MTA Achieves TAF Awards Success
The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) took two prizes at the prestigious Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards event held recently. The association won for best exhibition for its pr...
Dassault Wins Microsoft Partner Award
Dassault Systems, a leading developer of 3D and product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, has won the 2008 Microsoft Partner of the Year for Global ISV Technology Innovation Partner of the Year Sp...
Walter to Show On-Line System at AMB
The new Toolshop on-line cutting-tool selection and ordering system created by the precision tool manufacturer Walter AG will be available live at the AMB stand of the company’s sales organizati...
Fanuc CNC Novice Is Competition Winner
Scania Gymnasium student Tobias Gustafsson and his partner Max Freiman, representing Sweden, placed first in the Scandinavian round of the WorldSkills CNC Turning Competition at the recent Verktygsmas...
Surfware Hires Managing Director for Sales
Peter Marton has joined Surfware Inc., the developer of SURFCAM® Velocity CAD/CAM systems, taking the position of sales managing director. Marton has an extensive background in CAD/CAM/CAE and man...
Magnetic plates save die cutting set-up, costs
A flexible magnetic die (or plate) can be used to die cut various substrates and saves set-up time and money as a flexible plate is less expensive than a solid rotary die. Rotoflex Tooling (a division...
ATM removed plastics flash automatically
A specialist plastics company wanted an automatic system to remove moulding flash, which meant ATM Automation had to meet design, process and health and safety requirements. When specialist plastics u...
Plastics compressor poppet valves replace metals
A US moulder said that compressor valve improvements such as reduced fluid leakage, noise reduction, longer valve life, and cost reduction are achieved by using a high performance thermoplastic. Victr...
Flame-retardant moulding materials certified
SABIC Innovative Plastics has acquired VDE Certification of 10 flame-retardant moulding materials for household appliance applications; some materials speed up moulding processes. To help household ap...
Import CAD models into Moldflow analysis
Moldflow has released its Moldflow Design Link 6.0 that allows the direct import of solid geometry data from some of the world’s leading CAD systems into Moldflow’s analysis solutions. Mol...
Robotised injection moulders are energy-efficient
Presenting at Fakuma its energy-efficient injection moulding production and robotic systems innovation, Arburg provides individual consulting about process optimisation. Robot loaded injection moulder...
Injection moulders optimise energy at Fakuma
At Europe’s Fakuma show, Engel will present ‘energy optimised’, powerful injection moulding machine designs including all-electric models and the Engel e-victory hybrid machine. Ener...
LFI part inmould painting enters series production
Tractor engine covers made of fibre-reinforced PUR in a LFI process, are being given a high-gloss surface finish in the mould in series production in India, said Krauss-Maffei. Krauss-Maffei announced...
Manual aids plastics moulding robot automation
ATM has launched its Modular Robotic Tooling Solutions manual, which covers a complete range of gripper and tooling components for plastics moulding automation systems. ATM has very close links to the...
Connectors speed up mould changes
Using quick release connectors in place of fixed connections for mould cooling water, hydraulics, nitrogen and electronics systems produces significant reduction in mould change times. The total time ...
Latest SL materials are tough and durable
Huntsman will be demonstrating stereo lithography materials including the toughest, ultra-clear low viscosity SL resin currently available and highly durable photopolymers. At the UK’s TCT 2008 ...
Rubber extruders ensure high output rates
The hot-feed extruders integrated into Krauss Maffei’s Multiplex extrusion lines are suited for processing rubber compounds with a high natural rubber share at high output rates. The hot-feed ex...
Steel prices may continue to be under pressure
As the margins for billet producers are at near record levels, there is no expectation of a production cutback. This is likely to exert further pressure on steel prices during the rest of the current ...
ASIAN AVERAGE CARBON STEEL PRICES – LATEST FORECASTS FROM MEPS
In the flat products category, our July forecasts are little changed from the previous month. Transaction values are expected to continue climbing from September onwards. An increase in the price of o...
China Focus: Olympics brings booming business to onetime fakes market
BEIJING, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — Many stallholders at the Silk Street Market, once known as Beijing’s largest bazaar for fakes, have been exhilarated this month at seeing throngs of forei...