Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Erie, Pennsylvania-based Accudyn is a 25-year-old family-owned and operated custom injection molder and mold builder that produces highly engineered plastic parts for the automotive, building and construction, medical device, and heavy truck and off-road vehicle industries.

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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. Servicing mold manufacturers with custom mold bases, unique core and cavity materials and PVD/DLC coatings is something Edro’s team take great pride in.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 7, 2024

Ascend Innovative Mold founders, who have more than 50 years of experience combined, are committed to delivering high-quality tooling solutions to its customers. Founded by industry veterans with a combined experience of over 50 years, AIM is committed to delivering high-quality tooling solutions to its customers.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Photo credit: SPE Mold Division In 2024, the Mold Technologies Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Inc. will be adding an additional award for the Apprentice Mold Maker/Mold Designer of the Year. we seek to recognize the Apprentice of the Year as an ‘Emerging Leader’ in the industry.

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Mold Making Technology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Mayer Tool & Engineering (MTE) specializes in designing and building quality injection molds for the plastics industry. From concept to completion, they handle everything from initial mold design and engineering to the final product. Nearly all molds are sampled at MTE before shipping.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 19, 2023

Here I sit down with three-year CAMM Chair Kim Thiara (and President & CEO of AceTronic Industrial Controls ) to talk about her mission to broaden the association’s reach beyond Windsor and become a truly Canadian mold-building association.

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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

JULY 2, 2023

This printed guide and online database offers over 1,000 manufacturers, distributors and suppliers in more than 200 product and service categories you use daily. The data within this year’s condensed grids appear online at moldmakingtechnology.com/suppliers.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Photo Credit: (top left) DME Company, (top right) PCS Company, (bottom left) American Tool and Mold (Jeremy Scott), (bottom right) Lawrence Mold and Tool In November, MoldMaking Technology dove into an array of subjects, bridging the worlds of 3D scanning, machine monitoring and multi-cavity molds. AMBA) in 2021.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

DECEMBER 6, 2023

MC Machinery Systems is a premier North American supplier and servicer of lasers, press brakes, wire EDMs, sinker EDMs, milling, high-speed VMC, automation equipment and consumable products. A subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Corporation, MC Machinery serves industries including aerospace, mold and die, job shops, medical and energy.

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Robotics Business Review

APRIL 8, 2024

Source: Binder USA Binder USA LP, a supplier of industrial circular connectors, last week announced that it is offering connectors from its M12 series as surface-mount devices, or SMDs). Binder’s new SMD connectors are available in a variety of versions and different codings.

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Plastics News

AUGUST 1, 2023

Their vast experience in manufacturing injection molded plastic parts enables supply and capacity of over 200 million products annually. improving its molding output). That included a commitment to update its fleet of injection molding machines. “We The company footprint is over 1.3 Why LS Mtron? It has over 400 today.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

James is general manager for Triangle Tool and Penn-Erie Tool of The Plastek Group based in Erie, Pennsylvania, managing the tooling team who builds complex injection molds for the packaging industry. James is passionate about improving efficiency in the toolroom and helping molders and OEMs better understand their next mold purchase.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 11, 2024

Q: What factors are currently driving the reshoring of molds and tooling to the United States and Canada? Moser, founder and president, Reshoring Initiative : The reshoring of molds can be evaluated from three perspectives: (1) An increase in the number of molds due to more end products being assembled in North America.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

a steel supplier to the tool and mold and die industries, legally changed its name to Ellwood Specialty Metals Co. Source | Ellwood LinkedIn Ellwood Specialty Steel Co. , effective as of November 2023.

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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

JANUARY 20, 2023

With the support of its 12 ISO-regulated manufacturing facilities, Punch Industry also supplies custom steel and carbide cores, cavities, pins, blades, ejectors, bushings, sleeves, valve pins and more. Punch Industry USA is able to achieve medical pin diameters of ø 0.007" and a mirror-ground finish of SP3-4.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 22, 2023

Burteck President Pete Burgess stands amidst the shop’s arsenal of work cells essential to designing, engineering and managing plastic injection molds and continuing to grow internal part capacity. For this reason, the shop’s quality control systems check critical mold components between each operation.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 3, 2024

Now more than ever, as companies serving the moldmaking and plastic industry begin to gear up for NPE 2024, new technologies are being released and highlighted to positively impact manufacturing — reducing lead times, enhancing quality and precision, keeping projects on track, ensuring consistent digitalization and automation and more.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Photo Credit, all images: PCS Company The most frequently used component of a mold’s ejection system is the ejector pin, which includes variations such as sleeves and blades. Stainless steel: When molding extremely corrosive materials, stainless steel ejector pins are a viable option.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 29, 2023

The sheer volume of molds for products the Consumer Division of Johnson & Johnson handles globally demands more and more data management, offering a challenge and opportunity to mold builders and molders. The Coast team, led by President Jerry Sherman, supports OEMs globally with the lifecycle management of molds.

