MMT Blog

25 Sep 2015

Seeing Is Believing

Design-of-Experiments (DOE) is a statistical tool that enables you to see the effect of some intervention on the quality of the part. Listen in to next Tuesday's webinar on using DOE with Moldflow® to see how it all works and what it all means.

24 Sep 2015

Manufacturing Day Only a Week Away

October 2nd is a day to celebrate and promote manufacturing and the rewarding careers it offers. Whether you are opening up your company to the public or taking time to visit a local manufacturer, we have resources you can use and share to help spread the word about manufacturing and grow our own next generation of manufacturers.

Regulations 23 Sep 2015

Good Times for the Plastics Industry

Data from SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association indicates that the sector not only outperformed other economic sectors, but will experience accelerating growth in 2016.

22 Sep 2015

Take a Break and Listen In

MMT has covered how the right mold components can help improve mold cooling and produce higher-quality parts, but this week we had two experts speak about the fundamentals of mold cooling and components for optimized system design. The recorded webinar is now available.

Education 21 Sep 2015

NIMS Partners With Grant-Winning Apprenticeship Program

Focus:HOPE is one of the latest examples of a manufacturing training program getting attention from the highest levels of government.

3D Printing 17 Sep 2015

Building Up Additive Manufacturing

We have been covering the development of additive manufacturing since we launched MMT back in 1998, and then four years ago we launched our Additive Manufacturing Supplement. Well, with the continued growth in both technology and industry interest, our supplement has become a new, full-sized magazine, the website has been revamped and a conference has been introduced.

16 Sep 2015

More than the Essentials

With Big Plus interface, a chiller and other spindle features as standard, this shop’s new VMC offered gains over and above the speed and lookahead it needed.

15 Sep 2015

Learn the Benefits of a Student Run Shop

Cardinal Manufacturing founder and instructor Craig Ceigleski, as well as Jacob Hostettler from Northwoods Manufacturing shared their jouneys to establishing student-run manufacturing businesses within their own local high schools that have helped fill the skills gap one student at a time.