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Top Shops Develops Streamlined Sourcing Database
New online, interactive Top Shops Sourcing database connects buyers and suppliers of CNC machined parts, products and services.
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2021 Sourcing & Technology Guide: EDM
EDM refers to wire, sinker and small-hole electrical discharge machining. Components include drives, generators, programming, flushing, wires, electrodes, graphite, filters and fluids.
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2021 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Software
Design and engineering are essential to building a better and more cost-effective mold with shorter lead times. A variety of software is available to help overcome the daily challenges faced with data, quoting, designing and programming.
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2021 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Inspection/Measurement
Inspection and measurement equipment includes all of the tools and devices used to verify that mold and part dimensions conform to the tolerances required by the part’s design.
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WEBINAR: Wake-Up Call to the Benefits of Simulation for Warpage and Windage
The impressive response of manufacturing to the urgent medical product development and delivery challenges COVID-19 presented was due in part to the use of simulation software. This free webinar takes attendees through a real-world example that used mold flow simulation to identify Kentucky Windage as the cause of warpage issues on a much-needed medical device.
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2021 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Cutting Tools
Cutting tools are used on machine tools to cut metal, and are one component of the overall mold machining process to consider when looking to improve speeds, feeds, wear and surface finish.
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2021 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Hot Runners
Hot runners deliver the material into the mold to make the part. These systems consist of hot halves, nozzles, gates and temperature controllers—all of which must be monitored, maintained and cleaned to guarantee a quality end product.
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2021 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Mold Builders
A variety of processes are used to engineer, build, maintain, repair and manage a mold, which can be offered as standalone services to be contracted to complete a mold build—from design and machining to tryout and welding.
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2021 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Mold Maintenance, Repair and Surface Treatment
A proactive maintenance plan to properly treat a mold to keep it running will decrease repair costs. Proper treatment of the mold’s surface is key to quality, corrosion-resistance, wear and tool life.
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Your Annual Personal Purchasing Assistant
We believe that MoldMaking Technology plays an essential role in keeping this community informed and engaged via our print, digital and social content, including our annual Technology Review and Sourcing Guide.
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