Top 10 Engineering Content From 2024

Peruse the most-viewed engineering content that you may have missed this past year from MoldMaking Technology! Discover the next software to best benefit your moldmaking capabilties – from data management to design and manufacturing software, we have you covered.

Source | Cimatron and PTI Engineered Plastics

Integrated CAD/CAM Streamlines Electrode Manufacture, Improves Quality

A focus on electrode design and automation helps toolroom improve efficiency, reduce tooling costs and deliver higher quality products.

Precision Meets Innovation at IMTS 2024

Source | MMT Staff

After attending IMTS, it's clear that the integration of advanced technologies is ready to enhance precision, efficiency and automation in mold manufacturing processes. It’s a massive event, so here’s a glimpse of what the MMT team experienced firsthand.

Source | Progressive Components

How to Manage a CAD Library

Learn five ways to organize your mold design information. Similar to the headache of sorting through years of emails trying to find one from a vague memory, a CAD library can become a disorganized clutter of knowledge, making it difficult to find the relevant information when needed.

How to Make Data Work for Mold Productivity and Performance

Source | SyBridge Technologies

The use of digital workflows improves the impact of mold design libraries, conformal cooling and machine learning. Today, designers and engineers are accustomed to working with digital tools in their day-to-day jobs.

Source | J Squared Design Services

Navigating the Future of Mold Design and Manufacturing

What follows is a Q&A with Justin Jagels, an MMT EAB member and owner/president of J Squared Design Services LLC.

CAD/CAM Software Reduces Delivery Times by 70% With a Six-Month ROI

Source | Cimatron

Single integrated CAD/CAM package reduces translation errors, simplifies design process, improves shop efficiency and shortens tool lead times.

How to Use Simulation to Achieve a High-Gloss Surface Finish

Combining simulation, conformal cooling, and a rapid heat and cooling process can predict and produce the required surface finish for high-gloss plastic parts. Skillfully applying process simulation at the start of a project — including designing the best temperature control system and comparing alternative manufacturing methods — can streamline your product development.

How to Use a Disciplined Approach to Mold Simulation from the Plastics Point of View

Source | DTI

What follows is a Q&A with Adam Narkter, MMT EAB member and Diversified Technologies International (DTI) business development manager.

Source | Open Mind Technologies

Design, Management Software Resources for Mold, Die Applications

As technology advances, so too do the options available to efficiently design molds or manage the data involved in their progress and production. Here’s a roundup of some of those solutions.

3 Technologies to Help Fill the Skills Gap

Source | Nicolet Plastics

Moldmakers can address the labor challenge with robotic systems, simulation products and metal 3D printers. The moldmaking and plastics industry faces an unprecedented labor crunch exacerbated by a fragile international supply chain and rapidly growing domestic demand.