Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Custom textured molds are essential for improving a product's aesthetics, functionality and brand identity. Here are some key considerations for successful textured mold design and production, focusing on efficiency and reducing expensive revisions. Designs should balance complexity with manufacturability.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Sales is crucial to mold builders today because sales professionals are responsible for acquiring new customers, maintaining relationships with existing ones and ensuring a steady stream of work and revenue for the shop. Bradt, owner and business development director for Kallan Sales Development.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 30, 2025

Source | Virtual.Mold.Design Design for Manufacturing (DFM) is the process of designing parts, components or products for ease of manufacturing to make a better product at a lower cost. This is done by simplifying, optimizing and refining the product design. Ensure smooth transitions between thick and thin features.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 22, 2023

The need to increase capacity and consistently produce the most precise, long-lasting molds possible has translated to technological changes over the years at Burteck. Solution : Automated machining cells involving GF Machining and System 3R EDM, milling and pallet-changing equipment.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 9, 2024

Brian Kalina, director, tooling operations, Dynamic Group: We are a precision injection mold builder and plastic injection molder operating in two facilities located 11 miles apart. We also build Class 103 or 104 molds as part of prototype-to-production programs.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 2, 2024

After completing ISO certification last fall, Dynamic is implementing the 5S workplace organizational method to promote efficiency and productivity increases. Source (All Images) | Dynamic Tool Corp. ” Customers come to Dynamic because the team engages them upfront before the tool hits the floor. Dynamic Tool Corp.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 18, 2024

and Kennametal Cutting tools, including end mills and carbide inserts, for example, are indispensable for everyday mold builders, as they literally shape and define the intricate features of molds with precision. With this in mind, MMT has gathered together a list of company products that editors have recently published under this category.

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