Mold Making Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Zero Tolerance LLC of Clinton Township, Michigan, produces injection tools for customers in the medical device, automotive and defense industries and custom injection molds parts for customers in the oil and gas, prototyping and consumer goods segments. Most molds are for straight injection or two-shot/overmolding.

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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, 2023

Mantle ’s precision metal 3D printing technology produces precision tooling components — such as cavities, cores and sprue bushings — that reduce the time and cost of making production-grade tools, molds and dies. days of mold and insert preparation, the tool was ready for molding.

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Mold Making Technology

MARCH 3, 2024

Source | Hasco Guide Element Program is Expanded To avoid damage to tool inserts and cores when closing an injection mold, Hasco introduces around 2,350 additional guide elements with a snug fit, from the Z00C to the Z11C series.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 31, 2023

Preferred Tool added Jingdiao’s automation system (above, on right), which holds 110 pieces of graphite and just-cut electrodes — enough for four days of unattended machining, as the team discovered last fall after loading the machine before departing for IMTS. Photo credit: Jingdio.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 30, 2024

Above is the five-axis CNC row at one of Plastek’s Erie, Pennsylvania, moldmaking facilities. Photo Credit: The Plastek Group The Plastek Group , which started life in 1956 as Triangle Tool Co., The company produces tools in Erie and Indaiatuba, makes engineering changes in Erie, and molds in Hamlet and Mansfield.

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 18, 2023

Corey Bratton, operations manager for Quality Mold Inc. Photo Credit: Quality Mold Inc. Corey oversees day-to-day operations at Quality Mold, including workflow, outsourcing, sales and some financials. Quality Mold began as a small, family-owned company 37 years ago and employs more than 30 trained professionals today.

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Mold Making Technology

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

An informal survey of MMT readers reveals that most respondents believe about 50-60% of the moldmaking process can be automated, but that less than 5% of mold builders are actually automated. Most respondents believe that 100% of mold builders should have some level of automation, but they simply can’t do the work or be competitive.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Photo Credit (clockwise): Siemens, Kyocera Precision Tools, Hasco Hot Runner and Greenleaf Corp. The MR80 is also recommended for tool steels. Hardened tool steels are not a primary use example, but are still applicable for the MR80 cutting tool. An enhanced insert clamping design provides optimal tool rigidity.

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Mold Making Technology

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Ford MoldMaking Technology strives to keep its readers up to date on the most relevant innovations that are being supplied to the mold and die industry. VA plugs enable reliable cooling of injection molding tools when using hot or cold water or heat transfer oil. Photo credit (clockwise): Hasco, SolidCAM, Meltio and M.A.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

CNC equipment of vertical/horizontal milling and turning solutions for high-speed, die/mold, heavy duty, multi-axis, multitasking and high-volume machining solutions across various FFG brands, including MAG, SMS, Feeler, Leadwell and FFG DMC were showcased. MD Tooling , Renishaw , Setco and Siemens.

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Modern Machine Shop

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

invites female candidates to meet the participants from its recent 42-week WIST CNC Industrial Mechanic Millwright Pre-Apprenticeship Certificate Program. Clair College, and is seeking to fill the following positions: welders/millwright, tool and die; tool and mold; general machinist; CNC machinist.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

invites female candidates to meet the participants from its recent 42-week WIST CNC Industrial Mechanic Millwright Pre-Apprenticeship Certificate Program. Clair College, and is seeking to fill the following positions: welders/millwright, tool and die; tool and mold; general machinist; CNC machinist.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Five-axis CNC milling machine and monitor gauge cutting tire mold parts via solid ball end mill tools. HRI) recently released the results of the Harbour IQ in-depth study on the current state of the automotive vendor tooling industry. Several key factors are driving up the tooling spend growth. Harbour Results Inc.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 21, 2023

Its latest generation of high-end CNC technology as embodied in its TNC7 control system, moves the function of creating the digital twin of the workpiece directly to the CNC itself. We can see this in the many uses for the digital twins of machine tools. Photo Credit: Photo Courtesy of Heidenhain Corp.

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Mold Making Technology

JUNE 19, 2023

This three-axis grinding machine is Blohm’s entry-level offering for job shops who are eyeing CNC grinding but need a more attainable starting point. ” Walter is focused on packing more tool grinding functionality into a compact space with the Helitronic G200 and Helitronic Mini Plus.

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Mold Making Technology

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The company now includes facilities across the country with capabilities ranging from metal and polymer 3D printing to precision machining and injection molding. 3rd Dimension’s first subtractive machine tool was a secondhand wire EDM. The Harbec facility also 3D prints mold tooling with conformal cooling channels.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

5-axis CNC Vertical Machining Center for All Your Machining Needs The KAAST V-Mill 600.5X CNC is a T-shape machine structure with matching column base width. KAAST Machine Tools, Inc. CNC features a T-shape machine structure with matching column base width. The KAAST V-Mill 600.5X mm (0.0032”) positioning accuracy.

