Mold Materials
EDM-3 Graphite Enables Moldmakers to Meet Strict Precision Requirements
IMTS 2024: Entegris Poco Materials highlights its EDM-3 graphite, known for exceptional strength, wear resistance and fine surface finish characteristics and thus an ideal solution for moldmakers’ most demanding applications.
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Large Aluminum Mold Plate Sizes Enable Machinability for Moldmakers
Vista Metals highlights one of the largest aluminum mold plate sizes available on the market, its Duramold-5 Aluminum Mold Plate produced in super slab sizes for high strength to weight ratios, machinability and a virtually porosity-free structure to meet moldmakers’ critical surface finish requirements.
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Overcoming Barriers to Automation Integration in Precision Moldmaking
It’s easy to imagine the advantages automation offers the moldmaking process, but it's challenging to change one’s mindset, develop a plan and invest.
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Machine-Ready Blanks Enable Various Moldmaking Capabilities
IMTS 2024: TCI Precision Metals highlights its precision machine-ready blanks’ capabilities to assist moldmakers in saving valuable shop time.
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Make Every Shot Count: Mold Simulation Maximizes Functional Parts From Printed Tooling
If a printed tool only has a finite number of shots in it, why waste any of them on process development?
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Technology Review and Sourcing Guide 2024: Mold Materials
Building a high-quality mold requires the proper selection of appropriate mold materials. Tool steel, aluminum, copper and alloys are a just a few examples you can fin in this exclusive, online-only content that includes a supplier list for mold materials.
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Five Benefits of Aluminum Tooling
Aluminum molds are worth a second look as a viable means to swiftly and cost-effectively get products to market.
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EDM Graphite Line for High-End EDM Machining
IMTS 2024: Mersen offers its complete family of EDM graphite, including its ultra-fine DS4 graphite. The graphite is used as the electrode which acts as a “cutting tool” in the sinker EDM, a machining process often used by moldmakers.
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How to Lower Cycle Times With the Right Tool Steel
Combining excellent mechanical properties, high wear resistance and high thermal conductivity in a specialty tool steel yields cycle time reduction.
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Stainless Steel Grades Eliminate Complex Machining Challenges
Unlike traditional stainless steel, Swiss Steel’s Ugima-X martensitic and duplex steels feature good machinability high reproducibility.
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