Maintenance & Repair
Savings from the Front Lines: Rebuilding Saves Molders Money
This quarterly series features actual examples of a front-line mold building company presenting new approaches to improve the customer's profitability.
Read MoreEvaluating Mold Quality
Quality is the name of the game in manufacturing. It’s not just about quality products, it’s about quality processes—from receiving to shipping, TQM, QA, quality service and delivery. Every facet of the manufacturing process has been assigned standards and how well those standards are met is an indication of the quality of that particular product, process or service. Quality products require quality materials, processes, equipment and tooling—specifically in the case of injection molded parts, quality molds.
Read MoreA Refurbishing To-Do List
The following steps represent a major refurbishment that will increase tooling life and reduce the cost of manufacturing and secondary operations in molding facilities.
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How to Boost Lean Manufacturing with Ultrasonic Mold Cleaning
With its considerable cost savings and reduction in personnel and time, ultrasonic cleaning is a natural corollary to lean manufacturing for the moldmaking industry.
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To Rail or Not to Rail
One of the most interesting parts of performing a maintenance capability assessment (MCA) in mold plants around the globe is observing the different styles practiced when repair technicians work on molds. When talking to repair techs about why they like a particular method or tool it is easy to see why they would think there is only one way to do things. It’s simply how they were taught by the older, tenured repair technicians.
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Elite Mold & Engineering: Team Elite
Being both a moldmaker and a molder allows Elite Mold to be a one-stop team for its customers and the MoldMaking Technology 2009 Leadtime Leader Honorable Mention Award: Small Shop.
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Detecting Water Flow Restrictions
A look at how taking the time and data to analyze a mold problem will help you repair it right—and permanently—the first time.
Read MoreSeven Habits of Highly Effective Mold Maintenance Supervisors
A review of what mold repair technicians believe a mold maintenance supervisor should bring to the table.
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Greater Accuracy and Productivity Via Surface Finishing and Cleaning
Choosing the optimum type of flexible hone or brush can be highly effective in improving the accuracy of mold assembly or enhancing injection molding productivity.
Read MoreBeyond the Classroom: Mold Maintenance Products That Work
Leaving injection mold maintenance to chance is a costly oversight. Using standardized methods of improvement, as explained here, can yield real change to company practices as well as significant returns on a company’s tooling investment.
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