Amerimold: Learning and Laughs
After two days of connecting buyers and sellers of products and services for designing, building, injecting and maintaining molds, Amerimold 2016 comes to a close on a very positive note.
Topics included part/mold design and simulation, additive manufacturing, five-axis machining, reducing mold repair costs, integrating the mold, machine and automation, innovative tool design and molding process combinations and employing systematic molding for collaborative manufacturing.
10 IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T SUCCEED, YOU’RE NOT A MOLDMAKER.
Gabe Meldrum, International Mold Corp
9 OUR DNA—FROM BLOOD—IS IN EVERY TOOL.
Keith Bates, IPCC
8 SHUT-OFFS, STACKS AND SEAL-OFFS AREN'T JUST FOR PLUMBERS.
Ralph Neufarth, iMFLUX (P&G)
7 GOOD FORM IS JUST PART OF THE JOB!
Sam Sarakinis, Inoac Interior Systems
6 HEAVY METAL IS NOT JUST FOR ROCK STARS.
Mark Borlik, Aucilla
5 TOLERANCE COMES NATURALLY TO A MOLDMAKER.
Annette Langhammer, Dynaplas
4 WHAT ELSE ARE YOU GOING TO DO BETWEEN HUNTING SEASONS?
Ken Stringfield, Danaher
3 CLOSE OUTS AND CLEARANCES AREN'T JUST FOR DEPARTMENT STORES.
Ralph Neufarth, iMFLUX (P&G)
2 WE MAY BE STRESSED, BUT OUR MOLD BLOCKS AREN'T.
Gabe Meldrum, International Mold Corp
#1 OUR RUNNERS WON'T FLASH YOU AT THE GATE.
Denny Scher, ICOMold
Keep checking back with us here on our daily blog as well as on Twitter (@MMT_ChristinaF) and Facebook for post-show reports.
Finally, a big thank you to all of you who participated in this year's Amerimold--sponsors, exhibitors, speakers and attendees! We hope to see you and more in 2017!
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