MMT Blog
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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Manufacturing Offers Multiple Career Paths ...
And in a time when the industry needs a future generation of skilled workers, this survey shows that women are missing great opportunities within manufacturing and manufacturing is missing great opportunities with women.
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The Will and the Way to Automate Mold Design
Persistence and the right technology enabled this automotive toolmaker to give programmers a head start on new projects and dramatically reduce calculation times.
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Transition to In-House Welding
Bringing laser welding in-house can help mold shops reduce shipping and handling costs while improving mold quality, lead time and overall customer service.
Read MoreInsurance: The Forgotten Asset
One source of business capital that business owners often overlook is life insurance.
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