Mold Components
The Economics of Metric
Why pay extra for inches when world economics is moving the U.S. into the metric age. Will this motivate the U.S. to convert in the next two years?
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The Designer's Edge: Venting of Mold Components
Venting with mold components, actions and part details is often overlooked as a root cause to allow gases to escape to prevent buildup, erosion and part quality issues. Many will try to process around these issues instead of modifying the tool to address the problem. Here are some recommendations.
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The Designer's Edge: More on Venting
Randy shares how his views on venting specs have changed since moving from the tool shop to the molding side of the business.
Read MoreThe Designer's Edge: Venting
Randy shares a real-world perspective on venting and exposes the true value of tool standards.
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Mold Water System Basics
Molder to moldmaker: “If you want the project, you need to hit the targeted tooling costs.” Then oftentimes the moldmaker builds a tool that fits the budget, but does not have the best performance with regards to water. Here are some basics about the impact of mold's water system.
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System Cooling
The efficiency of the mold cooling circuits are critical to a stable process and the manufacturer of high quality, dimensionally stable parts. Now a new System Cooling platform gives molders the ability to monitor water flow and temperature circuits inside the mold.
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More Standard DT Core Configurations From Roehr Tool Corporation
Roehr Tool Corporation, a pioneer in collapsible core technology, has expanded its line of Dove Tail Collapsible Cores with the addition of new sizes and configurations.
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CVe Monitor v2 and OnDemand Software Upgraded with More New Features
Monitoring Mold Activity has Never Been Easier
Read MoreInnovative Solutions, Proven Performance at NPE
Progressive Components introduced its Lifetime Guarantee for its patent pending Z-Series Alignment Locks at NPE2015.
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Common Sense Innovation and Moldmaker Collaboration
As I walked the aisles of NPE last month, taking in all the plastics-related technologies and solutions on display, two obvious trends emerged: logical innovation and moldmaker collaboration.
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