Tooling Technology

AMRC to add ultrasonic assisted machine tool
New composite machine tool will be the first of its size to be fitted with an ultrasonic-capable spindle for use in five-axis machining applications.

Innovate UK backs Oxford-based automated composite tooling company
Mouldbox has received a grant from the UK innovation agency to develop their machine learning platform and design-to-product composite tooling service. 

Tooling Tech Group acquires Century Tool
Century Tool acquisition makes Tooling Tech Group the largest North American tooling provider.

Moldex takes stake in MCT Engineering
Moldex Composites, the advanced composites division of Rockman Industries is taking a strategic stake in composites firm MCT Engineering.

Ascent Aerospace develops Invar-composite mold material
Ascent Aerospace’s HyVarC is a patent-pending hybrid tooling material comprising Invar and composites.

Weber Manufacturing expands, buys huge machine
Weber has recently installed an innovative, high-speed 5 axis machining center, a 2017 DMU 340 P Unimould by DMG Mori (Bielefeld, Germany), the first of its kind in Ontario and just the third such machine in North America.

Surface Generation opens R&D center
The 10,000-ft2 facility is home to a workshop and research laboratory to develop advanced composite processing technologies and automated production techniques.

Roctool equipment installed at ORNL
Roctool’s large double-zone mold heating and cooling unit will be used at the Manufacturing Demonstration Facility to develop manufacturing processes for a variety of composite materials.

PADT, Stratasys additive manufacturing lab focuses on composite tooling
Phoenix Analysis and Design Technologies and Stratasys have created a first-of-its-kind additive manufacturing lab at Metropolitan State University of Denver (Colorado).

Highlights from 2017 Dept. of Defense Advanced Composite Maintainers meeting
Leaders from military and private industry present and discuss latest developments and future directions for composite structures design, maintenance, repair and sustainability.