Metal 3D printer manufacturer Sodick first launched its OPM250L at IMTS 2016, where Phoenix DeVentures of Morgan Hill, California, showcased its success with the new hybrid machine.
One shop floor communications and machine monitoring solutions provider shares three reasons to give the younger generation for why manufacturing is a great field for a career.
From laser optimization bringing AM to the next level for a medical mold builder to mold design enhancements leveraging 3D printing capabilities to 3D printing big industrial tools, this edition of AM has much to offer today's mold builders.
This throwback focuses on one mold builder's strategy for bridging the gap between concept and production using simulation, but then fast-forwards to a new white paper on using simulation to validate 3D printed injection molds.
This month we take a look at how to define mold steel toughness, a new roughing strategy that helps maximize metal removal rates and reduce roughing cycle times, enhanced metrology technologies, electrode material selection, women impacting moldmaking, and much more.
Check out the leading suppliers of machine tools, mold components, materials, tooling, workholding and more that have taken advantage of the business development opportunities at Amerimold.
When visiting shops across the country, I see MoldMaking Technology issues on lobby tables and in magazine racks. I see reprinted feature stories framed on the wall. I even see torn-out pages on shop benches. So there is still something to be said for having that information in hand, literally.
Continued facility and equipment investment helps to maintain a focus on consistency in cutting tool design and manufacture for Seco Tools and Niagara Cutter. This includes two products developed to utilize the entire capability of the machine tools on the market today.
RocTool, a developer of mold heating and cooling technologies, shares the findings of a study it conducted to identify a range of resin materials that successfully use RocTool’s molding technologies to produce high-quality parts with high flow and reduced cavity pressure.