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First-Time IMTS Experience: Uncovering Innovations for Moldmakers

Attending my first IMTS with the MoldMaking Technology team gave me the chance to explore a variety of products, equipment and services that will benefit moldmakers while engaging with industry experts.

Precision Meets Innovation at IMTS 2024

After attending IMTS, it's clear that the integration of advanced technologies is ready to enhance precision, efficiency and automation in mold manufacturing processes. It’s a massive event, so here’s a glimpse of what the MMT team experienced firsthand.

Innovative Technology for Your Mold Shop at IMTS 2024: Part 1

MoldMaking Technology highlights a variety of innovative applications featured this year at IMTS 2024. From software solutions to new machines and services, dive into this comprehensive guide to best equip your mold shop.

Integrated CAD/CAM Streamlines Electrode Manufacture, Improves Quality

A focus on electrode design and automation helps toolroom improve efficiency, reduce tooling costs and deliver higher quality products.

Cimatron 2025 Software Offers Benefits to Moldmakers

IMTS 2024: Cimatron announces the release of Cimatron 2025, a software version for advanced capabilities in design and manufacturing. The software enables improved modeling and electrode design for the moldmaking industry.

CAD/CAM Software Reduces Delivery Times by 70% With a Six-Month ROI

Single integrated CAD/CAM package reduces translation errors, simplifies design process, improves shop efficiency and shortens tool lead times.

Do You Remember?...The Best of MMT September

Say, do you remember? These top-viewed MMT articles from September?

Moldmaking-Related Technology Highlights

This month’s tech roundup highlights mold materials and other miscellaneous technologies for moldmaking needs.

VIDEO: CAD/CAM with the Moldmaker in Mind

Ralph Picklo, Director of Sales for Cimatron at CAMBRIO, shares what it means when CAD/CAM is created with the mold builder in mind.

Product Innovations Pushing the Mold

Another tech roundup is here to provide an overview of technologies and services on the market for moldmakers. Featured in this roundup are cutting tools, mold components and more.

Mold/Die Software Establishes Higher Productivity for Mold Development

Cimatron powers up version 2024 of its CAD/CAM software, providing stronger core capabilities and new tools for advanced moldmaking with an emphasis on automation, simplified UX, productivity, process management and digital connectivity.

Technology and Sourcing Guide 2023: Additive Manufacturing

3D printing, or additive manufacturing, simplifies the moldmaking process by making mold inserts, mold components, end-use parts and ancillary equipment. Access this exclusive, online-only content, including a suppliers list, AM products and more.

Software Technology to Meet Moldmaking Challenges

Featured in this technology roundup are software solutions that can provide and improve design and manufacturing operations or data management practices during the manufacture of a mold.

Specialist Automotive Mold Builder Mentors in Work and Life Skills

Southeastern mold builder PFAFF Molds sets the standard in toolmaking for automotive window and vehicle body sealing systems through knowledge-sharing and automation.

Software Simulation Eases Design Challenges for Moldmakers

Cimatron’s integrated CAD/CAM interface is designed to systematically follow the mold design process from quoting to manufacture and provide complete workflow visibility.

PTXPO Preview 2023: Upcoming Software/Simulation Services, Training and Marketing Solutions

This latest installment of PTXPO snapshots feature companies in and around the Moldmaking Pavilion powered by Amerimold that provide industry solutions in software, simulation, training and marketing.

Products and Services for Multiple Moldmaking Needs

New year, new technology roundup! Featured here is a collection of product offerings, from profile milling cutters to industry-specific CAD/CAM software to innovative hot work tool steels.

MoldMaking Technology's Most-Viewed Content 2022: Products

MMT shares the five top-viewed technologies, equipment and services of 2022 in each Engineer, Build, Maintain and Manage tenet based on Google Analytics.

Small, Agile Mold Builder Keeps Speed and Accuracy at the Forefront

Michigan-based Zero Tolerance tests the limits of moldmaking and molding with teamwork and technology that permits changes on the fly.

Advancing the Mold With New Technologies

This roundup is full of products and services that help answer concerns and meet needs for the industry. Featured in this roundup are hot runners, mold components, mold materials and more.

IMTS 2022 in a Flash

With this still being the month of IMTS, I thought I’d highlight some of the technology mold builders have expressed growing interest in and are actively investigating, and what was on the show floor.

Bringing Market-Specific Engineering Experience to Every Project

Experience, acumen and attention to detail help Prodigy Mold & Tool create value and build long-lasting customer relationships.

Mold and Die Focused Software Tackles Process Optimization, Usability, New Technology

Cimatron’s CAD/CAM version 16 release enable toolmakers to deliver higher quality tools faster, easier and more efficiently.

CAD/CAM Software Equips Moldmakers with New Features, Functions

Cimatron v16 introduces new and enhanced capabilities to equip toolmakers across the spectrum to deliver high-quality tools faster and easier.

End-to-End Conformal Cooling Design, Production for Faster Cycle Times, Boosted Part Quality

Cimatron works with moldmakers to design and optimize molds with conformal cooling, prepare it for an accurate print and ensure complete post-processing.

What Can You Expect to See at Plastics Technology Expo 2022?

With Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) 2022 just around the corner, take a moment to preview the new and proven innovations that will be on display at the show.

How to Use a Conformally Cooled Sprue Bushing to Reduce Cycle Time and Ease Cost Pressures

Use of a new conformally cooled sprue bushing helped solve Midwest Mold Services’ problem with a big sprue that was hard to cool and preventing faster ejection times.

