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MMT Readers Top-Viewed Content for October 2019
Looking at all the content MoldMaking Technology has presented in October 2019, here are the top 10 most-viewed features, blogs and videos.
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Succession Planning: Three Approaches
Three mold shop owners share their succession plan processes. Start sooner than later, hire a professional to assist and plan for more than your own benefit.
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Tech Trends: Maintain Your Molds
Here are some product from supplier companies Slide Products, Inc., Gesswein, Boride Engineered Abrasives and Cortec to help you maintain and treat the surfaces of your molds!
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Throwback Thursday: Hot Runner Supplement 2017
This Throwback Thursday is all hot runner focused, with features from our special supplement issue geared toward helping readers with common challenges.
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Moldmaking Index Increases on Production Gains
This month’s Gardner Business Index: Moldmaking reported slowing contraction in September with an unanticipated strong contractionary employment reading.
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K Show Report: Next-Level Efficiency and Control
With a show as big as K 2019 with more than 3,000 exhibitors from 63 nations, you may think that identifying a theme among all the technology would be difficult, but after all is said and done, two words come to mind: efficiency and control.
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Noteworthy News: Congrats are in Order
From anniversaries to new hires to awards, MoldMaking Technology has the latest news in industry success stories.
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Tooling, Tariffs and Reinventing One's Business for the "New Normal"
Mold industry professionals attending the Makino Technology Expo learned they must prepare for the “new normal” and build a better marketing and sales plan.
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Combining Injection Molding and Extrusion Technology for High-Speed Injection
A new nozzle design developed by an Austrian-based mold builder abandons the usual round opening for a wide slit to allow for up to 25% faster cycle times, lower shear and injection pressure.
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Moldmaking Water-Flow Simulation Makes 3D-Printing Practical
Virtual prove-outs prove the worth of stirring things up, both within the cooling channels of individual molds and in the plastics industry at large.
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How Do You Define Plastics?
A question asked in an industry forum starts an open-ended discussion about something that affects everyone’s lives.
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MoldMaking Index Stumbles as Components Contract
The Gardner Business Index (GBI): Moldmaking contracted sharply in August, falling more than 4 points to 46.4.
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