Mold Components
VIDEO: How Monitoring A Mold's Activity Helps Improve Mold Performance
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges interviews Lorena Fisher of Progressive Components to learn why mold monitoring is so critical for optimizing a mold's productivity.
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Angle Pin Inserts Reduce Setup Times
PCS Company’s angle pin inserts reduce setup time by allowing the moldmaker to machine while doing other flat work.
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Hydraulic Locking Cylinder Provides Plug and Play Integration
PFA Inc.’s Hydraulic Locking Cylinders are now available with low profile PNP style sensors designed to integrate with Switchmax mold connectivity solution.
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Cutting Sprue Bushing Removes Need for Secondary Operation
DMS adds Almo’s cutting sprue bushing to its range of edge gate cutting components.
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Centering Sleeve Saves Space for Flexible Mold Design
HASCO offers the centering sleeve Z21/, which can be deployed flexibly to precisely align the plates on injection molds as they are joined together.
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Locking Cylinder Suited for High-Temperature Applications
HASCO introduces the positive locking cylinder Z2302/ for high-temperature applications in compression and injection molding tools.
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Tooling: New Safety Couplings for Mold Cooling Lines
Hasco’s new couplings have an automatic safety lock.
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Maintaining Mold Components
Toolroom technicians must include frame plates, frame components, and cavity tooling when developing a mold maintenance plan.
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Transitioning from CAD to CAM Pays Off
Like the majority of moldmakers, this shop generates revenue not by selling a 3D file of a mold as an engineering service, but by delivering the final physical mold. Investing in CAM software has helped the team to design short-run tools, which keeps loyal customers constantly coming back to them.
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Proprietary Systems and Expertise in Rubber Gives Roembke Mfg. and Design a Global Footprint
From the very beginning, Roembke Mfg. and Design has engineered and built molds for rubber products while also developing proprietary solutions for customers worldwide.
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