Christina Fuges

Christina Fuges Editorial Director

Hot Runners

Hot Runner, Mold Component Partnerships Lead to Innovative Mold Designs

Formula Plastics takes on tooling via sister company Formula Tooling using dedicated partners, 3D modeling services and highly trained engineers to develop advanced mold designs.

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Tool Steel

Vertical Machining Center Designed for Moldmaking Alongside Metal 3D Printers Brings Virus Face Masks to Market Quickly

Speed and accuracy of a new vertical machining center are vital to a two-process approach for quickly producing much-needed face mask molds.

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Analysis

MMT Chats: 5 in 5 with Roembke Mfg & Design

Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with Adam Shaal, Business Development Manager for Roembke Mfg & Design to reveal their five best practices for improving efficiencies in culture, technology, process, measuring success and staying competitive.

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3D Printing

Roadmapping Workshop Reveals Key Pain Points and Leverage Areas of Advanced Tooling Manufacturing

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and The University of Toledo, College of Engineering workshop reveals the challenges facing U.S. mold builders and identifies efforts needed to decrease dependence on offshore tooling.

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3D Printing

Mold Builder Insight Guides R&D Efforts

Results of road mapping workshop identify three areas of technology and education improvement to advance mold manufacturing.

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amerimold

Amerimold 2021 Post-Show Flashback: Engineer

More moldmaker exhibitor highlights from Amerimold 2021, from a P20-modified mold steel grade and free-machining stainless steel mold base material, to an automated knowledge-based mold design solution.

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amerimold

A Fresh and Seasoned Perspective on Amerimold

What features stood out? How is the industry evolving? What did you take away from the event? How did it compare to being remote for so long? MMT’s editors took the opportunity to reflect on the mold manufacturing trade show back in September.

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electronics

Thriving on First-Off Molding Projects

Christina Fuges talks to Kevin Hartsoe, president of Neu Dynamics in Ivyland, Pennsylvania, about the company’s focus on the electric vehicle market, the key to its success, projects in the pipeline as well as supply chain and workforce challenges. 

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Amerimold 2021 Post-Show Flashback: Maintain

Products, equipment and services for surface treatment, mold maintenance and repair were some of the more popular items on the Amerimold show floor this year.

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MMT Chats: "Do More Attitude" Yields Better Manifold System

Tristan Lee is a process technician with Wepco Plastics in Middlefield, Connecticut, who was recognized through the shop's "Improvement of the Week" initiative for his “do more” attitude. Tristan built a manifold system that creates better thermal consistency in a mold, saving some serious time in the processing stage. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

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Here Are Your Top 10 Most-Read Features of 2021

A list of the most-viewed features in MoldMaking Technology from January to November 2021.

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Education

MMT Chats: Additive Manufacturing Is a Movement within Moldmaking

Action Mold and Machining’s Additive Manufacturing Manager Greg Nemecek and AM Specialist/CMM Technician Zachary Glascock share what they saw, heard and learned at a recent in-person additive manufacturing event and how that visit has made them even more excited and eager to get out there more to continue learning, networking and partnering up to move AM forward in mold manufacturing. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.

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