Design & Mfg. Software
The Misunderstood Cutter Path
Normal vectors are not always the best choice for milling complex mold surfaces.
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Simplify Mold Machining
Use true five-axis simultaneous machining for your molds and inserts.
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The Pellet Enters the Melt Delivery System
Choosing a hot or cold runner system is a decision for the molder and moldmaker that must balance the processing window with budget and time.
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Initial Pellet Contact is the Screw
Here’s what every moldmaker should know about an injection molding machine’s reciprocating screw, which is often misunderstood and applied to the process incorrectly.
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A Dynamic Approach to Prototype Tooling
Software that adapts to the demands of varying cutting conditions helps this moldmaker adapt to the demands of a varying workload.
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New Blog Series: The Designer's Edge
Here's to a new year and a new bi-weekly blog series by guest blogger Randy Kerkstra that will offer ways to design and use the mold for effective troubleshooting and for yielding the largest processing window possible. We appreciate Randy's willingness to share his passion for solving problems and lessons learned throughout his 27 years in mold building and molding. We hope this series begins an ongoing dialogue on how mold shops can have a bigger impact on the molding process.
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VIDEO: How to Machine a Football
We are in the heat of football season, so what better time to showcase how a football is machined.This video shows a model American Football being created out of 6061 Aluminium with a Toyoda UX-570 5 axis machine with a 3D offset toolpath: 0.032 dia cutter mounted in a Typhoon HSM Jet Spindle using thru spindle coolant at 36,000 RPM and 400 IPM.
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The Will and the Way to Automate Mold Design
Persistence and the right technology enabled this automotive toolmaker to give programmers a head start on new projects and dramatically reduce calculation times.
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Plastic Injection Molding Starts with the Pellet
This is the first article in a new series that will examine the injection molding process by breaking down the path a plastic pellet takes as it is transformed from Pellet 2 Part. It covers what every moldmaker should know about raw materials, including the fundamentals of viscosity curves, Melt Flow Index, Melt Flow Rate, shear and more.
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CAD/CAM Allows Moldmaker to Make Big Moves
KA Tooling says its CAD/CAM software provided the necessary confidence to invest in additional CNC machines and move to larger facilities to meet the growing demand for injection molds.
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