partne...

2019-03-28 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Hipermoulding Software Launched

The final European Hipermoulding project meeting, held recently in the Netherlands, saw the launch of Hipermoulding software for thermal management in injection moulds. This R&D project, led in th...

2019-03-28 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Manufacturing employment, compensation, recruiting difficulty down

The current SHRM/Rutgers LINE® survey indicates that employment expectations for December 2007 have dropped in the manufacturing sector. New-hire compensation is lower than it was a year ago. The ...

2019-03-28 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on U. S. Steel proposes $1 billion capital investment in Clairton Plant

United States Steel Corp. has announced that it is considering a $1 billion capital investment program at its Clairton Plant coke making operation near Pittsburgh that will enhance the company’s...

2019-03-27 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Flow signs option agreement to acquire OMAX

Flow International Corp., a developer and manufacturer of industrial waterjet machines used for cutting and cleaning applications, announced that it has signed an exclusive option agreement to negotia...

2019-03-27 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Red Bud Industries announces new building expansion

Red Bud Industries, Red Bud, Ill., a manufacturer of coil processing equipment, recently announced an expansion that will double its manufacturing facility to more than 200,000 sq. ft. The expansion w...

2019-03-27 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Choosing a gouging method

Advantages and disadvantages of plasma, air carbon-arc gouging By Robert Fernicola May 9, 2006 Plasma gouging and air carbon-arc gouging have their advantages and disadvantages. The most distinct diff...

2019-03-27 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago

The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology, will retur...

2019-03-26 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on How FORGINGS compare to Reinforced Plastics/Composite (RP/C)

Forgings offer greater productivity. New advanced-composite part designs may often require long lead times and substantial development costs. The high production rates possible in forging cannot yet b...

2019-03-26 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on How FORGINGS compare to Powder Metal Parts (P/M)

Forgings are stronger. Low standard mechanical properties (e.g. tensile strength) are typical of P/M parts. The grain flow of a forging ensures strength at critical stress points. Forgings offer highe...

2019-03-26 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on How FORGINGS compare to Machined Bar/Plate

Forgings offer broader size range of desired material grades. Sizes and shapes of products made from steel bar and plate are limited to the dimensions in which these materials are supplied. Often, for...

2019-03-25 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on How FORGINGS compare to Weldments/Fabrications

Forgings offer production economies, material savings. Welded fabrications are more costly in high volume production runs. In fact, fabricated parts are a traditional source of forging conversions as ...

2019-03-25 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on How FORGINGS compare to Castings

Forgings are stronger. Casting cannot obtain the strengthening effects of hot and cold working. Forging surpasses casting in predictable strength properties – producing superior strength that is...

2019-03-25 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Los avances en automatizacíon amplían las capacidades del punzonado

How to automate your punching operation By Anthony Marzullo July 10, 2007 Increasingly metal fabricators are turning to automated equipment to reduce production downtime and costs, streamline manufact...

2019-03-24 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on Manufacturing employment, compensation, recruiting difficulty down

The current SHRM/Rutgers LINE® survey indicates that employment expectations for December 2007 have dropped in the manufacturing sector. New-hire compensation is lower than it was a year ago. The ...

2019-03-24 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago

The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology, will retur...

2019-03-24 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on LVD launches global branding initiative

LVD Co. n.v., Gullegem, Belgium, has launched a global branding initiative designed to unite all of the company’s sales subsidiaries and products under the LVD brand name and the baseline "...

2019-03-23 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on MTC Software expands Asia-Pacific operation

MTC Software Inc., Lockport, N.Y., a developer of software for CNC sheet and plate cutting, has opened a sales and applications support facility in Singapore. Working closely with the company’s ...

2019-03-23 Plastic Injection Guide Comments Off on China to allow foreign govts to issue yuan bonds

China is mulling over a decision to allow qualified foreign governments to issue yuan-denominated bonds on domestic capital market, the country’s Finance Minister Xie Xuren said Saturday. "...