SLIDESHOW: Technology Showcase, In the Trenches

There is and always will be, a need (and therefore, jobs) for skilled craftsmen to maintain and repair injection molds. I know firsthand the frustration of repetitive repair work. The blasé feeling of being so familiar with a mold that you can diagnose its condition over the phone. But there is opportunity for those willing to approach their craft with a little zest and zeal; to rise above the drudgery of routine repairs; to be more than just tool fixers. Become tool improvers and problem-solvers.

When it comes to mold repair, how do you know when you’re just fighting fires, performing controlled firefighting or completing true corrective action?

Improving mold repair efforts— whether you’re on the bench or managing—is not only a worthy goal, but also holds its own reward.

“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?” Occam’s Razor.

You have asked yourself “What is different” and the processors had tried every conceivable “tweak” to process out the sink. Now what?

If we train as many as we can as often as we can, we may have the privilege of nurturing someone with the right nature and see a toolmaker emerge.

A look at what you may want to stock in your facility’s “crash cart” to respond appropriately to press emergencies.

A look at crib notes on press operation for mold repair personnel.