August 2014 Issue
August 2014
Features
Featured articles from the August 2014 issue of MoldMaking Technology
Controlling Cutting Tool Cost with Hybrid Geometries
Why purchase redundant tooling and risk losing control of your manufacturing costs? Hybrid cutting tool geometries allow you to perform multiple machining applications with one tool.
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Aerospace and Energy/Power Generation
Aerospace industrial production is poised for growth and energy-related manufacturing remains a strong part of the American economy.
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Systems Engineering Meets Moldmaking
A combination of systems engineering and systems integration approaches improves communication, which yields better mold manufacturing overall.
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Competition is Good
Losing business overseas motivated this moldmaker to re-engineer its tools, improve its processes and stand by its customer, ultimately winning the business back.
Read MoreIn the Trenches: Taking Action
In repair, there are no mistakes, just educational experiences.
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Benchmark Your Injection Molding Simulation
Use benchmarking to gain confidence in your modeling, material and simulation capabilities, then use the simulation results to guide future design.
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How to Bridge the Gap with Aluminum Tooling
Whether you call it bridge tooling, soft tooling, pilot production, semi-production or aluminum production tooling, it still refers to producing pre-production quantities of plastic products with potential final part volumes in the millions.
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Moldmaking Opportunities in Brazil, Russia, India and China
Estimates as to the future power of the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) vary greatly. Some sources believe they might overtake the G7 economies by 2027.
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Competition is Good
Simplifying Work Flow Management
