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Mentorship Matters: A Fresh Perspective from a Young Female Newcomer to a Mature Male-Dominated Industry
Jane Huot, a 23-year-old mold designer and project manager, celebrated her one-year anniversary with Accede Mold & Tool by going on her first business trip to a conference geared for women in plastics and shadowing sales on customer visits.
WatchIntelligent Equipment Solutions Alleviate Moldmaking Pain Points
Whether it’s purchase quoting, mold cleaning and tracking or intuitive process control, the following new or improved technologies could potentially keep your shop on the cutting edge.
WatchFive Steps in Mold Design to Reduce Back-End Troubleshooting
Streamline mold troubleshooting, boost ROI, and expedite product launches. Seth Hale, Mold Designer at Westminster Tool, shares five crucial steps integrated into their design process.
WatchOptimized Five-Axis Machining Operations Guided by Moldmaking-Focused CAD/CAM Software
Integration of CGS North America’s CAM-Tool software helps elevate accuracy, surface finish quality and overall efficiency in mold and die production.
WatchAI Augments Injection Molding Process Control System
MAX, a new process advising feature added to RJG’s Copilot system, is engineered to help troubleshoot and optimize the injection molding process and addresses industry skill gap.
WatchShell Mill Supports Variety of Rough Milling Strategies
The Ceratizit MaxiMill 251 is optimal for pocketing, mold and die roughing, face milling, slotting and helical interpolation of holes.
WatchTechnologies for Maintaining, Repairing and Surface Treating Your Molds
This technology roundup covers everything from laser repair and mold protection coatings to in-house maintenance services and education tools for learning best practices behind taking care of injection molds.
WatchPrecise, Surface-Level Cleaning Achieved Through Portable Laser
Housed in a 60-pound suitcase, Rocklin Manufacturing’s MobiLase fiber laser makes cleaning parts simple, efficient and effective.
WatchMilling Cutter Handles High-Precision Moldmaking Requirements
Guhring offers industry the G-Mold µ line of cutters, which can withstand the challenge of machining mold materials with a high degree of flexibility and precision.
WatchIntuitive, Maintenance-Free Laser Welder for Mold Repair
Reduce your shop downtime and get your molds back up and running in record speed with Sisma’s SWA Fiber laser welders, backed by Gesswein support.
WatchCutter Designed for Roughing in Face, Profile Milling Operations
The Sandvik Coromant CoroMill MR80 now caters to steel milling applications, which require the security of a round cutting edge — for instance, when face and pocket milling mold bases.
WatchDo You Remember?...The Best of MMT September
Say, do you remember? These top-viewed MMT articles from September?
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