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Education

MMT Chats: 30 Under 30 Honoree, Blending Heavy Metal Moldmaking and Music

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges invites Adem Talic, an apprentice moldmaker at Tri-Par Die and Mold Corporation in South Elgin, Illinois, who shares his journey into moldmaking, commitment to learning, but still finding time to pursue his percussion passion. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

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3D Printing

Westminster Tool Run Rigorous DOE on New 3D-Printed Tool Steels

Hybrid 3D printing platform offers mold builders high-tolerance metal parts faster, at lower cost and with less secondary finishing.

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Leadership

MMT Chats: 5 in 5 with Accede Mold and Tool Co.

MMT Editorial Director Christina Fuges gets mold builders to reveal 5 best practices for improving efficiencies in culture, technology, process, measuring success and staying competitive ... in 5 minutes. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

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Digital-Only Technology Highlights

MMT covers fourteen newly released or improved products geared toward improving the performance, efficiency, flexibility, reliability and ease of use for your shop’s operations.

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Basics

Statistical Process Control/Statistical Quality Control Lessons for the Small Mold Builder

A proper statistical process control/statistical quality control system can catch errors early to ensure machining consistency of molds and mold bases.

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Leadtime Leader

VIDEO: Two Impassioned Speeches Made for One Incredible Leadtime Leader Awards Ceremony at Amerimold 2021

The Leadtime Leader Award handoff is an honored part of Amerimold and this year was no different  (albeit a bit more humor;-). Congratulations once more to our 2021 Leadtime Leader Award winner Westminster Tool.

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Regulations

Where Can Moldmaking Leaders Go For Industry Data and Insights?

Gardner Intelligence Chief Economist/Director of Analytics Michael Guckes shares current data on the mold manufacturing marketplace and how to use it as a tool to stay ahead of the curve.

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Leadership

MMT Chats: 5 in 5 with Wepco Plastics

For this MMT Chat: 5 in 5—that’s 5 best practices in five minutes on ways to improve efficiencies—I chat with Charles Daniels Chief Financial Officer for Wepco Plastics in Middlefield, Connecticut. He is also one of MMT’s Editorial Advisory Board members. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

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Mold Components

Mold Components Technology Roundup

Suppliers such as CUMSA, Hasco, DME, Progressive Components, Almo, Crafts Technology highlight their recently introduced mold components offerings.

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Upfront Decisions Matter! It’s About Making Better Decisions Sooner

This free archived webinar covers how to use simulation to reduce manufacturing risk, to optimize performance and to directly get from art to part without iterative changes.

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Creating a Digital Twin of Your Mold: Setting Up for Success

Tips for laying the groundwork for optimizing your mold design.

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Building a Team on the Shopfloor

A tooling engineer for a Michigan-based provider of tooling for automotive interior and underhood solutions shares how to create a team philosophy within the tool shop.

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