MMT Blog
How to Learn Mold Design Virtually
Plastics Engineering program instructors share their strategies for successful virtual learning for hands-on injection mold design.
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Virtual Learning Is Taking Off in Moldmaking
If you were unable to attend Amerimold Connects, you can experience our version of virtual learning by watching all of the recorded live-stream presentations on the Amerimold Expo website.
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Use Volumetric Shrinkage Predictions to Improve Part Quality
Simulation evaluates root cause and the impact of wall thickness, gate and cooling modifications.
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Understanding the Value of Scientific Injection Mold Cooling
Injection molds are heat exchangers, so proper cooling is necessary to improve part quality, maximize profits and maintain your company’s reputation.
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The Greatest Moldmaker in the World
The changing art, craft, and science of moldmaking has not changed what it takes to be a successful moldmaker.
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Using the Right Technology at the Right Time and in the Right Way
Michigan mold and die maker puts its engineering expertise to work for each customer.
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What Is Quality Planning?
A look at the connection between Quality Control (QC), Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Management System (QMS).
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2020-2023 Editorial Advisory Board: Meet New Board Member Mark Gauvain
The 2020-2023 version of MoldMaking Technology's EAB features a new crew of 12 industry professionals. Here's one of them.
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Moldmaking Index Registers Second Straight Month of Modest Expansion
Strong expansion in production and quickening supplier deliveries hint at a rebound.
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PODCAST: Benefits and Challenges to Becoming a One Stop Shop
In this episode of The Manufacturing Alliance Podcast, members from the Westfall Technik team sit down and talk about the company’s recent growth, including challenges they’ve faced and benefits they’ve gained.
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Comparing 3D-Printed Conformal-Cooled Steel Molds to Aluminum Molds
While 3D-printed conformal coolant lines in steel injection molds reduce production costs and improve part quality, aluminum molds can yield similar results faster and at a lower cost.
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MMT Chats: Virtual R&D and Teaching Plastic Injection Mold Design
New Editorial Advisory Board member Davide Masato, an Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, joined me for a 20-minute video chat about the importance of plastics engineering, and how COVID-19 changed the faculty's approach to teaching mold engineering and plastics research.
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