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Getting Hot and Heavy during a Little Hot Runner Training
If a mold is the heart of a molding system, then the hot runner system is the heart of a hot runner mold, and I recently learned that there is a lot to know when it comes to designing and maintaining these systems to ensure optimal mold and part quality and performance.
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What Is MoldMaking Technology's Editorial Advisory Board?
MoldMaking Technology’s Editorial Team looks to mold manufacturing professionals to serve on its Editorial Advisory Board to help guide the content that will best serve the industry.
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VIDEO: Custom Mold & Design Talks Hybrid Additive Manufacturing
Lester Jones, VP of Custom Mold & Design discusses the shop's use of its Matsuura Lumex Avance-25 hybrid AM machine for creating conformal-cooled inserts with MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges.
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Mold Builder Learns How to Use Hybrid AM to Build Conformal-Cooled Inserts
It is one thing to understand additive technology, but it is another to know when to invest, who to partner with and how to sell its value.
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"The Road Ahead" As Seen by K 2019
K 2019 organizers explain how electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles are two areas that will generate important opportunities for North American plastics.
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PODCAST: "Leading" Shops Give Away Secrets to Success
These two mold builders agree that getting your team involved in examining every aspect of your shop will help the business grow, and MoldMaking Technology’s annual Leadtime Leader Awards program did just that for X-Cell Tool & Mold and Maximum Mold Group.
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PODCAST: Self Reflection, Supreme Standards, Scuba Diving and Super Powers
These Leadtime Leaders strive for continuous improvement and believe entering this Awards competition helped them do just that. Here what X-Cell Tool & Mold and Maximum Mold Group have to say as they share a little about themselves, the award process and so much more!
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MMT Headed to Mexico
I’m headed to Mexico in about six weeks to learn about the growing demand for molds, tools and dies in this country as well as the local companies with increasing capacity and technology to produce them.
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Scholle IPN and Tooling 4.0
The MMT editorial team went onsite at Scholle IPN in Northlake, IL, and talked with Don Smith, senior tooling manager, to learn what Tooling 4.0 means to this company.
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Back to School Tools
Our job, as individuals working within the manufacturing community, is to offer our time to help educate the next generation of workers about the career opportunities available in manufacturing.
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Video: Metal AM Affects Plastics Production via Conformal Cooling
Additive manufacturing allows cooling channels within mold tooling inserts to follow the form of the tool rather than being straight drilled holes. Here’s why this matters.
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Simplicity and Consistency Are Key to Molds in Motion
A free webinar reviews solutions for the majority of mold (plastics) and die (die-casting) movements, including couplers, cylinders and latch assemblies, and listeners were engaged for the hour-long presentation to learn how simple concepts can have a big impact on the bottom line in both dollars and time.
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