MMT Blog
Pumping Up Molding Plans
Over at Pyramid Plastics, the custom injection molding business of Industrial Molds Group, plans call for purchasing 10 new Toshiba injection molding machines at the rate of one machine per quarter over the next two years.
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Three Keys to Success at Eifel Mold & Engineering
For every decision, this toolmaker makes a point to consider the potential impact on three interrelated considerations: people, process and technology.
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2015 Equipment Acquisition Trends
A recent report indicates a steadily improving economy and favorable credit conditions will make things a bit easier for shops as they make decisions to replace or expand equipment.
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Laser Welder Integrates Additive Process
Providing users with the option of laser powder cladding in addition to traditional laser welding is said to speed maintenance and repair operations and expand the range of available materials.
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Thin Recess Injection Molding
The next time you bring that delicious fried chicken home in a pail, take a closer look at the packaging. Developed for brand owner Kentucky Fried Chicken, the 64 oz. carry-out pail uses proprietary thin-wall innovation technology from injection moldmaker StackTeck called "thin recess injection molding” (TRIM).
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Are You a Leadtime Leader?
If the words "innovative," "efficient," "quality-driven" and "committed" describe your shop, then you have what it takes to be a leader, and this is the year for you to enter MoldMaking Technology's annual Leadtime Leader Awards competition.
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Machine Distributor, High School Work to Address Skills Gap
Far beyond just supplying equipment, Compumachine has entered into a true partnership with Essex Technical High School that leverages the strengths of both organizations to educate future generations of manufacturers.
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VIDEO: Table Eases Mold Maintenance, Assembly
With this product, heavy components literally float on a film of air.
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New Blog Series: The Designer's Edge
Here's to a new year and a new bi-weekly blog series by guest blogger Randy Kerkstra that will offer ways to design and use the mold for effective troubleshooting and for yielding the largest processing window possible. We appreciate Randy's willingness to share his passion for solving problems and lessons learned throughout his 27 years in mold building and molding. We hope this series begins an ongoing dialogue on how mold shops can have a bigger impact on the molding process.
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VIDEO: Space-Saving Lifter Design
This lifter is designed to reduce the size of the overall tool as well as the overall ejection stroke while maintaining stability.
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VIDEO: How to Machine a Football
We are in the heat of football season, so what better time to showcase how a football is machined.This video shows a model American Football being created out of 6061 Aluminium with a Toyoda UX-570 5 axis machine with a 3D offset toolpath: 0.032 dia cutter mounted in a Typhoon HSM Jet Spindle using thru spindle coolant at 36,000 RPM and 400 IPM.
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VIDEO: Quick-Change for the Entire Mold Assembly
As opposed to just core and cavity plates, this quick-change system is designed to streamline changeovers of entire molds, including different-size tooling.
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