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Do You Know about Section 232?
Here is an update on Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs via Section 232 Tariffs on Aluminum and Steel: Additional Duty on Imports of Steel and Aluminum Articles under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. This update cites the exemptions announced on March 23, 2018.
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2018 AMBA Mold Builder of the Year
The American Mold Builders Association does a wonderful job each year honoring a special individual among its membership with the Mold Builder of the Year Award. This year’s recipient has been a leader and a visionary in the mold building industry for nearly 40 years. He has hired and developed countless strong leaders under him and is well respected in the automotive industry. His vision and leadership have propelled two companies to the forefront of toolmaking excellence.
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Throwback Thursday: The Next Level of Mold Optimization
New technology gives everyone the ability to gain significant advantage, which pays off in faster builds, better performance, lower costs, and less-risk molds long into the future.
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Working High End
The right CAD/CAM provides a common language that unites all processes, ensuring that everything moves fluently through the toolroom and across each discipline.
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DNC Software for Moldmaking Shops
With the larger-sized programs moldmakers use, making sure programs are being run to their full potential should be a top priority, and DNC software can help.
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Working Hands Radio
This tool and die guy, who has recorded more than 350 training videos, is now broadcasting on the radio with phone lines open. His first episode is on apprenticeships and mentoring.
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Throwback Thursday: Mold Maker and Mold Designer of the Year Award Winners
I am only throwing back to coverage of a few past winners to get you thinking about some potential nominees for this year’s SPE Mold Technologies Division Mold Maker and Mold Designer of the Year Award.
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Drop and Give Me 20!
Well,10 or even one of your top reasons for being a moldmaker today. Every year this industry shows off its wit and humor with our annual Top 10 Reasons to Be a Moldmaker T-shirts, so don’t let us down.
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Fully-Coupled Analysis Brings Optimal Accuracy to Part and Mold Design
In the conventional analysis process, filling, cooling, packing and warp are separate solvers and will run analysis sequentially instead of simultaneously. Fully-coupled process simulation delivers simulation data in every time-step program, increasing analysis accuracy. Here is a look at the differences between conventional and fully-coupled process simulation for part and mold design.
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Collaborate to Educate on Plastics Technologies
Moldmakers, industry consultants and technology suppliers collaborate to educate on plastics technologies.
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Get Connected!
The annual AMBA Conference holds a special place in my heart. It has been a critical event for my career at MMT because of the relationships it has helped me build and the challenges and solutions it has revealed to me through its educational and networking opportunities. “Connect” with me at this year’s event next month.
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Throwback Thursday: How to Prevent Hot Runner Leaks
One of the more common concerns still expressed by molders today about hot runner molds is the threat of a leak of molten plastic causing the manifold pocket to fill. Here is a throwback to an article on leak prevention focused on externally heated hot runner systems.
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