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Rotating Wire Function Cuts EDM Wire Consumption, Optimizes Mold Cutting Conditions
Sodick puts a new spin on its ALN and ALP wire EDM line with a new function that reduce wire consumption by 25% and improve the geometric accuracy and surface quality of workpieces.
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Hybrid 3D Printer Offers Five-Axis Simultaneous Machining for Mold and Die Applications
DMG MORI’s Lasertec 3000 DED hybrid 3D printer offers process integration by combining laser deposition welding with five-axis, turn-mill machining in one setup.
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Hybrid Milling/Drilling Machine Reduces Total Mold Machining Time
MSI Mold Builders now squares, plus drills and taps eye-bolt holes on 50% of its tools in a single setup using a five-axis milling/drilling center with a universal spindle.
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Free-Form, Mold and Die Machining Cycle Times Cut With Multitasking Machine
It is said the machine combines the abilities of a high-powered turning center with a full-function machining center to produce small- and medium-sized workpieces in single setups.
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Custom-Manufactured Core Pins, Punches, Blades and Sleeves
Regal Components offers its Special Mold & Die Components, precision ground to ±0.000050" tolerances and customizable in a range of tool steels, for manufacturers, distributors and end users.
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CAM Software Automation Recognizes, Remembers and Standardizes Complex Process Flows
For the everyday mold builder, Open Mind Technologies’ hyperMILL software with automation technology and a comprehensive Automation Center make it easier to define and adhere to manufacturing standards.
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Cylindrical Grinding System Extends Into Mold and Die Machining
United Grinding’s Studer brand unveils the S36 concept, featuring precise, reproducible cooling capabilities and a large grinding wheel for enhanced punch and die speeds.
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Midgard Inc. Tackles Tooling Challenges and Automates Production to Keep Molds Running
This Eastern Pennsylvania molder does cavity changes daily, making its in-house toolroom critical to quickly fixing mold problems.
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Plastic Prototypes Using Silicone Rubber Molds
How-to, step-by-step instructions that take you from making the master pattern to making the mold and casting the plastic parts.
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Modular, Flexible CAM Speeds Five-Axis Programming, Boosts Profitability for Moldmaker
P and C Tool improves mold quality, minimizes secondary processes, takes on new business opportunities and increases profitability with new integrated CAM software.
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