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Digital Ed of MMT's Oct Mold Maintenance and Repair Supplement Ready
The digital edition of MMT's October Mold Maintenance and Repair Supplement is available.
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"If You Can Do It with Toys, You Can Do It with Anything"
Those are the words of Michael Araten, President and CEO of The Rodon Group and K'NEX Brands, during the Manufacturing Day event I attended last Friday at their Hatfield, Pennsylvania facility. He was referring to the "patriotic capitalism" the company embraces, which has resulted in the reshoring of most of the work they outsourced to China.
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Happy Manufacturing Day!
Today is Manufacturing Day and there are 1,433 events planned! I will be part of a facility tour and presentations at The Rodon Group in Hatfield, Pennsylvania, a plastic injection molder of K'Nex toys about 20 minutes from my office. Where will you be today?
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Made in America Hub
To really push Made in America you need to arm yourself with the right research, data, news and stories, and the redesigned Alliance for American Manufacturing site now gives you even more tools to use and share.
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If a Picture is Worth a Thousand Words …
then a video—moving pictures—is worth so much more, and manufacturing can reap its benefits.
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The Everyday Mold Experience
Maintenance and repair are critical to meeting manufacturing goals.
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Partnering up to Push the Limits of Technology and Innovation
Franchino Mold & Engineering specializes in ultra large molds enabling customers to produce products that challenge the limits of injection molding and keep them ahead of the competition. This made them perfect for a project for a 420,000-pound mold to make a 15-foot long, 245 pound polypropylene tank half.
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Hot Energy Savings
Although energy is a word thrown around a lot these days, taking charge of energy management is serious business when it comes to your molds. It can help you reduce your molds energy requirements and increase savings. Moldmakers need to consider the overall package of each mold program to uncover when its possible to optimize your savings.
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Helping to Mold Careers
Through its education committee, the Chicago Chapter of the AMBA stepped up last week to introduce parents, teachers and students to the rewarding career of mold manufacturing with a booth at the Smartforce Student Summit during IMTS. This event welcomed more than 14,000 students.
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Moldmaker Making Machines
Grand Rapids-based Paragon D&E has collaborated with Fidia and Delcam to bring to market the Fidia GTFM, a large bridge-style five axis milling machine.
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Digital Edition of September's AM Supplement Now Available
This month's issue includes two features. One on repairing damaged mold inserts using direct metal laser sintering and the other on a tool and die and CNC machining job shop with an unusual employee development philosophy that employs additive manufacturing.
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MMT at IMTS 2014
Last week at IMTS moldmakers were looking for technology to optimize their processes and to help them get a part off the machine with a bench-free finish. They want to save time and money without sacrificing quality. Two main areas of interest for moldmakers this year are the two As: automation and additive manufacturing.
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