#AUTOMOTIVE

Harbour Results, AutoForecast Solutions Release Battery-Electric Vehicle Market Study

The study analyzes the transition from an industry dominated by the internal combustion engine to battery-electric mobility and its impact on the supply chain, which will have ripple effects from automakers to tool and die shops.

Hot Runners

Hot Runner Technologies Advance Quality Surface Requirements in Automotive

Oerlikon HRSflow hot runner systems combine cost-efficient production with a precise process control for a variety of automotive applications.

What Electric Vehicles Mean to Mold Builders

Harbour Results CEO Laurie Harbour on why EVs make the situation at mold and tool shops more challenging.

Axiom Group Adopts New CRM System, Campfire Interactive

Axiom’s new CRM tool supports its recent U.S. expansion and the new united corporate structure to help better serve clients’ needs, improving quoting, supply chain management and communication processes.  

Axiom Group United Under New Corporate Structure and Branding

Global injection and molding industry contender Axiom Group unites its core brand under a “One Axiom” approach and introduces a new brand design to position itself at the forefront of automotive innovation.  

Siemens, Nissan, collaborate to digitalize crossover electric vehicle production line

Cooperation draws on Siemens’ portfolio of IoT-enabled hardware, software and digital services — the open digital business platform Siemens Xcelerator — for the Nissan Ariya.  

Business Strategy

Mold Builder Uses Counter-Intuitive Approach for Mold Challenges

Matrix Tool Inc. answers customers’ hard questions with creative solutions for cavity spacing, tool sizing, runner layout and melt delivery that reveal the benefits of running in a smaller press size at lower cavitation but higher yield.

Thermoset Mold Builder Takes on EV Market

New Dynamics and NDC International provide complete tooling and molding solutions for the electric vehicle market and electronic encapsulation technology.

Workforce Development

Moldmaking Technology's Top-Viewed Content: Technology, Additive Tooling, Workforce Development and More

The MoldMaking Technology team has pulled together a list of the top performing items of the last month based on recent pageview analytics. Check out these great pieces on technology, cooling, hot rods, additive in moldmaking and more.

EDM

Shared Engineering Expertise Overcomes Design and Delivery Challenges

Collaboration on part and mold design between a molder and mold builder were vital to overcoming design and production challenges for a unique automotive project.

Additive Manufacturing

How to Improve Mold Venting with Metal Additive Manufacturing

Patented 3D-printed mold insert design rapidly evacuates gases while preventing plastic flash-through, eliminates costly maintenance and need for press-side temperature-control units.

Freudenberg Leans into Industry 4.0

CTO/COO Ted Duclos talks about dual roles and common objective

Tesla Inks 5-Year Lithium Deal with Chinese Supplier

Materials strategy mimics multi-sourcing battery plans

Magna-LG Electronics JV Targets Electrified Powertrains

Teaming up on electrification

VW Readies Automated EV Charging System

No humans required

What You Should Know About High-Speed Machining

The tools go a whole lot faster—40,000 rpm, perhaps—but the advantage is not parts per hour but in the ability to make precise parts with less induced stress

Revolutionary Hydrogen Storage Tank Design Could Propel H2 Deployment

Rather than storing hydrogen in a large cylindrical tank, Noble Gas has developed a conformal system

Personal Car Ownership Fends Off Public Transport During Pandemic

EVs gaining acceptance but the pace needs to accelerate

Veoneer Exec Tapped to Head AV Computing Consortium

Creating standards for sensors and processors

Machining Gummy Materials: A New Use for Sharpies

Organic films help metal removal Purdue researchers discover

Another Application for Geo-Fenced AVs: Factory Logistics

Partners team up on valet parking and other niches

Opposed-Piston Engine Developer Touts 2027 Diesel Emissions Capabilities

Achates moves closer to production, starting with commercial vehicles

Velodyne Spins Ahead with New Lidar Contracts

Deals with Motional and May Mobility Follow Baidu Partnership

Automation

Autonomous Vehicles in the Norwegian Winter

A pilot program will start in Oslo during Q1 2021—when there’s plenty of precipitation, including the white fluffy kind

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