Surface Treatment
Protect Your Tooling Investment
Lower your VOC footprint, upgrade manufacturing operations and improve the surface quality of your final products with water-based mold release and cleaning.
Read MoreIMTS: Automate Your Way out of the Skilled Labor Shortage
GF Machining Solutions is on a mission this IMTS to help industry overcome the skilled labor shortage and stay competitive at the same time. Their solution is automation.
Read MoreUnderstanding Texture Repair
Developing a texture repair plan will help get a damaged mold up and running.
Read MoreTaking Polishing to the Next Level
It's called "Mold Polishing Technology 2014" and it aims to kick your polishing skills up a notch with classes for beginner, intermediate and expert mold polishers.
Read MorePlating and Maintaining Textured Surfaces
Communication with your texturing and plating sources is key to properly maintaining the mold surface.
Read MoreIn the Trenches: The Trouble with Troubleshooting
A look at the obstacles to effective troubleshooting.
Read MoreMold Cleaning Done Right Takes a Systematic Approach
Mold cleaning is just one part of a systematic and comprehensive approach to mold maintenance. Here’s one moldmaker’s strategy for injection mold cleaning and an explanation of where and why different techniques are employed.
Read MoreConquering the Complex Task of Tool Optimization
Standard coatings can help, but to achieve really impressive results all the factors must be coordinated with one another—from the base material of the tool to the post treatment of the coating.
Read MoreHelp Your Customers Reduce the Cost of Making Plastic Parts
How to take advantage of the properties of DLC coatings to design better molds and improve cycle times.
Read MoreCleaning Intricate Molds
A look at non-destructive cleaning processes for complex molds that require the removal of tenacious surface contamination to ensure surface quality and longevity of precision mold and molded part surfaces.
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