MMT Blog
Tooling Transfer: Chaos or Calculated Opportunity?
Today there is significant pressure on OEMs and Tiered suppliers to transfer existing tooling to safer ground. This has presented prepared moldmakers with great opportunity.
Read MoreIf You’re Not Meaningfully Unique, You’d Better Be Cheap
These are the words of Doug Hall (www.doughall.com), founder of Eureka! Ranch and P&G brand-building wunderkind. It is also the mantra for the U.S. government’s latest initiative to lead manufacturing in this country into the new century. The goal of the new administration’s plan is to help transition discrete manufacturing companies—small and midsized manufacturers (SMMs)—from the “old” economic model (based on commodity and price) to a “new” economic model based on innovation, technology and “green.”
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Optimize Machine Performance with Proper Filtration
There are multiple factors to consider when it comes to operating a wire EDM and filter quality should be one of them. Proper filtration can save EDM users money and time relating to production and maintenance. Buying low-cost filters may seem like an easy place to cut costs, but the truth is, it can be a costly mistake.
Read MoreGiving Back
These are tough times in our country and in the industry; however, as I look back, it’s clearly evident that the industry has been very good to many of us.
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Changeable Mold Base Offers Flexibility, Productivity While Reducing Tooling Costs
A mold base has been designed that provides faster production changeovers.
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The Many Dimensions of Feature-Based Machining
Simple does not mean minimal. FBM is a powerful tool that can save many different types of users’ time and money. Here’s why.
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Niche Auto Molds Prove to Be a Profitable for Cavalier Tool
Capitalizing on its specialty of molds for fans and shrouds in the automotive industry—on their own terms with no PPAP—drives this moldmaker’s success.
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Elite Mold & Engineering: Team Elite
Being both a moldmaker and a molder allows Elite Mold to be a one-stop team for its customers and the MoldMaking Technology 2009 Leadtime Leader Honorable Mention Award: Small Shop.
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Post-Processor Pointers
In addition to the development of CAD/CAM software, it is important not to forget the importance of post-processors, which manage numerically controlled machines. Without the right post-processor the best CAD/CAM software is of no use; likewise, the most sophisticated machine will not function optimally without the right post-processor.
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Can Moldmakers Use Robotics Automation?
The pressures in today’s economic climate leave many companies struggling to find ways to contain manufacturing costs. One overlooked strategy applies to robotics automation.
Read MoreThe Value of Lean
Last month, I wrote of the value of manufacturing and business communities taking active roles in supporting the shops and plants that make up their local eco-systems. I gave examples of how some communities and groups have been very successful at helping their communities thrive through those efforts. Ironically, I recently heard some interesting news about our largest community—our country—that got me to thinking of how important it is for us to help ourselves as individual companies.
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The Right PC CNC Brings Speed to Moldmakers
What to look for in a control to get the speed, accuracy, surface finish, flexibility, convenience and value a moldmaker needs.
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