MMT Blog
Choosing CAD Software For 3D Mold Design
The world of CAD offers many alternatives to shops that want to use the latest 3-D technology for their mold design. This article looks at the benefits of the various approaches and offers some tips on choosing the most appropriate one.
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Economic Growth Slows; Expectations Positive 41.7 Total Mold Business Index for February 2008
Overall economic growth in the U.S. is sputtering so far this year, and this is constraining demand for new molds in the first quarter of 2008
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How to Design High Cavitation Tooling
Today's sophisticated dispensing closure tooling represents a significant capital investment and requires skillful selection of a mold supplier. This tooling is highly complex and requires a higher level of precision due to multiple product design functional requirements. Living hinges, linerless bottle plug seals, product shipping seals, dispensing orifices, internal or external threads, and mating component fits have a great impact on how the tool is designed.
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High-Tech Design Strategy Clinches OEM Business
Durakon upgrades tooling and process capabilities to win growing share of original equipment market.
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Dynamic Tool & Design, Inc.: Automatically Inclined
By fully integrating automation into its process, this shop services its customers from part design to sampling—and everything in between.
Read MoreSpeed Mold Verification and Improve Global Cooperation
Technology solution that combines model-based inspection software and portable inspection devices to improve mold verification.
Read MoreJust Let’r Leak
How a typical 20-press, West Coast molding facility investigated the downtime impact of water leaks in their plant. Always looking for an edge, and a way to reduce costs, they put together a year-end defect costs summary to use as a guide in the toolroom, so they could aggressively pursue their goal of reducing unscheduled mold stops.
Read MoreStarting with a Clear Road Map
I am second generation in the moldmaking industry. My father was a moldmaker and I became a mold designer. I started as a design apprentice in the early 70s
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Integrated and Automated Knowledge-Based CAM for Better Productivity
A look at a solution for two major problems affecting manufacturing profitability today: (1) the shortage of knowledgeable, experienced engineers and (2) the incompatibilities of CAD/CAM data exchange.
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How to Evaluate Hot Runner Nozzless
The way to choose the right hot runner nozzle is to evaluate the entire molding system first.
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Ice Blasting Molds
Cleaning technology using powerful streams of dry ice pellets now reaches a wider range of businesses, including the small to mid-size mold shop.
Read MoreStackTeck Systems Ltd.: Continuous Improvement Trims Leadtimes
This moldmaker’s maturing outlook on operations processing and scheduling, combined with continuous improvement initiatives, results in overall leadtime improvement of 15 percent and garners them the MoldMaking Technology 2008 Leadtime Leader Honorable Mention: Large Shop.
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