June 2008 Issue
June 2008
Features
Featured articles from the June 2008 issue of MoldMaking Technology
Taking the Guesswork Out of Surface Treatment
Using x-ray spectrometry to help ensure superior mold performance.
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Custom Machining Builds Revenue at Strohwig
Moldmaker turns metal fabrication skills into a major profit center with aerospace work.
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Business Conditions Register Improvement 50.0 Total Mold Business Index for April 2008
The total Mold Business Index is a weighted average of the sub-indices for new orders, production, employees, backlog, exports and supplier deliveries.
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Lowering Tooling Cost by Using Low-Friction Coatings
There are many components to the mold manufacturing process, but from a cost benefit approach to productivity, tooling technology is going to yield the biggest return, and coating technology is key.
Read MoreDo Eight Years Matter?
Data and analysis results of a North American plastics industry study on the mold manufacturing industry call for change.
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Aligning Efforts in the Automotive Industry
Forming a strategic alliance allows this group of moldmakers to pool their resources and offer OEMs complete support—all the while realizing tax savings.
Read MoreNew Economic Stimulus Law Should Help Boost Sales
This year’s $168-billion economic stimulus package, as crafted by both the Administration and Congress, is designed to be “timely, targeted and temporary”—which essentially means that its tax incentives, which are the heart of the package, are good for 2008 only. But the incentives offer something for just about everyone this year. Individual taxpayers are expected to see rebate checks and for American businesses, the new law contains business tax provisions that are perhaps the most important in terms of economic stimulus.
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Using TiN Coatings to Protect Your Knock-out/Ejector Pins
Proper surface treatments for enhancing corrosion resistance of mold components in molding situations.
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Tooling for Zero Stock Machining
Machining to net shape relies on proper end mill selection.
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MoldMaking Expo 2008 Post-Show Report Change Is Good
Once again, the industry rolls with the punches as MME showcases the latest and greatest in products, equipment and technologies designed to manufacture molds in the quickest, most efficient ways possible.
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Work Smart: Balancing Price and Productivity
Cutting tools are unique in their effect, as relatively small investments can result in tremendous cost reductions.
Read MoreA Shop View on Industry Change
What one shop general manager has learned throughout the past 30 years.
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A Supplier View on a Decade Of Moldmaking Progress
There has been a tremendous amount of change in the U.S. moldmaking industry over the past 10 years, and mold shops that adopt new machine tools, services and technology will enhance their capabilities for long-term success.
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A Shop View on Industry Change
