Automation
M&M Tool and Mold, Inc.: Automation Investment Pays Off Big
Heavily relying on lights-out manufacturing coupled with a niche market in complex mold manufacture, this moldmaker lands its fourth accolade as a Leadtime Leader—three times as a winner and this year’s Leadtime Leader: Small Shop Honorable Mention.
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Automation Is the Bridge Between EDM and Precision Mold Manufacture
The automation route has three key milestones: (1) tooling, (2) palletization and (3) robots, all of which should neatly slot into each other and help govern the speed of change.
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Tech Tool & Mold, Inc.: Strength and Flexibility
This moldmaker garners the 2007 Leadtime Leader Award: Small Shop by being flexible with its customers, going lean, competing globally and uniting with other moldmakers.
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Automation and Moldmaking: Mold Production in Action
Moldmakers are starting to change the way they think and incorporate automation into all aspects of their operation—combining a multitude of processes in a single cell for optimal productivity.
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Process Management Leads to Easier Automation
Before you move your shop into full blown automation, integrate a pallet system and process management software.
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A Winning Combination: Technology and Lean
According to a North American Mold Manufacturing Industry Status Survey from Plante & Moran (www.plantemoran.com) conducted earlier this year, a combination of technology and lean can—and has—helped mold shops reduce leadtimes and become more productive.
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Streamlining Your Setup Operations with the Right Workholding System
Creating a powerful manufacturing cell from a one-minute palletization solution.
Read MoreMachining Madness
IMTS is a time to both discover ways to make your existing equipment more efficient and to discover the new machine tool technologies available.
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Unscrewing Core Design Provides Fast, Accurate Core Positioning
Although PERC (Programmable Electric Rotating Cores System) is not a brand-new technology, it warrants a second look as a way for moldmakers to provide another value-added service to their customers.
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Molding Success Through Automation
HSM technology helps U.S. moldmaker maintain world-class productivity and business growth.
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