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MMT Chats: It’s Time to Play … The Moldmaker Card Game! Yes, a Game to Educate and Entertain
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges connects with Professor Steffen Ritter from Reutlingen University in Germany about the card game for moldmakers he developed to help promote and educate our next generation of moldmaking professionals in a fun way. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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VIDEO: 6 Factors a Mold Builder Should Consider in a CNC Control
Many mold builders choose high-speed cutting over EDM because CNCs are able to meet the required tolerances and finishes. The control is key to this. Here we break down what a mold builder should look for in a CNC control.
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MMT Chats: Giving Back by Answering the Moldmaking Education Need
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges checks in with Bruce Cateon, an executive advisor at OASIC Consulting. Bruce started out in moldmaking, eventually becoming an industry consultant and taking time to work on his passion project the “Injection Mold Design Handbook” as a way of giving back to the industry that has given him so much. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Current Technology and Trends in a Micro Molding Tooling Center
Contract manufacturer of medical micro components and finished devices discusses current trends and challenges with micro molds—micro milling, cutting tools, mold coatings, CAD/CAM, micro welding, mold design, micro molding, validation, automated assembly and training.
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MMT Chats: Moldmaker Apprentice Listens and Learns to Lead
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges speaks with Andrew Rumble, a young moldmaker at Intex Tooling who is taking a leadership role on several mold projects as he waits for his moldmaker "ticket" that the pandemic delayed. He talks about listening to learn, using technology, taking on project management, embracing diversity and mentorship. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Lessons from a Nine-Year Succession Plan
Small business shop owners share the four keys to transitioning a family manufacturing business.
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VIDEO: MoldMaking Technology Top Shops 2022
MoldMaking Technology’s inaugural Top Shops survey was designed specifically for moldmakers to help participants plot their values relative to other shops including Top Shops.
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MMT Chats: Promoting Plastics One Student at a Time
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with Eve Vitale a chief executive with the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Foundation about her passion for plastics via Plastivan—an educational tool whose mission is to change the perception of plastics one classroom at a time. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Penn Erie Tooling Division General Manager Shares Three Favorite Articles: People, Pins and Passing It On
MMT’s Editorial Advisory Board shares its top MoldMaking Technology articles and how this content has been valuable to their businesses.
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WEBINAR: Test Results: Mold Builder's Experience with 3D-Printed Tooling
Free archived webinar features the outcome of putting a new precision metal 3D printing technology to the tooling test.
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VIDEO: How a Pandemic Changed the MoldMaking Training Model
Don Smith of Scholle IPN talks about the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on how companies approach training through virtual learning and cross-training programs.
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Introducing the MoldMaking Technology Top Shops Benchmarking Survey
MoldMaking Technology now has its own benchmarking survey aimed at mold builders to shed light on the technologies and processes that power the moldmaking industry’s most successful shops.
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