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Leadership

MMT Chats: 5 In 5 with Convenio Technologies

This special MMT Chat series delivers five great tips and ideas from leading mold builders on ways to improve efficiencies with regards to technology, workforce development and business management, in a fast-paced 5-minute chat. My guest today is Rich Martin President of Convenio Technologies out of Easley, South Carolina. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

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Tool Steel

The Benefits of Alloying Tool Steel

Improve tooling efficiencies, extend mold life and reduce overall tooling costs with a focus on tool steel properties that solve wear, flaking and cracking issues.

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Ecomonics

Moldmaking Reports Broad-Based Activity Expansion

Third quarter ends on a high note with expanding backlog, production, export and employment activity.

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Education

Webinar: Design Masterclass: Get Started Designing Low-Volume 3D-Printed Injection Molds

Producing low-volume injection molds with an in-house 3D printer offers unique benefits including fast development timelines, design versatility and achieving production-quality parts at a fraction of the cost.

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Analysis

MMT Chats: 5 in 5 with Ernie Green Industries

For this MMT Chat: 5 in 5—that’s 5 best practices in five minutes on ways to improve efficiencies—I chat with James Jergens, the Operations Manager for Ernie Green Industries out of Rochester, New York.

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amerimold

Back Together Again at Amerimold 2021: Quality Conversations and Connections

The mold manufacturing community came together last week after a long two years apart, and it felt great! This slideshow is a very quick glimpse of everything from the show floor and technical presentations to the awards ceremony and networking party.

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Leadtime Leader

MMT Chats: 5 in 5 with X-Cell Tool and Mold

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges has a quick 5-minute chat with Brian Dippel, the Operations Manager for X-Cell Tool and Mold in Fairview, Pennsylvania and MMT’s 2019 Leadtime Leader Winner. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

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Machining

July Points to Another Strong Month for Machine Tool Orders

Compared with one year ago, the GBI: Metalworking was 23.5% higher, which was the 13th consecutive month of growth. The strong growth in the metalworking industry should lead to accelerating growth in machine tool orders throughout 2021.

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Editorial

MoldMaking Technology Identifies Four Content Trends in Mold Manufacturing

Workforce development, technology investment and deployment, managing customer demand and operational efficiency are four current challenges that MMT content will be addressing this year.

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Three Keys to Managing a Successful Tool Transfer

How to effectively manage a tool transfer despite rundown tools, an outdated automation system and difficult materials.  

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3 Is the Magic Number

Canon Virginia kicks off this free webinar telling attendees that they will not be sharing something they don’t already know, but will share a few best practices for getting things right the first time—three steps to improve medical tooling and validation times.

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Basics

How to Use Hybrid Additive Manufacturing

A look at directed energy deposition (DED) and powder bed fusion (PBF) additive technologies for moldmaking applications.

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