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The Many Dimensions of Feature-Based Machining
Simple does not mean minimal. FBM is a powerful tool that can save many different types of users’ time and money. Here’s why.
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Hot Runner Justification
How OEMs, molders and moldmakers can better determine when it makes sense to use hot runner technology.
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Detecting Water Flow Restrictions
A look at how taking the time and data to analyze a mold problem will help you repair it right—and permanently—the first time.
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Avoid Chasing CNC Variability with CAM
Moldmakers who produce tooling for medical devices and many other high precision molded products have been under increasingly greater pressure to reduce the variability of tooling components manufactured on their CNC equipment. One way they attempt to do this is by carefully adjusting offsets in the CAM program to compensate for variations in their equipment’s volumetric accuracy. Sometimes this works, other times not. Either way, the toolmaker pays a heavy penalty.
Read MoreHow Success Happens
All too often lately, I sense a feeling of entitlement in some areas of manufacturing. I know how that sounds—U.S. manufacturers rightly believe that they’ve been bludgeoned over the past 20 years or so by government trade policies, along with a shifting perception in our culture that a career in manufacturing is in some way less-than-noble/lucrative/rewarding. But there are some SMMs that I speak with who say things are hopeless. They tell me that their industry and government have abandoned them, and there’s nothing they can do about it.
Read MoreMRP: Why You Need It and What It Can Do for Your Business
Choosing the right manufacturing resource planning system and ensuring it is implemented correctly will yield great benefits to your shop’s efficiency.
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Perfecting the Moldmaking Process
One mold manufacturer’s secret to staying ahead: obtaining a full understanding of the entire molding process by cutting and shooting molds in their own shop, and investing in today’s machining technology to strengthen a niche in complex moldmaking.
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Delving into Rapid Prototyping Technologies Attracts New Customers
Offering RP services and investing in technologies that help to constantly improve those services can help you reach potential new markets and allow your company to push the envelope of mold building technology.
Read MoreMeasuring CAD Skills Gives Greater Efficiency
CAD is at the heart of modern manufacturing and moldmaking. But just how good are people at using the CAD tools they are given? This article reviews the options for assessing the skills and training needs of CAD users.
Read MoreHot Runner Temperature Control: A Low-Investment Solution for Challenging Molding
To understand the importance of hot runner controls, you need to examine how they actually control temperature, processing implications and mold design considerations.
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