MMT Blog
New Year, New Opportunities to Advance
Happy New Year! It’s January 2016 and that means there’s a whole new year ahead of us that’s filled with new opportunities to advance company goals and profitability.
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Trends Impacting the Supply Chain
The cost of manufacturing and product demand are set to cause financial and business climate changes across the moldmaking industry.
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Pursuing Perfection with Cold-Formed Cavities
A unique process for creating mirror-finish, tubular insert IDs has broken bottlenecks and driven this moldmaker to expand capabilities and raise quality standards.
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A Look at Self-Cleaning Mold Technology
A self-cleaning mold feature helps to eliminate hundreds of hours of mold maintenance a year, while reducing the risk of damage to the mold and making the cleaning process safer.
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PVD Coatings and Tool Steel Selection
Mold users are driving an increased use of physical vapor deposition (PVD) coatings, and this has generated questions and concerns from mold builders as they select materials from which to manufacture their molds. PVD coatings are a family of very thin (approximately 2 to 5 microns) metal layers applied in a vacuum chamber using a plasma process.
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Machinery/Equipment and Automotive
Machinery/equipment likely to contract this year; automotive strong, but slowing.
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Where Will They Come From?
In 2015, the Pellet to Part series focused on providing a better understanding of the plastics molding process by reviewing the physics behind how a plastic pellet becomes an injection-molded part. This year, the series will suggest unique ways to transfer technology to the current talent pool and examine where we might find the next generation of moldmakers and molders.
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Cleaning in a Flash
Self-cleaning technology uses controlled flash to make mold maintenance faster, easier and safer.
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GBI: Moldmaking for November 2015 - 47.5
Index improves on strength of production and employment; future spending is strong, especially in mid-sized facilities.
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Metro Mold Redefines Role of Supply Chain Partner
The Minnesota moldmaker has undergone a transformation it says is the result of both organic growth and strategic acquisitions.
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Under the Scope: Considerations for Mold Repair Welding
This new series is intended to arm toolmakers and engineers with the necessary knowledge to make better informed decisions during tool repairs, including an understanding of welding terminology, procedures and challenges.
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New Property Regulations - Capitalization vs. Expense
Federal and state income tax compliance can be a burden for mold builders. The tax code and related guidance changes daily, creating both opportunities and exposure. This series aims to provide industry-specific guidance to help mold builders minimize these burdens within the letter of the law.
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