Mold Making Technology

APRIL 2, 2023

LLC The 700Linear series of gantry mills has been in production since 2004 and is the closest Fooke comes to offering a standard production machine with a short lead time; all other models are highly customized/built to order. Photo Credit: CDM Tool & Mfg. Still, many components can be modified even on 700Linear mills.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 1, 2025

With tariffs and trade wars again making headlines, a few numbers from the recent past are worth revisiting: The 2018 tariffs, including the Section 301 duties on Chinese goods, raised $233 billion in U.S. No new Asian-sourced machines are planned — an outcome that aligns with goals of the initial 2018 tariffs on Chinese goods.

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Modern Machine Shop

JANUARY 15, 2023

” In 2018, Holt became president of Rathburn Tool & Manufacturing, a business her father founded in 1983 to produce small quantities of parts for the heavy truck industry. “But he really ramped up the technology very quickly over a short period of time.” “That was never in the plans.”

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Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Emerging entrepreneurs need to run a lot leaner in the early days considering the long lead time to get to market. Dielenberg first used the term ‘Applied Technology’ in a 2018 Melbourne Knowledge Week presentation. The term is now being used more commonly to describe Australia’s modern design and manufacturing landscape.

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Modern Machine Shop

JUNE 11, 2023

Total cycle time for the canister parts is now about an hour, while order lead times and scrap rates are reduced by eliminating additional machining operations, and cutting out the now unneeded outsourced and internal processes such as tumble finishing and rinsing. .”

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Donlouco

APRIL 29, 2021

There is no doubt that there has been an upward trend on metal prices for some time now initially for copper and aluminium driven by the demand for EV’s globally, but this trend has accelerated hugely in recent times and migrated into the steel industry also. Fig 2: Source : Financial Times. Increasing Sea Freight Costs.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 2, 2023

When the campus is completed, ABB will have invested $450 million in its three robotics facilities since 2018, including its mega factory in Shanghai that supplies customers in Asia and the Auburn Hills facility that supports the Americas. This is a great time to invest in robotics and automation.

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Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 13, 2023

NF: Our journey on US has started with a distribution center on 2018-2019 in Lansing, Michigan. Additionally I would like to highlight , apart from that we have a sales office in Canada as well. FND: Will having a manufacturing center in the US allow your company to provide clients competitive pricing and avoid long lead times?

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Additive Manufacturing

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Having this single-piece design solution to produce this kind of large format engine hardware with reduced cost, weight and manufacturing lead time gives a competitive business advantage. “We The team also reduced the manufacturing lead time from nine months to two and a half months, by approximately 75%.

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Fastener News Desk

AUGUST 3, 2022

New Orders and Employment Contracting; Production and Backlogs Growing; Supplier Deliveries Slowing at a Slower Rate; Raw Materials Inventories Growing; Customers’ Inventories Too Low; Prices Increasing at a Slower Rate; Exports and Imports Growing; Record-Long Lead Times for Production Materials and MRO Supplies.

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E&T

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Many organisations also reported many instances of expected orders being postponed or cancelled, due to factors such as rising uncertainty, high transportation costs, longer lead times, inflationary pressure and the cost-of-living crisis.

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Fastener News Desk

JANUARY 8, 2023

Average lead time remained 32 percent above previous trough for capital expenditures and 37 percent for purchased materials; both are too high. “Lead times are returning to normal for most of our suppliers, while some of our smaller suppliers are struggling to remain staffed up enough to keep up with orders.”

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 9, 2024

By 2018, they aimed for growth in molding to account for 70% of the company’s revenue, while maintaining its existing moldmaking capacity and customer base. They then include our mold design manager and lead moldmaker from our tooling facility to discuss options and recommendations further.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 19, 2025

As part of the EOS process, Wepco identified its differentiators: fast aluminum molds, cost-effective pricing, unique partnerships and a proven process focusing on two tools at a time to meet lead times. “On-time delivery is where we'll live or die. Speed is their primary focus and what they promise customers.

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Manufacturer's Monthly

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The intelligent sensor networks provide accurate and meaningful data in real time, putting the power in the engineer’s hands to make the right decisions. Monitum did some early work back in 2018 around developing our proof of concept,” Hellen said. “We KURLOO – Device 3D Model – Front Angle.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 26, 2023

It also reduced maintenance costs, tool costs (30-40%) and tooling lead times (20-30%). This is unfortunate since tool production — especially hard/metal tools — can have long lead times and add considerable cost to the bottom line. Photo Credit: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. Fraser, Mich.,

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 21, 2023

2018 Leadtime Leader Award Winner: Maximum Mold Group 2019 Leadtime Leader Award Winner: X-Cell Tool and Mold 2020 Precise Tooling Solutions 2021 Westminster Tool Click here to enter our 2024 Leadtime Leader Awards Competition! 2017 Leadtime Leader Awards Honorable Mention: Concours Mold Inc.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 10, 2024

Department of Labor; was named Macomb Career Technical Education Administrator’s Association Outstanding Business Partner for 2018-2019; and Romeo High School Business Partner annually from 2019 through 2022. This has paid off by shortening tool delivery lead times and increasing shop productivity.

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Mold Making Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Case in point, earlier this year, a two-cavity tool the team had been using since 2018 for a long-running program got damaged. A 10-week lead time for new inserts required Medbio to send out two specially built unscrewing cores with damaged micro-threads for laser welding repair.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 23, 2023

Since December 2018, LogoPress became an AutoForm company and has enhanced the simulation features of the software. Our systems are also designed to directly reduce lead times, while still performing at a commercial grade level. With our hidden fastener design, you can expect a refined and elegant look that will last.

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Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 30, 2023

Demand from automotive customers is growing post the pandemic and is envisaged to touch of pre-pandemic levels of 2018-19. At the same time, growth in the manufacturing of electronic gadgets in India has opened a new avenue for Indian Industry.

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i4.0 today

JANUARY 23, 2025

Like many UK manufacturers, Nolato Jaycare needed greater production capacity faster than the typical industry lead time. It has allowed us to continue to improve our specific energy consumption, meet our BPF climate change agreement obligations and our ISO5001:2018 Energy Management System certification, states Darren.

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