Surface Treatment
Plating and Maintaining Textured Surfaces
Communication with your texturing and plating sources is key to properly maintaining the mold surface.
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Mold 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.
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Keeping Molds Running
Technology advancements encourage moldmakers to think about surface treatment, mold maintenance and repair issues earlier in the mold build process to obtain better mold performance and life.
WatchCleaning 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.
Read MoreDiamond-Like Carbon Mold Coatings for Increased Durability
Hardness, wear resistance, deposition temperature and uniformity are the main elements to consider when choosing a coating for mold components.
Read MoreFive Steps to Polish an Aluminum Mold
In time and with practice, each polisher will develop his or her own tricks and short cuts.
Read MoreChoosing and Using The Right Mold Cleaners, Part 2
Knowing the requirements of offline and online cleaners yields cleaner molds.
Read MoreCorrosion Control: A Guide to Proper Mold Care
If you have not set up a proactive mold maintenance program, your facility runs efficiently only until the next major problem or repair.
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