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Help Your Customers Reduce the Cost of Making Plastic Parts
1/1/2013 MoldMaking Technology

How to take advantage of the properties of DLC coatings to design better molds and improve cycle times.

Keeping Molds Running
12/1/2012 MoldMaking Technology

Technology advancements encourage moldmakers to think about surface treatment, mold maintenance and repair issues earlier in the mold build process to obtain better mold performance and life.

Cleaning Intricate Molds
12/1/2012 MoldMaking Technology

A look at non-destructive cleaning processes for complex molds that require the removal of tenacious surface contamination to ensure surface quality and longevity of precision mold and molded part surfaces.

Diamond-Like Carbon Mold Coatings for Increased Durability
5/1/2012 MoldMaking Technology

Hardness, wear resistance, deposition temperature and uniformity are the main elements to consider when choosing a coating for mold components.

Five Steps to Polish an Aluminum Mold
5/1/2012 MoldMaking Technology

In time and with practice, each polisher will develop his or her own tricks and short cuts.

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Surface Treatment

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Proper treatment of the mold’s surface is key to its quality, corrosion-resistance, wear, tool life, etc. Some of the processes used to treat molds include polishing, heat treatment, plating, coating, texturing and engraving.
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