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Determining Maximum Mold Cycle Counts
Ongoing data collection and visual inspection of tooling and parts is the only method that will allow you to balance maximizing tooling life, production capability and mold reliability.
Read MoreCutting Delivery Time 50 Percent With the Right CAD/CAM Package
With the appropriate CAD/CAM software behind it, one mold shop plans to further reduce its mold tooling turnaround time and remain a supplier of choice for its customers.
Read MoreCAD/CAM’s Come a Long Way
The past decade has seen the CAD/CAM industry explode when it comes to its efficiency, sophistication and speed.
Read MoreTwelve Techniques for Managing Moldmaking Design Data Effectively
Mold manufacturers can address time, cost, quality and global communication challenges by using 3-D CAD software in combination with an integrated product data management system.
Read MoreSoftware Enhances Advancing Technologies
CAD/CAM’s improved features and new capabilities—combined with the latest in technologies like high speed and five-axis machining, new cutting tools and 3-D technologies—allow moldmakers to achieve the highest quality in the shortest time.
Read MoreChoosing CAD Software For 3D Mold Design
The world of CAD offers many alternatives to shops that want to use the latest 3-D technology for their mold design. This article looks at the benefits of the various approaches and offers some tips on choosing the most appropriate one.
Read MoreStaying Competitive Using Mold Flow Analysis
The pressure on the supply chain is unrelenting for all things faster, better and cheaper. For moldmakers, getting molds built right the first time is critical to meeting these increasing demands. But how?
Read MoreIntegrated and Automated Knowledge-Based CAM for Better Productivity
A look at a solution for two major problems affecting manufacturing profitability today: (1) the shortage of knowledgeable, experienced engineers and (2) the incompatibilities of CAD/CAM data exchange.
Read MoreSystem Reduces Cure Times and Balances Fill Rates
Two separate technologies work together to first create a homogenous compound temperature exiting the injection molding unit and properly balance the filling of a mold, with the lowest possible cure times while increasing part quality.
Read MoreCAD Interoperability and Model Repair for Additive Fabrication
With so many different customers and suppliers, you should maintain a number of different CAD systems to try and stay as “native” as possible when it comes to exchanging part geometry electronic information.
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