MMT Blog
Achieving Efficient Filtration
Filters and media choices are key to removing dirt during the EDM process and producing smooth, even finish surfaces.
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Bringing Plastics to Life, Capabilities and Automation
This mold manufacturer invested in nontraditional video to market its story. Unlike common interview-style company videos, these videos showcase the shop in a real-world format while also highlighting how its employees are the essential ingredient to success.
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What Matters Most?
What matters most is what you do with the time you have here on this earth, and Amber Zapatka spent her time here with us making a difference in many lives. So, it is with a sad heart that I share the news of Amber’s tragic passing last week. She was one of the rising stars in manufacturing, which was evident during the making of our MoldMaking Matters video.
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Pairing the Right Tools With Foundational Knowledge
Cost-competitive mold manufacturing requires both, and a recent event at Ingersoll Cutting Tools campus delivered.
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Making an Impact
The American Mold Builders Association is providing students a pathway to limitless opportunities in school and life. Recipients of this year's scholarship program are showing they are willing to learn and eager to make an impact in manufacturing.
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Moldmaker Makes the Times
The New York Times highlighted a specific mold manufacturer’s efforts in an article that provides a great overview of manufacturing apprenticeships as a path to the middle class.
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The Designer's Edge: Stationary Vent Pins and Inserts
Stationary pins or inserts, which are sometimes a necessity to assist with venting, should be designed with ease of assembly and disassembly in mind..
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CAM Standards and Credentials
Autodesk and the National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS) partner to establish the first-ever industry standards to equip students and workers with in-demand CAM skills and credentials.
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Feds Intrigued by North Carolina Apprenticeship Programs
Seeking workforce development models that could be replicated on a national level, the U.S. Labor Secretary and other officials have visited two mold manufacturers in the Tar Heel state this year alone.
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Mold Builder Brings STEAM to its Facility
Recently M.R. Mold & Engineering teamed up with a local high school to help promote a program called STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math, and the results were amazing.
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East, West Coast Rivalry Benefits Injured Soldiers
Connecticut’s Westminster Tool and California’s M.R. Mold & Engineering have embarked on a friendly competition to bring public awareness to iWarriors, a program that donates iPads to wounded service members.
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How Is Manufacturing Using Media?
Gardner Research releases its “Media Usage in Manufacturing 2015” survey results report that reveals demographic characteristics and media usage trends of today’s manufacturing technology buyer.
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