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Conquering the Quoting Challenge

Adding the right multi-CAD viewer to your quoting process helps improve customer communication, secure new business, and save time and money.

How to Get the Most out of Your Cooling Design

Getting the most out of a cooling design involves figuring out how to get around obstacles such as melt delivery systems (hot runners, cold runners, gates), part ejection, and mold action (slides, lifters).

Essential Cutting Strategies for Mold Machining

Without the right application techniques, even the best tools can fall short of their potential. Here’s a look at a few key cutting strategies—thick chip, roll-in technique, radial ramping, helical interpolation, cutter positioning, conventional vs. climb milling and constant cutter engagement.

Roll-in Technique

When using the roll-in technique, thin chips will exit the cutter from the very start of the machining process, regardless of milling cutter center line position. This eliminates the tool pressure fluctuation, and loading and unloading of the machine spindle bearings.

CNC Machining Software Verifies Cutter Path Manipulation, Quality

VERICUT from CGTech features a  unique algorithm that provides fast, accurate results that does not degrade with increased cuts, so it can process programs with millions of cuts and virtually any type of material removal technique.

Software Advances Push Limits of Speed and Quality

Software for moldmaking continues to evolve as sophisticated features and capabilities are introduced, enabling mold manufacturers to produce the highest quality work in the most compressed leadtimes to date.

Tips for Successful Hard Milling of Complex Molds

And when mold and die applications demand hard milling of materials up to 66 HRC, using the right end mills, cutting parameters and machining methods is critical for success.

CAD/CAM Advancements Increase Machine Productivity

CAD/CAM Increases Machining Productivity

On-Machine Verification Inspection Software

CNC Software Delivers 50-Percent Leadtime Reduction for Complex Molds

Industrial Molds considers Delcam’s PowerMILL CNC programming software to be critical to achieving its 8-week average leadtimes.

Simple Considerations for Automated Mold Machining

A streamlined approach to your mold manufacturing process is accomplished most effectively through machine automation.