Leadership
A Few Words from our Winners
MoldMaking Technology's Leadtime Leader awards are in their 12th year of recognizing and honoring North American mold manufacturers who are raising the bar when it comes to efficiency, quality, innovation and commitment within their moldmaking operations. And this year's winners are no exception. Let's hear how they feel about winning this year's title.
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And Your 2014 Leadtime Leader Winners are …
MoldMaking Technology’s 2014 Leadtime Leader Awards—sponsored by Progressive Components—honor two outstanding mold manufacturers who demonstrate excellence in overall innovation, efficiency, quality and commitment. Westminster Tool has been named the 2014 Winner, while Aalbers Tool and Mold brings home the Honorable Mention title this year.
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Designing Flow Leaders and Restrictors
Use simulation to control flow in your injection molds.
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2014 Leadtime Leader Awards Honorable Mention: Aalbers Tool & Mold Inc
A rush of recent change for this moldmaker belies a long-term growth strategy that’s anything but aggressive. Key aspects of this cautious approach include strategic expansion, continuous improvement, extensive data tracking, and investments in workforce development and environmental sustainability.
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Collaboration Makes the Impossible Possible
For Industrial Molds Group, successfully completing a complex 2×2, two-shot family mold demanded a level of collaboration similar to that required by a symphony orchestra. A leading manufacturer of power tools was under severe pressure to begin production for a new product that had to be on store shelves by Memorial Day or the customer (a major retailer) would cancel orders for the entire year.
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On-Machine Texturing and Polishing
Laser technology highlighted at DMG MORI’s recent “Innovation Days” event enables users to texture molds still fixtured on the machining center. Plans are currently in the works to similarly automate polishing.
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AMBA Moving Ahead With Industry-Specific Certification Program
The American Mold Builders Association aims to create a set of measurable knowledge and skills standards geared specifically toward moldmaking operations.
Read MoreMoldmakers on ABC's Shark Tank Tonight!
Several years ago, Wayne Sikorcin, owner of Aurora, Illinois-based Craftsman Tool & Mold—a moldmaker turned mold base builder—and his wife Laura invented a device that would tie a knot on a water balloon, the Tie-Not. MMT followed and chronicled their product development, mold building and parts manufacturing journey, and tonight at 8 pm they head to Shark Tank on ABC!
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Adding Value Through Machining After Molding
Secondary machining helps this integrated molding and toolbuilding operation ensure accuracy, streamline its own operations, and attract new business as a single-source supplier of less-expensive tools.
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Financial Justification of Conformal Cooling
A ratio analysis helps illustrate the estimated effects of conformal cooling on profitability.
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