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Tooling Transfer: Chaos or Calculated Opportunity?
Today there is significant pressure on OEMs and Tiered suppliers to transfer existing tooling to safer ground. This has presented prepared moldmakers with great opportunity.
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Cutting Tool Slashes Cycle Times by 75 Percent
This moldmaker reduces cycle times from 10 hours to two hours with a more durable, faster cutter that also leaves a nice finish.
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Optimize Machine Performance with Proper Filtration
There are multiple factors to consider when it comes to operating a wire EDM and filter quality should be one of them. Proper filtration can save EDM users money and time relating to production and maintenance. Buying low-cost filters may seem like an easy place to cut costs, but the truth is, it can be a costly mistake.
Read MoreThe Many Dimensions of Feature-Based Machining
Simple does not mean minimal. FBM is a powerful tool that can save many different types of users’ time and money. Here’s why.
Read MoreElite Mold & Engineering: Team Elite
Being both a moldmaker and a molder allows Elite Mold to be a one-stop team for its customers and the MoldMaking Technology 2009 Leadtime Leader Honorable Mention Award: Small Shop.
Read MorePost-Processor Pointers
In addition to the development of CAD/CAM software, it is important not to forget the importance of post-processors, which manage numerically controlled machines. Without the right post-processor the best CAD/CAM software is of no use; likewise, the most sophisticated machine will not function optimally without the right post-processor.
Read MoreHot Runner Justification
How OEMs, molders and moldmakers can better determine when it makes sense to use hot runner technology.
Read MoreThe Right PC CNC Brings Speed to Moldmakers
What to look for in a control to get the speed, accuracy, surface finish, flexibility, convenience and value a moldmaker needs.
Read MoreReduce the Time and Costs of Jig and Fixture Manufacture
When it comes to the manufacture of jigs, fixtures and assembly tools, time-to-market for new products can be reduced, overall costs can be saved and the quality of the resulting components/production can increase with the use of additive fabrication—laser sintering and fused deposition modeling.
Read MoreQuick-Change Devices Reduce Setup Time
A line of quick-change devices has been developed that serves as a replacement for traditional nuts and bolts and can reduce setup time.
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