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 9, 2023

For example: A last-minute American Mold Builders Association (AMBA) Emerging Leaders / Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) Future Leaders in Plastics (FLIP) Happy Hour after the first day of the trade show had triple the expected attendance. Most members attended the show and manned the MMT booth. (

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 10, 2024

TK Mold & Engineering operates with a team of 25, plus seven CNC machines, multiple lathes and drills, and a five-axis sinker EDM from two facilities totaling 25,800 square feet/2,397 square meters of space in Romeo, Michigan. Photo Credit: TK Mold & Engineering Romeo, Michigan-based TK Mold & Engineering Inc.

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Modern Machine Shop

APRIL 20, 2023

Photo Credit: Cimatron Cimatron , a leading CAD/CAM software supplier for the mold and die industry, presents the release of Cimatron V16 in booth 5130 at Eastec 2023.

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AU Manufacturing

MAY 25, 2023

Article by Paul Runyan, VP Sales, Accumold In the world of micro molding, where precision and efficiency are paramount, the concept of boomerang projects can present significant challenges for both customers and micro molders. Or simply it may be that designs are just impossible to mold successfully.

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Plastics News

JANUARY 13, 2023

Proper Group Holdings LLC is planning to close its plastic tooling and molding plant in Warren, Mich. It's pretty sad because Proper is known in the industry as one of the most capable, high technology builders of complex tooling," said Hamood, who has worked at the company 30 years. It's a 50-year-old company, a very proud company.".

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 13, 2023

In 1996, I worked with a hot runner company with technology built like a Swiss watch whose intricacies would often fail during the injection molding process. However, these units would frequently fail and the mold would be down, waiting on replacements. 3D Keltool mold and SLA pattern. Hence, the problem I needed to solve.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In his new role, Conroy will develop and implement product strategies for current and new fabrication equipment while working closely with the factory, suppliers, sales, service and marketing. A subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Corporation, MC Machinery serves industries including aerospace, mold and die, job shops, medical and energy.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing designs and builds quality molds on time and at a competitive price. With a worldwide customer base, including numerous Fortune 500 companies, the company strives to develop strategic alliances with customers and suppliers alike. Established in 1975, Cavalier has over 220 employees in Canada, the U.S.,

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Plastics News

MAY 22, 2023

Bankruptcy — Venator Materials plc, a major supplier of plastics whitener titanium dioxide, is entering a planned Chapter 11 bankruptcy process to reduce debt and allow future growth. based Mold Craft Inc., was named Mold Maker of the Yea r for his commitment to the industry, education and innovation.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

supplier to bring tooling back stateside. LEGISLATION : Recent Tax Changes Impacting R&D Credits for Mold Builders Casey Barka, Co-Founder & VP, Tax Credit Services, Strike Tax Advisory The moldmaking industry's highly innovative nature qualifies most mold builders for the R&D tax credit.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 25, 2022

From hybrid additive manufacturing to additive tooling and ISO 9001 , we were able to provide many great tips from industry professionals this year. Five Things a Mold Builder Should Know about Non-Contact Blue Light 3D Scanning. Ten Things Mold Builders Should NOT Do. How to Overcome Complex Mold Texturing Problems.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 27, 2024

SUSCC’s latest equipment addition is an industry 4.0 cell built around a SmartPower120 injection molding machine and robot. They do so at the same time that the broader plastics industry struggles to slot employees into all manner of positions — from material handling and process techs to designers and process engineers.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

During past recessions, manufacturing was hit harder than most other industries. So, as recession fears take hold, mold manufacturers face some tough decisions. They present an obvious opportunity for those mold manufacturers who don’t want to jeopardize their transition to more automated operations. It may sound obvious.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

MoldMaking Technology is highlighting the latest machining, automation and EDM technologies and services being offered to the moldmaking industry. Space-Saving Five-Axis Provides Productive Mold Machining Photo credit: Grob Systems The G150 five-axis universal machining center from Grob Systems Inc. YCM Technology (USA) Inc.

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Mold Making Technology

AUGUST 16, 2023

Delta Mold Inc. has manufactured 17,500 unique molds over the last 44 years. With a dedicated repair program, Delta Mold services include on-site evaluations and support, as well as 24-hour repairs and fast parts delivery to keep customer operations moving forward. Photos Credit, all images: Delta Mold Inc.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The lineup of presentations was hyper-focused on helping those involved with molds to take their technology, skills and business to the next level by discussing a variety of engineering, building, maintenance and management topics centered around moldmaking. Technical Education event for the next-level mold manufacturer.

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