Maintenance & Repair
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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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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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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Cleaning Unit's Dual Tank Offers Choices in Cleaning Methods
The Omegasonics 815BTX is a dual-tank, bench-top ultrasonic cleaning machine that cleans with detergent or water.
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Mold Release Is FDA Compliant for Incidental Food Contact
Dry-21 from IMS Co. brings the release ability of PTFE powder into an FDA-compliant formula under 21 CFR 177.1550 and 184.100.
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Establishing a Production Startup in Mexico
In 2014, German moldmaker Siebenwurst established a subsidiary company in Querétaro, Mexico. It not only provides support to other German companies in the region but also uses its extensive machine park to produce new molds for a growing customer base.
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How to Set Accurate Manifold Preventive-Maintenance Frequencies, Part 3
The only thing that can mess up a solid PM plan for a manifold is a poorly designed system, and there are a variety of manifold designs and complexity levels. Many design features are the root cause of postponing a manifold PM until it breaks down.
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Washer Combines Spray and Ultrasonic Actions for Flexibility
Blackstone-NEY Ultrasonics introduces the new patent-pending Rotosonic, which cleans heavily soiled parts in a single machine, which could prevent users from having to purchase a spray cabinet and an ultrasonic machine separately.
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Tool Mover Improves Safety with Secure Movement of Heavy Molds
With so much happening in a busy show year between NPE2018, Amerimold 2018 and IMTS 2018, MoldMaking Technology is revisiting some of the technology that was on display. In case you missed it: RUD Chain Inc. says that its RUD Tool-Mover moves heavy and sensitive dies, molds and tools safely and securely and therefore limits costs that damaged tools incur and improves safety for the operator.
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Specially Treated Grain in Bristles Offers Discs Durability
Boride Engineered Abrasives says that Dedeco Sunbursts are best for finishing and polishing hard-to-access areas without removing detail or causing flat spots.
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