MMT Chats
MMT Chats: SPE MTD 2023 Mold Maker of the Year
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges takes the opportunity to sit down with the newly named SPE Mold Technologies Division 2023 Mold Maker of the Year to learn about his lifelong career in moldmaking. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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MMT Chats: 50 Years of Growth and Community at the AMBA
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director sits down with AMBA Executive Director Kym Conis and Board Member Tom Barr of T K Molds to talk about the association’s 50-year anniversary and the next 50 years. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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MMT Chats: The Rise of Tooling Digitalization
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with Bob Vancoillie with the Consumer Division of Johnson & Johnson about OEM corporate initiatives for digitizing tooling.
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Project Reveals Added Benefits of New P20 Grade Steel in Machinability, Cycle Time and No Stress Relief
MoldMaking Technology's Christina Fuges talks with General Motors' Shane Appel about a project testing a new P20 steel grade's dimensional stability.
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MMT Chats: Key Pain Points and Leverage Areas of Advanced Tooling
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with Dr. Ahmed Arabi Hassen, R&D Staff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, about advanced tooling research and development. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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MMT Chats: How to Improve Efficiency in 3 Key Toolroom Areas
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with James Jergens, General Manager for Triangle Tool and Penn Erie Tool of The Plastek Group about three simple ways to improve efficiency: tool design, equipment and work in process. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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MMT Chats: Mold Design Apprentices Speak Out
Mold Design Apprentices Alex McClinton and Nolan Benedict share their individual journeys to moldmaking, impressions of a unique mold design apprenticeship and their future plans. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Unique Mold Design Apprenticeship Using Untapped Resources
To help fill his mold design skills gap, Jeff Mertz of Anova Innovations, is focused on high schools and underprivileged school districts, a school that has lower graduation and college entrance rates. The goal is a student-run enterprise.
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MMT Chats: Developing a Mold Engineering Apprenticeship Model
New mold design and 3D printing company wanted to partner with a local high school to train mold designers and a National Tooling & Machining Association Mold Design Group Apprenticeship was the answer. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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MMT Chats: Project Engineer Applies Lean Manufacturing Principles to Growing Sustainability Role
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges catches up with MMT’s 30-Under-30 Honoree Katherine Pistorius, who has added Regional Sustainability Coordinator alongside her Project Engineer duties, which demonstrates the many paths one can take in a manufacturing career. Here she shares how this opportunity unfolded for her and what the job entails today and in the future. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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MMT Chats: 4 Keys to a Successful Mold-Building Operation: Innovation, Transparency, Accessibility and Relationship
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with Steve Michon, co-owner of Zero Tolerance in Clinton Township, Michigan, about the excitement of solving problems, the benefits of showing gratitude, the real struggle with delegation and the importance of staying on top of technology. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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MMT Chats: 5 in 5 with Zero Tolerance
This special MMT Chat Series delivers five best practices in five minutes on ways to improve efficiencies. My guest today is Steve Michon, President of Zero Tolerance in Clinton Township, MI.This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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