Eliminate Collisions and Over-Travels with Automated Toolpath Simulation

Toolpath simulation and optimization software simplifies moldmaking by eliminating collisions between the cutting tool or tool holder and the mold base.

Amerimold 2019: Software Solutions for Moldmaking

Looking for software options that are developed for moldmaking? Amerimold had plenty in store for attendees and we bring you some highlights here.

2018 Technology Review and Sourcing Guide: Software

MoldMaking Technology’s annual Technology Review and Sourcing Guide is an accurate, comprehensive, easy-to-read and easy-to-use use guide for researching today’s technology, equipment, products and services. The year’s latest moldmaking product developments within mold engineering/design, build and maintenance/repair are broken down into 10 sections, including software.

Throwback Thursday: Software Advances Push Limits of Speed and Quality

This throwback article provides interesting perspectives on software for moldmaking while also illustrating how fast software technology moves today.

Moldmakers Choose Different Pathways to Workforce Development

Mold manufacturing companies share their strategies, the challenges they face and their commitment to training the next generation of makers.

Conformal Water Line Design Guidelines

Principles for creating conventional water lines are the foundation for efficient and effective conformal cooling line design.

Cutting-Edge Conformal Cooling

Recently, I reconnected with an industry colleague who will bring some international expertise to the states this May to discuss one of the hot topics in moldmaking today: conformal cooling. And, this will be followed up at Amerimold in June.

Technology Showcase: Case Studies

Here’s a Technology Showcase review of past case studies that you may have seen, but that may also be worth another look.

Integrated Software Speeds End-to-End Moldmaking Operations

Cimatron CAD/CAM software from 3D Systems helped PTI Engineered Plastics simplify the flow of its work from design to production.

Is Conformal Cooling Right for You?

Conformal cooling is hot. It’s one of the most popular topics at industry conferences today and yet there are many companies that are still not sure if they are ready to use the technology, according to David Lindemann, who is an applications engineer for 3Dsystems, a Cimatron software business unit. Dave joined MMT recently to present a webinar on the topic.

New Era, Same Winning Formula

This company succeeds by staying up-to-date on technology and being willing to do a bit extra in the name of customer service.

The Will and the Way to Automate Mold Design

Persistence and the right technology enabled this automotive toolmaker to give programmers a head start on new projects and dramatically reduce calculation times.

A Powerful Punch

As MMT Publisher Claude Mas and senior editor Matt Danford attended Euromold last week, 3D Systems and Cimatron announced that they have combined forces to expand the power of digital design and manufacturing.

Make Mold Cooling Easy and Effective

Strategies for designing an effective cooling system with less time and effort.

Unique in Every Way

This moldmaker transformed its current processes with a multi-function, universal CAD/CAM solution.

Mold Cooling Design Made Easy

We invite you to sit at your desk on March 12th at 2pm to learn how to quickly create complex water circuits, place cooling components, install baffles at various depths, and analyze circuits and cooling results.

CAD/CAM Answers New Automotive Challenges

For this blow mold manufacturer, the right CAD/CAM software yielded time savings, productivity gains and streamlined customer communication.

Signs of Growth

If online surveys could capture facial expressions, a recent survey of tool shop executives would probably show a good number of smiling faces, albeit cautiously optimistic ones.

CMM and CAD/CAM Combo Helps Shop Reverse Engineer Broken Tools

Standard Pattern has been fulfilling a growing demand for 3D models of lost and broken tools. As many tools age and break, creating 3D models is the most cost-effective way to make new tools to replace the old ones.

Gimme a Break .. I Mean, Take a Break

Take a break this Wednesday afternoon and join MMT as we host a webinar to show you how some winning mold shops are molding good parts at first shot.

Software Advances Push Limits of Speed and Quality

Software for moldmaking continues to evolve as sophisticated features and capabilities are introduced, enabling mold manufacturers to produce the highest quality work in the most compressed leadtimes to date.

CAD/CAM’s Role in Customer Collaboration

Seven skills—enhanced by the right CAD/CAM solution—that will help you win more business.

Motorola RP Services: 20,000 Electrodes and Counting

Motorola has placed an increased emphasis on adding new software tools to improve its engineering and manufacturing operations. For its moldmaking business, this has meant implementation of new procedures in Cimatron-E and implementation of a Hexagon PC-DMIS solution on the shop floor.

How to Reduce EDM Setup from Hours to Minutes

The right software helps automate EDM setup and avoid EDM programming errors.

Taking Streamlining to the Next Level

Based in Rochester, NY, Aluminum Injection Mold Company (AIM; Rochester, NY) is an industry pioneer in providing creative production aluminum tooling solutions to a wide range of markets including automotive, medical, computer / business machines, telecommunications and consumer products since 1985.

Five-Axis and CAD/CAM Give Toolmaker an Edge

Over the years, Pattern Mold has used many software packages. The trigger for the latest change came with the purchase of their first five-axis machine. The search for the software demanded that it would make this new machine work as efficiently as possible.

Six Best Practices for Mold Design

A few key mold design strategies can go a long way in improving your mold building operations and customer support.

CAM Software Market Leaders Named by CIMdata

NC Market Analysis Report for 2010 Released.

Diversity Is Key to Over Six Decades of Moldmaking Success

In 1945, George Carson dreamt of owning his own business. So he founded Carson Tool & Mold (Kennesaw, GA) in his garage, and hired his first employee—George Myers. Carson ran the shop until he retired in 1988 and Myers continued to build the business, passing the reins to his son David, who currently serves as president after purchasing the company in 1996.

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