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Maintaining Mold Components
Toolroom technicians must include frame plates, frame components, and cavity tooling when developing a mold maintenance plan.
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Surface Treatments Protect Mold Finishes, Reduce Downtime and Part Failure
Surface treatment vendors are expanding their services to include more treatment options, advanced technologies and convenience.
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Higher-Level Laser Mold Texturing
Eroded, sandblasted and chemically-etched mold textures are now 100-percent lasered at this Germany-based service provider.
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Welding Solutions Are More Efficient, Flexible and Affordable
As welding technologies advance, moldmakers have more options for repairing molds faster, cheaper and with minimal training required.
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Rethinking How to Polish
Internal process documentation helps polishers build upon experience and overcome surface finish challenges.
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Suhner and Velocity Products Form Partnership
Suhner has teamed up with Velocity Products to maintain the SU-matic line at a consistent level of quality and functionality.
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Process and Measurement Data Aid Intelligent Moldmaking
Collecting and using measurement data ensures that mold components can meet customer specifications and reduces scrap and rework.
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How Will Industry 4.0 Impact Mold Maintenance?
Many toolrooms want to replace manual entries with electronic data when creating maintenance work orders and providing past historical issues, corrective actions and the effectiveness level of resolutions, but technicians require more information than electronic signals can provide to prove a return on investment of their time.
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Mold Release: Paintable, FDA-Compliant Powder
New Dry-21 paintable PTFE powder mold release is a low-residue, spray-on release with FDA compliance for incidental food contact.
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Complex Molds Require Advanced Maintenance Strategies
As molds become more complex in design and function, the demand for advanced training and equipment for mold maintenance increases.
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