Basics
How To Choose the Correct Coating for Your Cutting Tools
As if choosing the right cutting tool for certain jobs wasn't difficult enough, choosing the right coating for that tool can be just as imporatant. These tips can make that decision easier.
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The Art of Design and Machining
The market is ready to explode as vendors introduce enhancements and upgrades to make the designing and machining of molds and mold components easier and more efficient.
Read MoreHow to Optically Polish Aluminum
There are two methods for optically polishing aluminum - knowing the right one for your project will save you time and money.
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Selecting a Filler Metal for Mold Repair Welding
Mold repair welding can add more life to a damaged tool, but choosing the right filler metal can determine just how long that life will last.
Read MoreHow to Achieve Intelligent Tool Management
With an effective tooling database, moldmakers can manage and track the information that is essential to their business.
Read MoreThree Steps to a Diamond Finish
Ultrasonic profilers can be a great time saver. One veteran polisher recounts his step-by-step procedures and thoughts as he tackles one of the tool and die industry's toughest problems - intricate rib work combined with an impossibly short delivery time
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Why Choose a Valve-Gated Hot Runner?
Moldmakers need to be aware of how different gating technology can affect their customers when designing a hot runner system into a mold.
Read MoreWeb Development 101
In today's marketplace, an Internet presence is a necessity for any business to survive. However, thinking it through completely is important in order to make your site a destination stop on the Information Superhighway.
Read MoreMoldmaking Using Wire EDM
This article explores the applications in which wire EDM has found its way. It will examine the reasons for this new interest in a supposedly unrelated machining method, and its impact on moldmaking, both physically and fiscally.
Read MoreThe Basics of High-Speed EDM Hole Drilling
This article discusses how EDM hold drilling - designed for fast, accurate small- and deep-hole drilling applications - has become a whole new method of manufacturing molds and parts.
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