MMT Blog
Tool Steel and Heat Treatment, Part 2
Tool steel, its classification, heat treatment and how to consider manufacturing methods in relation to heat treatment and the metallurgy of heat treatment.
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The Myth of Cutting Tool Cost
Evaluating machining productivity by comparing tooling cost to tooling productivity.
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Optimizing Plastic Injection Mold Materials with FEA
Tooling cost reduction can be achieved with up-front engineering via company collaboration and simulation technologies based on finite element analysis.
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Mold Industry Bending, But Not Breaking
50.5 Total Mold Business Index for August 2008 The total Mold Business Index is a weighted average of the sub-indices for new orders, production, employees, backlog, exports and supplier deliveries.
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Why You Need to Inspect the Part to See the Mold
In the simplest terms, a good mold is one that makes good parts. When your customer is making good parts, no one questions the mold. It’s when the parts are not meeting spec that the mold—as one of the main elements of the molding system—is called into question. In these situations, one common proposal is to measure the mold to ensure that it conforms to the designed dimensions.
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Software Suppliers Seek Common Platforms for Mold Development
The goal is efficient data transfer that significantly reduces mold build cycles and increases margins.
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The Evolution of Process Training for Mold Builders
Process training coupled with cavity pressure data provides mold builders with value and information that can be passed onto customers.
Read MoreWhat Kind of a Sales Engineer Is Best for Your Company
By creating a hybrid sales engineer with the willingness to wait, the keen eye for the “me too” sale, the technical training to converse in techno-ease and the desire for lasting relationships, you can and will experience great rewards.
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Rotating Stack Mold Technology Offers Multi-Shot Capability, High-Volume Production
A turning stack mold technology has been developed to meet the rigors of in-mold labeling (IML) production needs that combines high-volume production with multi-shot capability.
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DSSP: The Catalyst for a New Revolution
One CAD short- coming—a frequent disconnect between the final manufactured product and the idealized CAD model—is being addressed with digital shape sampling and processing.
Read MoreMy Olympic Experience
Last month I wrote about the shifting fortunes of China, and how excited my wife, Debbie, and I were to have tickets to attend the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. I promised to report what we found there, so here’s what we experienced: nothing. We didn’t go. As it turned out, the “company” that we purchased our tickets through last year turned out to be a scam. From what we’ve been able to learn, this “front” created an incredibly elaborate network of physical and online attributes—offices, phone numbers, Web sites, messaging—that fooled thousands of others around the world.
Read MoreSimplify Mold Design with Robotic Automation
Six-axis jointed robots can offer significant cost savings during mold design and manufacture, as well as during production.
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