Mold Making Technology

MARCH 19, 2023

To provide a little more insight into who our product, equipment or service suppliers are before you arrive at PTXPO, the MMT team put together this special show section* that provides a snapshot of each exhibitor most relevant to moldmaking. For all things mold maintenance, repair and surface treatment, check out the profiles below.

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 14, 2023

This month’s focus is hot runners and mold components. In this technology roundup, discover different hot runner and mold component technologies, services and processes that can help push business to the next level or just solve common problems shops may face on a day-to-day basis.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Photo Credit: MMT Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) is a trade show created to connect the entire North American plastics market under one roof in the hub of plastics manufacturing, featuring a robust, pavilioned exhibit hall, free education and demonstrations, and countless networking opportunities. Stop by to say hello.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 5, 2023

The slow-but-accelerating proliferation of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is a good news-bad news situation for North American automotive tooling suppliers, says Laurie Harbour, president and CEO of Harbour Results Inc. Complexity generally leads to higher costs and lower quality. Photo Credit: iStock.

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Additive Manufacturing

MAY 22, 2023

Its goal is to modernize Utah companies’ manufacturing, increase supply chain resilience, and lessen American dependence on foreign manufacturing.” This allowed Merit3D to compete with injection molding producers and, more importantly, compete with overseas manufacturers. Merit3D is printing 40,000 of this part per week.

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 1, 2024

While certain segments, such as plastics material pricing and resin manufacturing, grappled with equilibrium adjustments, others, like the mold for plastics trade, mirrored global economic oscillations. Q: Processors spend most of their time at their plants making sure product is made on time at high quality.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 4, 2023

Each month, MMT staff curates a list of technology relevant to the industry to provide readers with a glimpse of what’s on the market for mold shops. The AE-CR-MS-H series is ideal for the everyday mold builder because of the quality and longevity that can be achieved when cutting hardened steels above 50 HRC, according to the company.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 5, 2023

This profile focuses on mold components and hot runners, highlighting the exhibitors who will be showcasing their innovations and technology in this area at the show. Mold Components and Hot Runners Get to Know CUMSA USA LLC The introduction of standard components for injection molds has been a critical innovation for the moldmaking industry.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Celebrating 50 years in business, Eifel, founded in 1973 by my father, Josef Hecker, originated as a tooling aids provider for automotive suppliers. Initially a small shop named after his home region in southwest Germany, today Eifel boasts a staff of 16, including one apprentice and a throughput of 200 custom molds annually.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 6, 2023

KG offers molds, notching, automation and production equipment for vehicle body sealing systems headquartered in Germany with locations worldwide, including a strong presence in North America thanks to its North Carolina facility. Photo Credit, all images: PFAFF Molds Who is PFAFF? High-quality standards require high-quality training.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Mold Materials. Mold Components. Mold Maintenance, Repair and Surface Treatment. Ingersoll ’s new NanoFeed technology provides mold builders with exceptional high-feed milling performance for machining of miniature components and smaller part features. 1, 2022 to Nov. 28, 2022): Cutting Tools. Hot Runners.

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3D printing Cycle time Automation Additive manufacturing 98

Mold Making Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2023

This month’s roundup has a focus on mold materials, but it is also full of miscellaneous highlights that MMT editors have shared on the website the past month, to keep you well-informed across the various categories important to this industry. Every month, MMT releases a roundup highlighting different products, processes and services.

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Fastener News Desk

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Today this journey has turned into a vision that competes with the world, develops without compromising on quality, produces with technology, and is full of success stories and awards. Building strong relationships with suppliers, customers, and employees is crucial. We are among the top 5 in Europe and the top 12 in the world.

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Logistics Supply Chain Lead Time Additive manufacturing 59

Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 3, 2024

A selection of good quality, easy to use workholding that provides minimal and consistent runout is one of the prerequisites for successful grinding, resulting in quality tools and happy customers – once again reinforcing that the quality of the whole process relies on the quality of all its components.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

APRIL 4, 2024

Mineola, NY), distributor of the market leading KHK® brand of metric gears, announces its extensive line of bevel gears, manufactured to the highest quality standards by Kohara Gear Industry Co., FlexForce units can also be custom engineered for applications that fall outside the standard 500 or 1,000 PSI models. KHK USA Inc. www.khkgears.us

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Fabricating & Metal Work

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Connecting to multiple suppliers’ tool databases, CoroPlus Tool Supply can store correct tool information, including ISO parameters, bill of material, spare parts, product images and computer aided design (CAD) file types, in a single area. Internal locking system with over-molded CRAFTSMAN logo key. www.craftsman.com.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

JULY 23, 2023

This FABTECH section outlines some of the products and demonstrations expected to be on display by more than 1,500 world-class suppliers in three exhibition halls. Brookfield, WI), North American Reseller and Technical & Training Center for LogoPress, will demonstrate the capabilities of LogoPress software.

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Modern Machine Shop

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Brent Donaldson, Editor-in-Chief of Modern Machine Shop: Welcome to Made in the USA, the podcast from modern machine shop magazine that explores some of the biggest ideas shaping American manufacturing. But then there was also the past and what he once knew about American manufacturing. My raw material suppliers helped me out.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

OCTOBER 2, 2022

Don’t miss the chance to be inspired by industry experts, suppliers and your peers in the metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing sectors at FABTECH 2022. The American Welding Society’s programs focus on best practices and new commercial developments in welding and thermal spray. Debuting in v.23

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Foley

JULY 11, 2023

New technologies and new customers present a growing demand for new products or components and require supplier capacity to manufacture those products or components for the market. For example, a supplier may make significant investments in production capacity for a customer bringing a new product to market.

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Manufacturing Compliance Supply Chain Form 40

Fabricating & Metal Work

MARCH 17, 2023

Farmington, CT) will be unveiling a new fully automatic panel bending machine for the North American market. Companies can now harness the benefits of panel bending for more parts than ever before — producing complex geometries, saving time, and getting high quality results.” Image: TRUMPF) High-tech company TRUMPF Inc.

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