Modern Machine Shop

JANUARY 28, 2025

Advanced CAM programming techniques can make significant differences in the cycle times and costs of jobs, but creating tool paths with these techniques has historically been a time-consuming process, limiting their use to mid- and high-volume parts. Many of those he spoke of in 2010 are now included standard in today’s CAM packages.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Photo credit, clockwise from top left: Ellwood Specialty Steel, Molder’s World, International Mold Steel and Edro Engineering and Specialty Steels. Photo Credit: Edro Engineering and Specialty Steels An innovation for the moldmaking marketplace is the company’s RoyAlloy stainless mold base steel.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 26, 2023

A recent development project evaluated the feasibility of using wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) to produce layup tooling for complex contoured winglets mounted at the tips of the wings of MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian (shown above) remotely piloted aircraft from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Photo Credit, clockwise from top left: GF Machining Solutions, IMCO Carbide Tool, DMG MORI USA and Capture3D. With Christmas right around the corner, MoldMaking Technology is gifting you, our readers, with an annual top-viewed article series covering products, profiles, tips and case studies, available each Monday leading up to the new year.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

To help guide your selection process among the various types available, this article reviews the materials, treatments and coatings used to produce ejector pins and best practices for using them. Pins, blades and sleeves, shown here under a part with ribs and bosses, ensure proper ejection of the part while also enabling venting.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 23, 2023

This article is dedicated to: Hall D– METALFORM, Finishing, Tube & Pipe New Incremental Forming Simulation Software Booth D41130 LogoPress ProgSim performs accurate simulations of forming processes using incremental simulation technology powered by the industry proven AutoForm solver. In Booth D41130, Accurate Die Design Software, Inc.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Common materials include H13 steel, stainless steel, copper alloys and high-speed M2 steel. Each material offers unique benefits like strength, wear resistance, hot hardness and corrosion resistance, making them suitable for different molding applications.

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