Leadership
MMT's May Digital Edition Is Now Available
This month we look at how simulation of both the induction heating and injection molding processes can optimize cycle time and final part results; how normal vectors are not always the best choice for milling complex mold surfaces; how hard-coating provides benefits that make aluminum tooling an attractive alternative to steel, how tool center point management streamlines five-axis programming and setup, and much more.
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Making the Complex Simple
Tool center point management streamlines five-axis programming and setup.
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Product Cost Management Improves Supplier Negotiation
Certain software tools can help take the guesswork out of the process for both manufacturers and suppliers.
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Learn to Build a Better Mold at Amerimold 2015
If you are interested in sharing your challenges to better mold building operations and learning about some technology solutions that will yield higher quality molds and end use parts, then you need to check out the Build block of sessions at Amerimold 2015.
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Mold Project Teaches Criticality of Design Phase Collab
Prestige Mold, Eastman Chemical Company, Mold-Masters (owned by Milacron LLC) and Pres-Tek Plastics joined forces on a project to solve customer challenges with producing small medical device parts made of Tritan™ copolyester with a multi-cavity hot runner mold. I spoke with Eastman's market development manager for medical devices to learn more about the Eastman-Prestige collaboration.
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High-Feed Tool, Deeper Cut?
Thick inserts make a high-feed tool this shop’s top choice for heavy roughing operations as well.
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A Challenging but Worthwhile Endeavor
This mold manufacturer recently made its first foray into in-house mold sampling. So far, the results have made the shop’s significant investment more than worth it.
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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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Ignite Your Leadership Skills
Come share best practices, learn ways to improve your profitability and become better leaders, managers and organizational contributors. This is waht the AMBA wants you to come out and do at their annual spring convention.
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Process control technology boosts productivity and profitability through increased throughput of good parts, reduced inspection time and dependable production schedules.
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