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Dinesh Mishra

APRIL 24, 2023

Business expansion in the heart of Peenya Industrial Area in Bengaluru Bengaluru, April 24, 2023: Mitsubishi Electric India CNC announced its strategic expansion in Peenya Industrial area with the launch of its new manufacturing facility and technology center named “CNC eXPerience Park” on 21 st April 2023.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

To learn more about other exhibits are PTXPO 2023, check out our profiles on the other categories: Mold Materials/Mold Base 3D Printing, Machining and Cutting Tools Mold Components and Hot Runners Mold Building Services Mold Maintenance, Repair and Surface Treatment And thank you to our sponsors — Canon, Hasco, Maguire and Novatec!

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Mold Making Technology

MAY 23, 2023

The printer applications include rapid prototyping, mold and die, one-offs, short runs, mass manufacturing, maintenance, repair, tooling and more.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 16, 2022

PCD helical ballnose cutting tool. used in the right application, a polycrystalline diamond (PCD) cutting tool can last up to 20 times that of an equivalent carbide tool. Moreover, these tools can be made 6 mm or smaller — the EDGe is capable of producing drills down to 0.3 Photo Credit, all images: ANCA Inc.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

For a wide range of other industry-related products, make sure to check out October’s “ Moldmaking-Related Technology Highlights ” and “ Product Innovations Pushing the Mold.” Tool changes occur outside of the work area, which eliminates chip interference. Accu-Prompt Inc.

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Mold Making Technology

DECEMBER 11, 2022

MoldMaking Technology provides readers a variety of technical, how-to and tip-oriented pieces for an inside look at current moldmaking equipment, services, technologies, strategies and trends, typically through the perspective of industry mold builders, OEMs, suppliers and others. Matrix Tool Inc. Matrix Tool Inc. Midgard Inc.

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Mold Making Technology

JANUARY 10, 2023

NextGen Mold Technologies’ ownership is grateful to its industry partners for their support during the shop’s startup, but most importantly is thankful for the team’s unwavering commitment to success. Photo Credit, all images: NextGen Mold Technologies Inc. Who is NextGen Mold Technologies? Etienne Blvd.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

They lead or guide one half of a mold into the other. With the possible exception of those of you who design high-cavitation, unscrewing or multiple interchangeable molds, most designers rarely, if ever, need to know the various definitions, specifications and use of the various types of fits. They are usually adequate for most molds.

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Modern Machine Shop

DECEMBER 1, 2022

As a result, this is the seventh pavilion that makes up the most representative exhibition of the metalworking and manufacturing industry in Latin America, organized by technologies: machine tools, inspection and measurement, CAD/CAM and CNC controls, finishing and coatings, cutting tools and workholding systems and AM.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

the property became a tool and die shop. Then in 1955, he officially founded Midgard and pivoted toward injection molding with a couple of small machines. So he and his tool designer, Harry Hoff, designed and built a tool and took it over to Van Dorn’s facility to run the parts at night to find a solution.

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Modern Machine Shop

MARCH 14, 2023

The company now includes facilities across the country with capabilities ranging from metal and polymer 3D printing to precision machining and injection molding. 3rd Dimension’s first subtractive machine tool was a secondhand wire EDM. . 3rd Dimension’s first subtractive machine tool was a secondhand wire EDM.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

First, there isn’t any tooling to wait for or pay for. Applications include ballistic panels for military vehicles, titanium parts for airplanes, and dies made of tool steel. Rubber can be molded over metal to form a permanent bond, but what if the rubber needs to be removable? Still, these aren’t its only applications.

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Fabricating & Metal Work

AUGUST 24, 2022

Abundant automation options add to the machine’s scalable flexibility, with optimized production for electronics, automotive, medical and mold and die manufacturers through more than 600 pre-programmed cutting processes. For more than 55 years, Guill Tool & Engineering (West Warwick, R.I.) www.gibbscam.com. 008” hole popper.

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Modern Machine Shop

AUGUST 27, 2023

The 14 th DN Solutions International Machine Tool Fair (DIMF) took place June 5-8, 2023. The show included demonstrations of machine tools, automation systems and other manufacturing technologies at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) in Busan, South Korea. The technology uses active damping to reduce vibration.

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MEM

MARCH 13, 2023

This is why Ingersoll Tools GmbH has been using the leader in NC simulation, VERICUT, since 1996 as the interface between NC programming and production. At the Haiger headquarters alone, up to 90% of the tools are special orders with lot sizes ranging from 1-3. The tool is completely designed with Creo in 3D.

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Dinesh Mishra

JANUARY 30, 2023

market showed the fastest growth, said the report where the biggest areas of applications were prototyping, functional part manufacturing, and tooling, in that order. Today, a lot of CNC manufacturers in India and across the world are integrating additive manufacturing and Robotics into their mainline production process.

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Mold Making Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Essential to design and build a more cost-effective mold, or determining the time and cost for a job or tracking its production, software has become a common tool used to keep everyday mold builders on track. This month’s focus is software. Software is also something that is constantly evolving.

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Mold Making Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Westminster Tool Inc. is a 26-year-old mold builder and molder that designs and produces injection and resin transfer molds for medical, automotive, packaging, aerospace/defense and industrial markets and also molds medical devices in high-temperature polymers plus machines metal components for aerospace/defense customers.

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Mold Making Technology

APRIL 4, 2023

Hasco and Platinum Tooling A new month, a new technology roundup! 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. Photo credit (from top left, clockwise): SprutCAM Tech, Towa Corp., Photo Credit: Towa Corp.

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