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Cutting Tools

1:4 Speed Multipliers Available to Live Tool Lathes

Distributed through Platinum Tooling, Heimatec speed multipliers are now available in 24,000 max. styles for North American customers.

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Hot Runners

Stack Mold System Combines Fast Injection With High Process Repeatability

NPE2024: Primarily designed for thin-wall packaging applications, the patent-pending mold design by Oerlikon HRSflow brings consistency, simplified maintenance and assembly and a sustainable materials focus.

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Machining

Gundrill Production Cells Boost Precision, Output

The Unisig R-4-2-2 production cell uses a smart conveyor to simultaneously load four barrel blanks into a UNI four-spindle gundrilling machine.

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Mold Materials, 3D Printing Technologies for Next-Gen Moldmaking

As moldmaking advances, so too do the materials and processes involved in their efficient production, including these latest mold materials and 3D printing technologies.  

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3D Printing

Tool Steel Improves the Efficiency of Molds, Injection Molding Using AM

AddUp partners with Swiss Steel Group to introduce Printdur HCT, enabling manufacturers to significantly reduce production cycles using conformal cooling channels.

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Mold Materials

Xact Metal, Uddeholm Partner to Offer Corrax Tool Steel Powder

Moldmakers and molders will have access to a mold steel capable of an A1 surface finish post-polishing, supporting the industry’s expansion into metal 3D printing.

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NPE

Tool Steel Alternative to S7-Based Molds

NPE2024: International Mold Steel showcases its DCMX steel as an alternative to S7, providing mold builders uniform hardness for even machinability and clean welds and other benefits.

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Leadership

Hands-on Workshop Teaches Mold Maintenance Process

Intensive workshop teaches the process of mold maintenance to help put an end to the firefighting culture of many toolrooms.

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Cross-Functional Group Targets Metal 3D Printing Design, Engineering Services

NPE2024: An emphasis on reverse engineering, 3D printing and conformal cooling design capabilities brings high-quality molding and tooling concepts and processes to The Plastek Group customers.

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Hot Runners

LSR Platform Meets Critical Medical Molding Needs

NPE2024: Recent updates to Mastip’s Aquilo platform highlight how its design — from consistent thermal profile to uniform cooling — has made it successful for medical industry projects.

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