October 2005 Issue

October 2005

Defining the Data Barrier, Part 3: Utilizing data to set goals

Using data as your compass will allow you to head off issues before they become issues.

Features

Featured articles from the October 2005 issue of MoldMaking Technology

Education 1 Oct 2005

Jerry Fischer: Moldmaker Turned Educator

Forty years of moldmaking experience—from developing a two-cavity encapsulation mold to teaching CAD classes—lands this industry expert SPE’s Mold Designer of the Year 2005 Award.

Business Strategy 1 Oct 2005

Moving Mold Design From 2-D to 3-D

Moving to 3-D mold design can provide a very effective way of improving competitiveness and helping companies win more business.

Business Strategy 1 Oct 2005

Learn to Compete with Negative-Shape Machining

Moldmakers can reduce costs and increase throughput with a high-technology approach.

Business Strategy 1 Oct 2005

Simulate and Optimize Your Mold Build Process

Mold shops can increase efficiency, lengthen tool and machine life and achieve better surface finish with the same software they use to verify their increasingly complex NC programs.

Tool Steel 1 Oct 2005

Looking Sharp

Advancements in cutting tool/toolholder construction yield better stability and higher accuracy to achieve greater feedrates and increased productivity.

Business Strategy 1 Oct 2005

Take the Lead

In these globally competitive times, some shops are implementing some amazing things to keep their businesses running … successfully.

Workforce Development 1 Oct 2005

Making Eye Safety a Shop Priority

Facts and figures proving the necessity of eye safety on the job and tips for protecting your shop employees.

FAQ 1 Oct 2005

How to Exceed the Limits of Your Toolpaths

A moldmaker’s ability to reduce machining time is not limited by his machine tools or cutting tools, but rather by the toolpaths that drive them.

Business Strategy 1 Oct 2005

Maximum RPM Machining: Necessities of High-Speed Moldmaking

Mold shops will thrive if they practice an ‘all-aspects’ process to HSM, which includes the machine, cutting tool, toolholder, proper balance and application support.

Analysis 1 Oct 2005

Part One of a Three-Part Series Five Steps for Improving Your Shop’s Maximum Productivity

Learn how to evaluate your shop’s productivity and begin increasing it by considering the variables of implementing hard milling and high-speed machining.