MMT Blog
"Form"ing the "Next" Generation of Advanced Technology
With the premiere of Formnext, Frankfurt Germany's additive manufacturing and tool making event, just around the corner, I thought I'd share a little Q&A I had with the event's vice president Sascha Wenzler when he toured the United States earlier this fall.
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Additive’s Moldmaking Potential
Mazak’s recent “Discover” event shed light on potential applications for metal-cutting machine tools with integrated laser-cladding heads.
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EDM Features Longer Travels, Improved Wire Threading
Sodick's latest wire EDM, showcased at a recent open house event, also features linear motors, custom base ceramics and other features common to the company's entire line.
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A Mold Shop OEM
Years of helping customers save time and money in liquid silicone rubber (LSR)—a material that involves very different considerations from plastics—has led this shop to develop its own product line.
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Succeeding Where Others Fail...
This is the mantra of most every moldmaking company – to find solutions for challenging jobs – and Metro Mold & Design is making it more than a mantra. The Minneapolis-based manufacturer announced its “Making the Impossible” program which targets OEM customers and their supply chain partners with viable solutions for new product development – those products that others would deem impossible to manufacture.
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Preparing for Takeover Tooling
With the right preparation, moldmakers can insulate themselves from takeover tooling crises and add greater value to the molder.
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A New Beryllium Standard
A proposal to set a lower exposure standard for beryllium and beryllium-containing materials will affect how the plastics industry handles and processes these materials.
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New Era, Same Winning Formula
This company succeeds by staying up-to-date on technology and being willing to do a bit extra in the name of customer service.
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Jig Boring for Mold Base Accuracy
Mold performance and durability depends on mold base quality, and hole making is a crucial step in the process.
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Hand scraping is the process of using either a manually or motorized-driven scraping blade to remove very small amounts of metal from a precision surface to eliminate high spots left behind from the machining process.
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The LSR Learning Curve
This increasingly popular thermoset material follows very different rules than any plastic.
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