Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Here, he continues this year's EAB series by sharing his three all-time favorite MoldMaking Technology articles and how this content has been valuable to his work and career. April 2010 – Getting Up to Spec. His career has helped him develop an expertise in mold design, construction, production and maintenance.

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Manufacturing 98

Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A article we recently posted describes many ways that machining and additive manufacturing (AM) go together. About five years ago, I posted an article with the title, “ Additive Manufacturing Belongs in a Machine Shop.” To this extent, the article’s title was valid, and still is. Should machine shops adopt AM?

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Additive manufacturing 3D printing Made-to-spec Manufacturing 98

Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

This is the fourth and final installment in our series of articles. Now, as Theory of Constraints (TOC) practitioners, we would tell you to start by making improvements at your constraint, or if we thought about your business in terms of a chain, it would be at the “weakest link.” The constraint is constantly moving.

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Six Sigma Logistics Freight Manufacturing 105

Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 17, 2024

This article will provide some hot runner maintenance and troubleshooting tips. The biggest contributor to avoiding nightmares like the one shown below was when hot drops started being threaded to the manifold versus relying on the stack height, seal rings and bolt patterns in the mold plates to hold the hot runner together.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 19, 2023

Current as of 2/23/23 This article contains information on exhibitors highlighting the Mold Maintenance , Repair and Surface Treatment products and services at their booth in the Moldmaking Pavilion and across the show floor. Photo credit clockwise, from top left: Wisconsin Engraving, Fisa North America, Custom Etch and St.

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Made-to-spec 3D printing Bottleneck Automation 98

Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Current as of 2/6/23 This article contains information on exhibitors on the Software and Simulation Services/Simulation Services, Training and Marketing products and services in the Moldmaking Pavilion and across the show floor. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois, brings partners across the supply chain together.

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Cycle time 3D printing Discrete manufacturing Manufacturing 52

E&T

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It's not as if one day in the 1960s Bob Moog suddenly starts soldering circuits, invents a new instrument and a synth legend is born. When you think of synthesisers, be it vintage or modern, the chances are high that you picture a Moog, or something very much like one. Becoming a legend is one thing.

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Electronics Made-to-spec Composites Prototype  105