Maintenance & Repair
Is It Still Time to Reach for a Die Profiler?
Pointers for bringing a polished surface to a high mirror finish. You have finished machining your mold core and cavity and removed them from your CNC machine. The mold components are machined in tough H-13 steel and contain several deep grooves and slots that must be properly polished to allow the molded part to eject. What is the best method for bringing the polished surface to a high mirror finish?
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Maintenance Manuals That Work
Organized maintenance manuals can offer an advantage that electronic data does not.
Read MorePreform Mold Technology Increases Flexibility, Reduces Cost
A flexible and cost-effective PET system featuring modular, low cavitation PET preform molds reduces both conversion costs and mold changeover time.
Read MoreAlways Comes Back to the Mold Builder
How important is mold maintenance and repair to the mold manufacturer? Very. Because it always comes back to the moldmaker.
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Build-Ups for Maintenance: Benefit or Band-Aid?
When is providing build-ups on tooling appropriate and when is it just a band-aid on a problem that could lead to more extensive repairs later?
Read MoreA Shop View on Industry Change
What one shop general manager has learned throughout the past 30 years.
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Rebuilding Tools with High Performance Material
High-performance alloy offers a unique combination of thermal conductivity and strength—providing numerous benefits to the moldmaker and molding process.
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Speed Mold Verification and Improve Global Cooperation
Technology solution that combines model-based inspection software and portable inspection devices to improve mold verification.
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Ice Blasting Molds
Cleaning technology using powerful streams of dry ice pellets now reaches a wider range of businesses, including the small to mid-size mold shop.
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Solutions to Cleaning Problems in Mold Manufacture and Maintenance
To achieve quality and profitability in moldmaking, mold maintenance and molded product, optimized cleaning processes are essential.
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