Christina Fuges

Christina Fuges Editorial Director

Supply Chain

Cross-Functional Team Key to Customer Service, Complexity and China Partnership

Michiana Global Mold uses a cross-functional team of journeymen moldmakers and engineers to improve customer communication, service, and quality.

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Extensive CAD/CAM Functionality Helps Complete Medical Mold Build in 6 Weeks

The industry has been talking a lot about automotive lately, so I thought I’d switch things up a bit and share the success of a medical device mold project attributed mainly to the right CAD/CAM with built-in mold component supplier catalogs. 

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FAQ

How to Select a Mold Temperature Controller

White paper shares how cooling channel analysis, which collects maximum pressure drop, total flow rate and heat dissipation, eases the performance evaluation of mold temperature controllers.   

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amerimold

VIDEO: Elements of a New Age Repair Shop

Just as important as creating a solid maintenance plan for molds, is the shop in which the repair takes place. In this Toolroom Live Demo, Steve Johnson of MoldTrax presents an overview of a successful toolroom setup that includes a variety of essential bench and cleaning equipment on the market today.  

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FAQ

What You Need to Know About Hot Runner Systems and How to Optimize Their Performance

How to make the most out of the hot runner design, function and performance.

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Education

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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3D Printing

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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Automation

"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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