Maintenance & Repair
Eliminating Contamination and Wear in Cleanroom Tooling
A review of considerations that tooling engineers will need to keep in mind to ensure success within cleanroom environments.
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Mold Builders Carve Lean Niche
Commodity-oriented consumer manufacturing left North America, but mold industry survivors are finding strong growth in technical market sectors.
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Proper Use of Lifting Points
A look at unsafe lifting shortcuts that can lead to injuries in your shop and some possible solutions.
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Part Three of a Three-Part Series Detecting, Repairing and Preventing Water Leaks
Clear cut methods that prove effective on troublesome installations.
Read MoreDetecting, Repairing and Preventing Water Leaks--Part 2 of 3
Probable causes and repair methods with an eye on preventative measures.
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Controlled Metal Build Up Process for Generation, Modification and Repair of Molds and Dies
The controlled metal build up (CMB) process—a technology developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT (Aachen, Germany).
Read MorePart One of Three: Detecting, Repairing and Preventing Water Leaks
How to improve your leak detection methods.
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It’s Gut-Check Time for Tool Builders
It’s time to adapt or die as business evolution dictates development of new business and manufacturing approaches.
Read MoreEvaluating Mold Repair Skills
The keys to proper mold repair on-the-job training are an organized, systematic shop atmosphere, and an understanding of mold repair skills requirements and the mold characteristics that challenge those requirements.
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