MMT Blog
Leadtime Leader Takes on a Challenge
Can you really mold a pipette shaped part with a .015” wall x .370” long followed by a .008” wall x .080”? How about if the molding material is PEEK? How about 4 cavities? Can a Cpk of 1.33 be achieved on this wall section? These are the challenges and questions Mold Craft set out to prove the viability by partnering in flow simulation and press selection while Mold Craft designed and built a mold required for this difficult part.Although Mold Craft is typically known for their ability to design and build high cavitation production molds to produce parts that number in the hundreds of millions, Mold Craft has also received recognition for the ability to mold extremely tight tolerances on micro parts with intricate geometry that require high Cpk values. This challenge was just that, micro parts shaped like a funnel or pipette with extreme length to wall thickness ratio. To add to this complexity, the customer needed to use PEEK due to its high strength characteristics.Mold craft will be displaying their latest mold in the Sodick Plustech press at NPE in Orlando. Mold Craft (booth 1295) will have the attached photographed mold operating at Sodick Plustech booth 363.Read full story here.
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SPI Welcomes Jacqueline L. Dalzell as Director, Industry Affairs
Well-Known Plastics Industry Veteran Joins Association to Counsel on Industry Outreach and Supply Chain Communication Strategies
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Siemens to Present Motion Control and Plant Communications Solutions 2012
At this year’s National Plastics Exposition (NPE), Siemens will present various automation, drives, motion control solutions and plant communications enhancements for the plastics industry and related end-user markets.
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Closest to the Pin Contest at PCS Booth #2571
Enter to WIN A FREE: Aluminum Mold Base, Stainless Steel Mold Base, platen GUARD™ Locating Rings.
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Tapping into the Energy/Environmental Markets
The energy/environmental markets are broad and burgeoning for Mack Molding.
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Mold & Die Components
IMS Company (Chagrin Falls, OH ) offers an assortment of wear plates, ejector pins, bushings, parting line locks, and several other types of components for the plastics processing and metal stamping industries.
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Quick-Turn Aluminum Injection Mold Tooling Yields Design Benefits
Flexible tooling options for a package design firm allow revisions to existing mold, each supported by runs of SLA prototypes.
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The Stigma Attached to Moldmaking
If your organization is like ours, your workforce is your most challenging resource.
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Mold Craft Tool Showcased Sodick Plustech’s New Micro Molding Machine
A 4-cavity mold for very small PEEK parts—a pipette “funnel tip” component for a medical customer—ran in the new Sodick Plustech LP20EH2 Micro Molding series with a 12-mm diameter plunger.
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Online Voting Is Now Open for People's Choice Award in the International Plastic Design Competition
Photos and Data on Candidates Are Posted at www.plasticsdesign.org; Winners in Peoples Choice and Other Award Categories Will Be Announced during NPE2012.
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Senator Mitch McConnell Visits MAG
On Friday, March 2, Senator Mitch McConnell dropped by the Hebron, Kentucky facility of machine tool builder MAG. We were invited to listen in as company executives explained the nature of the facility’s business, which is primarily aerospace and renewable energy, and sought help from the senator on issues affecting manufacturing.
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Getting Out of the Shop
How often do you get out of the shop and invest your time for the company?
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