Case Study
Executool Precision Tooling Inc.: Taking Risks To Grow
“We pride ourselves in helping our customers get product to market first.”
Read MoreTraining for More Efficient Cold Runner System Design
“The training I received from Beaumont taught me how to evaluate different runner design options for a given mold.”
Read MoreUnique Mold Challenge Showcases Moldmaker as Customer Consultant
Ultimately, the Roembke Mfg. mold was a single-drop cold deck with a standard LSR valve gate design featuring side injection versus back injection for the plastic.
Read More3D Design Software Reduces Cycle Time by 75 Percent and Increases Product Quality
Cool Pak chose SolidWorks® design software because it is easy to use, facilitates mold development and is fully integrated with the Gold Partner Certified CAMWorks™ machining system, which the company uses to run its CNC equipment to create tooling.
Read MoreAn Innovative Approach to Employee Training
This mold manufacturer looked within its own talent pool to develop—and implement—a new apprenticeship program to address the skilled workforce challenge.
Read MoreMoldmaking Gets Wyrd—and Amazing—with All-Digital Sculpting
By early 2012, when the price of white metal had increased 80 percent over the past two years— eating into revenues and margins—Wyrd was forced to rethink its approach. Ghost Studio, a Longmont CO-based product design firm, and Geomagic, maker of 3D software solutions from scan to design to manufacturing, soon presented Wyrd with a smarter way.
Read MorePowerful CAM Brings the “Outdoors” Up to Speed
When Lifetime was looking for a sophisticated CAM product to support large files for its bigger tables and recently added kayaks, the company looked no further than PowerMILL from Delcam (Salt Lake City, UT).
Read MoreWirth Tool & Die: Ensuring Molds are “Worthy” of the Company Name
Wirth Tool & Die (Lannon, WI) has been in business since 1966 and this family-run business has survived the industry’s rocky times and credits its small but dedicated workforce and its creative vision as key to its perseverance.
Read MorePutting Associations to Work for Your Shop
The American Mold Builders Association was founded in 1973 with a mission to protect the needs and interests of moldmakers while uniting an industry. The association is currently moving forward with that mission—focusing on rebranding, reconnecting and building value for its members.
Read MoreMotorola 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.
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