MMT Blog
Hot Runner Stack Molds: A Great Cost-Cutting Solution
How to choose the right manifold system for your stack molds.
Read MoreAlways Comes Back to the Mold Builder
How important is mold maintenance and repair to the mold manufacturer? Very. Because it always comes back to the moldmaker.
Read MoreHow Online Communities Can Help Your Business
Let’s look at how online communities (OCs) can have a positive impact on—and support—your business’ strategic development and initiatives. The cultural impact of OCs on the future of manufacturing can’t be overemphasized. As young students, engineers and manufacturers enter and move up the ranks of manufacturing companies (including yours) they’ll be bringing with them expectations to communicate in the ways they are most comfortable.
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High-Precision Molds Pay Off for P&G
Procter & Gamble stresses speed, repeatability and long life to maximize return in commodity production.
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Machining Madness: Advances in HSM
The industry’s demand for higher quality, faster turnaround times and lower prices in the last decade has resulted in dramatic improvements in high speed machining as well as controls and spindles.
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Electrically Actuated Valve Gates: An Emerging Hot Runner Technology
Electrically actuated valve stems promise more control, cleaner actuation, closer pitch spacing, higher quality gates and reduced maintenance.
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Alan Petrucci: An Industry Icon
Not content to rest on his laurels, this moldmaking veteran continues to immerse himself in the business for nearly half a century.
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Automation, Innovation Chart EDM’s Course
Advances in EDM technology—including increased automation and combining machining processes to get the job done as efficiently as possible—help EDM stay afloat and keep moldmakers successful.
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A Workholding Solution for Gun Drilling
Gun drilling is one area for which moldmakers have been slow to accept permanent electro magnets, which can reduce workholding and toolholding setups by 50 to 70 percent.
Read MoreDetermining Maximum Mold Cycle Counts
Ongoing data collection and visual inspection of tooling and parts is the only method that will allow you to balance maximizing tooling life, production capability and mold reliability.
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Build-Ups for Maintenance: Benefit or Band-Aid?
When is providing build-ups on tooling appropriate and when is it just a band-aid on a problem that could lead to more extensive repairs later?
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