MMT Blog
I Bet $250,000 Gets Your Attention
Well, this morning I gave you a little background on MTConnect. I hope you had a chance to do a little research. If not, I'm going to give you a little incentive to make the time--a little challenge and you could win cash!
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With mold manufacturers looking to maximize machine productivity and many implementing some type of machine tool monitoring, I thought it was time to share with you a solution that MMT"s sister publication Modern Machine Shop has shed some light on: MTConnect--manufacturing data anywhere, at anytime, from any device to any software application.
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This Shop Has Gone to the Dogs!
Actually, that statement couldn’t be further from the truth, but I thought it was catchy! I just had the pleasure of working with Jonathan Buss of Buss Precision Molds for a May profile, and he sent me this photo of Fritz & Nikki, his official guard dogs.
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DMG/Mori Seiki USA Plans May Innovation Days Event
DMG/Mori Seiki USA will host Innovation Days 2013 at its U.S. headquarters near Chicago, Illinois May 7-10.
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Hyundai WIA Aids Training Efforts
I was thrilled to learn that Hyundai WIA has loaned two machines to be used in an apprenticeship program at Finger Lakes Community College when I popped into company HQ earlier this week to attend an expo they were hosting.
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Hot Runner Data Provides Insight into Mold Market
The Committee for Equipment Statistics of the Society of the Plastics Industry has started to compile and report data on the market for hot runners. This is a new data set, so the amount of statistical analysis that can be performed is limited. But the trend in market demand for hot runners should ultimately prove quite interesting to moldmakers.
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Be a Part of the Future of Manufacturing: Win a Scholarship!
I blog often about the skilled workforce dilemma and training the nation’s young people. ThomasNet must agree with me, for they just launched a North American Manufacturing Scholarship program.
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The Myths of Change
More than 40 years have passed since the U.S. government decided to go metric; yet, many in the U.S. moldmaking industry still hang on to the imperial system, leaving some baffled as to how and when we will see a complete conversion. It does not matter what it is we seek to change, a few simple rules apply in our decision process. It is not just a rejection of metric, it is a rejection of any change that these rules apply.
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iWarriors Return from Balboa Naval Hospital!
This wonderful organization just got back from a trip to the West Coast where they handed out 16 iPads to deserving wounded veterans. Won’t you be a part of this ongoing effort to honor those who have fallen fighting for our freedom?
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Moldmaker Relies on Plastic Injection Analysis System for Perfect Plastic Cover
When a moldmaker received an order for a plastic cover from a company making electrical coupling components, they began the design and manufacturing process using a plastic injection analysis system, which checks mold design and the optimum placement of injection gates.
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An Old-Fashioned Business Cycle Recovery
I think this year budget cuts in Washington will impede overall economic growth, but growth in the private sector will continue to improve. And for the first time in the past four years the recovery is proceeding in a traditional manner.
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