Angela Osborne

3 days ago | mmsonline.com | Angela Osborne

Source: NSK America Corp. NSK America Corp.’s Nakanishi HES high-speed electric spindles enable manufacturers to use existing equipment for a larger variety of operations. Conventional milling machines and machining centers can now do high-speed machining, small-diameter drilling and milling with extremely good surface finishes. The HES spindles come in two versions — a 50,000-rpm or 80,000-rpm maximum.

3 days ago | moldmakingtechnology.com | Angela Osborne

RJG Inc., a provider of injection molding training and technology, now serves as a supplier for iMFLUX’s pre-engineering, installation and service for all hardware and software components. The company will also serve as the hub for all services related to the iMFLUX technology, including education, process engineering support, trial services and parts. RJG says it will continue to support current iMFLUX users while welcoming future ones.

3 days ago | moldmakingtechnology.com | Angela Osborne

EOS’ industrial 3D printing features metal additive manufacturing (AM) technology for optimizing the production process of injection molded plastic parts. Utilizing conformal cooling with direct metal laser melting (DMLS) technology, users can create metal 3D printed parts directly from a CAD model. The main requirement to create such a part is a metal powder in a metal 3D printer, where an ultrafine layer of the metal powder is spread across the building platform.

3 days ago | moldmakingtechnology.com | Angela Osborne

Cimatron’s CAD-AI computer-aided design (CAD) technology accelerates mold design and production by using artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically detect part features within solid models. It is said the technology’s AI-based feature detection capabilities integrate seamlessly with the company’s computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) automation tools to streamline the generation of safe and accurate CNC tool path.

6 days ago | moldmakingtechnology.com | Angela Osborne

SME, formerly known as the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, has released a status report on its Manufacturing Imperative Workforce Pipeline Challenge (MI-WPC), which is working to address the manufacturing industry’s growing workforce and skills gap. In its first year, the initiative has engaged 25 community colleges across 17 states, indicating momentum toward its goal of engaging 1,000 learners per college annually and 75,000 over three years.