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Article Updated on 10/6/2024 | Published on 4/7/2021
How to Use Scientific Maintenance for More Accurate Mold and Part Troubleshooting

Discover how adopting scientific maintenance approaches helps improve mold lifespan, minimize failures, and optimize production outcomes.

 

Article Published on 8/1/2017
Maintenance Matters: Cultivating Craftsmanship

Toolroom managers need to help repair technicians become skilled mold troubleshooters and craftsmen rather than tooling replacers and cleaners.

Article Published on 6/1/2017
Maintenance Matters: Got Flash? Shim it!

In some cases, shimming is the most cost-effective, short-term method for adding a bit of steel right where its needed to get through a critical production run.

Article Published on 2/1/2018
Maintenance Matters: The Physical Side of Data Entry

A mobile documentation station promotes on-the-fly data entry and usage for mold repair technicians, ingraining documentation into the daily maintenance process.

Article Published on 2/1/2017
Maintenance Matters: It's the Manager's Fault

Improving worker engagement starts with leadership at the manager level or, in our case, the toolroom manager.

Article Published on 3/29/2018
Maintenance Matters: Look How Far Mold Repair Has Come

To understand how repair shops have changed over 20 years, look at a company’s ability to break down, measure and apply specific data in the five factors of total mold control.  

Article Published on 10/1/2017
Maintenance Matters: The Right Personalities are Key to Reducing Workplace Breakdowns

Building an efficient, successful team with the right attributes reduces the incidents of mold breakdowns.

Article Published on 1/26/2017
Throwback Thursday: The Black Art

With my mold maintenance champion returning to the pages of MMT next month with his new "Maintenance Matters" series, I thought I'd revisit the start of his original series with us back in 2004.

Article Published on 2/17/2017
Motivating Skilled Toolroom Craftsmen

Steve Johnson, president of MoldTrax, has a lot to say about mold maintenance. So much so, that we could not fit it all into his February "Maintenance Matters" column. Here are some extra pointers that didn't make the cut, but are just as important.

Article Updated on 6/27/2024 | Published on 10/16/2019
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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