MMT Blog

2 Nov 2020

November Technology Roundup: Mold Materials & Miscellaneous

November’s Technology Showcase includes Hasco, Marposs Corp., Slide Products, Steel 21, Walter USA, Siemens, DP Technology, United Grinding, Uddeholm USA and more.

Editorial 30 Oct 2020

Streamlining Your Search for Solutions

You’ve had some time to experience MoldMaking Technology’s reorganized and redesigned website, so now it’s your turn to share what you like best.

Profile 29 Oct 2020

Training and Education Is Major Focus with the Tooling Divisions of The Plastek Group

This manufacturer of plastics packaging also manufactures injection and injection blow molds across three facilities employing more than 125 well-trained toolmakers, engineers and project managers.

Basics 15 Mar 2023

How to Design a Mold with Additive Tooling

Designing molds with additive tooling implementation in mind requires blending traditional mold standards with innovative new ideas of what is possible to push the limits of mold performance.

Automation 23 Oct 2020

Switching from Solid Carbide to Indexable Tooling Permits Lights Out Mold Base Manufacturing

The unique design of small-diameter, indexable high-feed milling cutters eliminates cutter breakage, improves productivity, and allows lights out mold base manufacturing.

Surface Treatment 22 Oct 2020

ALERT: An Unintended COVID Consequence

Are you experiencing unexpected oxidation and severe pitting on your molds and mold components? Well, it could be due to the additional cleaning the coronavirus has forced upon shops this year.

Surface Treatment 21 Oct 2020

A Look at Three Mold Surface Effects

Identifying and testing innovative injection mold surface properties became an unexpected theme of recent virtual content—ultrafast laser texturing, coatings and plasma.

Business Strategy 20 Oct 2020

MMT Chats: Surge in New Orders Drives Moldmaking Index Expansion

Gardner Intelligence Chief Economist Michael Guckes shares insight on the recent strong move of the Moldmaking Index due to higher readings across all business activity components of the Index, highlighting the surge in new orders.

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