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Next Generation Secure and High-quality Aluminum Threading

Fabricating & Metal Work

The CoroTap 400 forming tap has an optimized lobe shape developed for aluminum machining and a low friction-coefficient surface treatment for a smooth and polished thread surface finish. Finally, staggered coolant holes offer excellent coolant flow into the thread-forming zone and a safe forming process.

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AM Produced Mandrels provide new opportunities for composite manufacturers

AU Manufacturing

Coinciding with the rapid growth in demand for products made from composite materials — which are inherently stronger, lighter, and more environmentally resistant than conventional materials — AM is today set to revolutionize composite production in the defence, aerospace, and additional industries.

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An industry in the making: diverting wind turbine blades from landfill

E&T

They’re made of two forms of hardy plastic resins: thermosets and thermoplastics. The first forms an irreversible solid polymer that is most common and hardest to recycle, while the latter is considered simpler to remelt and recycle. Blades, on the other hand, are not. Zebra wind turbine blade. Image credit: Zebra.

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How Implementing a Modern ERP Creates Cost Savings and Business Benefits

Fabricating & Metal Work

This commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Epicor shows how four manufacturing organizations combined to form a single composite organization leveraged Epicor Kinetic to achieve the resilience and scalability needed to continue growing.

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Additive Manufacturing Hardware: 2022 Roundup of New Solutions

Additive Manufacturing

Highlights included more options for printing bigger and smaller, printing electronics and composites, and a couple of open platforms to allow more material development for industry and researchers. Desktop Metal Introduces All-New Digital Sheet Metal Forming Technology with Figur G15: Desktop Metal, Inc.

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Back Story: Rebekah Reavell, ‘Follow what you want to do, even if it seems scary’

E&T

Before that I completed a Bachelors in mechanical engineering with automotive at Leeds. At my all-girls school, I was encouraged to study English and Economics A Levels because I enjoyed reading, but halfway through, I decided to change career direction and follow my passion for automotive racing.

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Tackle New Materials with Confidence Thanks to Breakthroughs in Abrasive Solutions

Fabricating & Metal Work

s (Clarence, NY) Dynastraight® Series of portable air-powered abrasive tools feature an ergonomically designed, lightweight composite housing which reduces tool vibration and is thermal-insulated to prevent cold air transmission to the operator. The Cevolution technology is ceramic in its sharpest form. Dynabrade, Inc.’s