Additive Manufacturing May Digital Edition Is Ready
This month's edition of MoldMaking Technology's Additive Manufacturing Supplement takes a look at hybrid manufacturing and one company's lessons learned with 3D plastics printing.
Read MoreGive Us Your Top 10
Reasons to be a moldmaker, that is! It's that time of year again, when we spotlight the lighter side of moldmaking with our annual t-shirt tradition created by you.
Read MoreThings are Taking Shape at Amerimold
By that I mean that an expanded focus is forming. One that brings processing into the picture alongside our mix of technologies and strategies for designing, building and maintaining molds.
Read MoreLearn to Build a Better Mold at Amerimold 2015
If you are interested in sharing your challenges to better mold building operations and learning about some technology solutions that will yield higher quality molds and end use parts, then you need to check out the Build block of sessions at Amerimold 2015.
Read MoreMold Project Teaches Criticality of Design Phase Collab
Prestige Mold, Eastman Chemical Company, Mold-Masters (owned by Milacron LLC) and Pres-Tek Plastics joined forces on a project to solve customer challenges with producing small medical device parts made of Tritan™ copolyester with a multi-cavity hot runner mold. I spoke with Eastman's market development manager for medical devices to learn more about the Eastman-Prestige collaboration.
Read MoreCardinal Mfg: Filling the Skills Gap One Student at a Time
The folks over at Cardinal Manufacturing, the student-run program at Eleva Strum High School, are featured in an upcoming episode of "Titan American Built" on Maverick TV (MAVTV). Check out a clip here.
Read MoreEngineer Your Way to a Better Mold
Amerimold Expo 2015 is the place to be if you're looking to learn about technologies and best practices that mold buyers and mold builders use to make critical decisions that improve processes, solve problems and meet quoted leadtimes. Check out our Engineer block of technical conference sessions.
Read MoreListen and Learn
Back in the fall I told you about Northwoods Manufacturing, a student-run manufacturing business running out of Hurley High School in Hurley, Wisconsin. Well, things have advanced quite a bit and next month it is holding its second annual open house, and is participating in MMT's 2015 Educational Webinar Series.
Read MoreLessons and Learning Curves in Plastics 3D Printing
A learn-as-you-go approach has helped this custom molder grow its 3D printing capabilities.
Read MoreSeeking Deserving Moldmakers and Mold Designers
Each year the Mold Making and Mold Design Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) searches for award recipients for its Mold Maker and Mold Designer of the Year Awards, which are presented during the Amerimold Expo taking place this June 17-18 in Rosemont, Illinois. May 15 is the nomination deadline.
Read MoreAmerimold 2015 Bringing You In-Depth Workshops
New this year, Amerimold Expo's technical conference program is offering two half-day workshops for a deeper dive into programming 3D parts and strategies for making mold maintenance profitable.
Read MoreEAB on NPE
MoldMaking Technology's Editorial Advisory Board members share their thoughts on NPE2015.
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