Videos
Reshaping Moldmaking
Metal-printed components like conformal cooling inserts can improve existing production processes.
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Our 2016 LLA Winners are ...
Krieger Craftsmen of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and MSI Mold Builders of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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2016 Leadtime Leader Awards HM: MSI Mold Builders - Optimizing Lead Times
This mold manufacturer combines continuous improvement strategies with machining power to maximize growth and opportunity.
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2016 Leadtime Leader Awards Winner: Krieger Craftsmen
This mold manufacturer was rebuilt with an emphasis on core values and a “productionized” moldmaking strategy designed to reduce lead times.
WatchFilm Festival Awards
The Eastern Advanced Manufacturing Alliance (EAMA) hosted its second annual video competition this month highlighting manufacturing careers and pathways to better educate students, teachers and families about the industry.
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Broadening CAM Applications for Barrel Cutters
This alternative cutting tool geometry, along with the right CAM software, can help moldmakers reduce finish-machining times.
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Conversational CNC Helps Moldmaker Bridge Skills Gap
What can a company do when it has a healthy flow of work running through its facility but a lack of skilled workers to complete it all in an efficient, cost-effective manner? This moldmaker found the solution in two Hurco VMX 42i CNC mills with conversational programming capability.
WatchMold Demo with Motion Control Technology
Motion control technology that calculates thousands of algorithms in the background to provide faster throughput.
Watch5X Tangent Plane Machining
The ball end of a barrel cutter cleaning a corner feature, and then the barrel cutter quickly covers the surface.
WatchLegacy Precision Mold: An Inside View
Get an inside look into the technology and machines that make manufacturing products a reality every day at Legacy Precision Molds from the apprentice perspective.
Read MoreProving the Advantages of a Servo-Driven Valve Gate System
One innovation for improving sequential injection molding centers around the use of servomotor technology.New servo-driven valve gate systems incorporate a toggle-type mechanism that operates the valve pin position at 90 degrees from the servomotor stroke.
Read MoreLegacy Precision Molds Aims for Ingenuity in Every Job
This Michigan moldmaker strives to deliver quality molds through ingenuity, "nimbleness" and a dose of home-grown integrity.
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