Hot Runner Tips, Apprenticeships & Waterline Maintenance, Oh My! MMT's June Top Hits

Photo Credit: (top left) PFAFF Molds, (top right) MoldMaking Technology, (bottom left) Burteck LLC, (bottom right) PFAFF Molds

We covered a lot of great topics in June that the MMT audience seemed to enjoy, including quite a few MMT Chats and other video content that covered discussions about water line maintenance, hot runner tips and SPE’s Track the Apprentice Program.

Take a look at our June top hits based on Google Analytics and see what piques your interest.

10. MMT Chats: Molds, Molding, Marketing and Membership

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with Eric Hecker, Sales and Project Engineer for Eifel about his focus on sales and marketing, the move into molding, technology and training trends and his mission to help increase membership in Mold Technologies Division of SPE. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

9. MMT Chats: CAMM Paves the Global Pathway with Passion

CAMM Chair Kim Thiara explains how this association is unique to other industry groups, its biggest impact on moldmaking, her favorite memory and details about an upcoming educational event in Toronto. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

8. VIDEO: Full, Automatic Waterline Maintenance

Tyler Boss and Scott Smith of DME Company review the key components of comprehensive waterline channel maintenance.

7. Mold Builder Meets Increased Domestic Demand With Automated Cells

Burteck LLC experienced significant demand increases due to reshoring and invested in automated machining cells to step up its production output quickly and avoid losing business.

Photo Credit: Burteck

6. MMT Chats: Maintaining an Arsenal of Technology for Tight-Tolerance Work

Five-axis machining, hybrid AM, automation, rebranding and legacy. Lester Jones, Executive Vice President of Custom Mold & Design (CMD) tackles all these topics with MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

5. VIDEO: Hot Runner Solutions Driven by Performance and Partnership

INCOE’s New Business Development Manager Jim Bott and Business Development Manager David Shirley break down valve gating technology, balanced hot runner systems and the secret to partnering with customers to develop the right melt management technology.

4. MMT Chats: Update from Star of “Track the Apprentice”

CDM Tool & Manufacturing Apprentice Machinist Taylor Bartelt shares where she has been and what she has learned over the past year. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

Photo Credit: CDM Tool & Manufacturing

3. How to Address the Mold Engineering Skills Gap

Four ways to equip mold engineers with the necessary knowledge to tackle the skilled workforce crisis.

Photo Credit: Getty Images

2. Specialist Automotive Mold Builder Mentors in Work and Life Skills

Southeastern mold builder PFAFF Molds sets the standard in toolmaking for automotive window and vehicle body sealing systems through knowledge-sharing and automation.

Photo Credit: PFAFF Molds