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MMT Chats: Mold Builder, Master Molder and Marble Maker? Part 1

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges introduces new MMT Editorial Advisory Board Member Mike Close, Sr. Tooling Engineer for SMC Ltd. in Devens, Massachusetts. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

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This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

Mike Close is the Senior Tooling Engineer for SMC Ltd. in Devens, Massachusetts (headquarters in Somerset, Wisconsin), a medical device contract manufacturer. Here, I learn all about his wealth of experience in mold deign, moldmaking, mold management as well as, plastic part design and materials properties.

He also talks about his highlights of the evolution of technology for moldmaking and his two years overseeing a 70-man mold shop in Thailand.

Chapters

0:50 Who is SMC?

2:57 A day in the life of a senior tooling engineer

4:40 What inspires Mike about the future workforce

6:45 The highlights of Mike's career

10:26 Mike's takeaways from working overseas

14:29 The mold designer's relationship with the engineer

16:37 Streamlining the manufacturing process

20:00 How SMC collaborates

For the full quick chat, watch above, and for more MMT Chats, click here.

See Part 2 of our conversation here!

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