MoldMaking Conference Session Spotlight: Tooling Success

Here are three MoldMaking Conference sessions you won’t want to miss:

Best Practices to Drive Successful Tooling Outcomes

• Chris Wert, Engineering Manager, Velosity

The ability to deliver robust tools in a timely manner to either scale growth or introduce new products is of utmost importance to customers. Mold builders can use program management services to address the speed-to-market trend and develop innovative solutions and cost-effective outcomes. Key takeaways from this presentation will include the benefits of effective program management in mold design, build and molding processes; best practices to increase project team engagement; and ways to engage customers, suppliers and molders in the mold design, build and qualification processes.

The Mold Builder's Role in Defining Injection Molds to Support and Progress NPD

• John Berg, Business Development, Bill Mentzer, Development, Dynamic Tool Corp

Early-stage involvement in the planning and execution of a new product development program is an exciting opportunity for an injection mold builder. The successful completion of an NPD program elevates the brand of the shop in the eyes of the sponsoring OEM brand owner. It will likely lead to more work and a stronger business relationship with the customer. It also puts a significantly higher demand on the shop's engineering, design and project management resource capabilities. While every new project is unique, to various degrees, there are best practices to recognize and follow. From understanding the values and limitations of prototyping options to design data control to final production validation and launch. This presentation is focused on identifying some of the key stages of part and product development and the impact the moldmaker can have on progressing the project.

How to Implement a Remote Validation Process

• Camille Sackett, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Accede Mold & Tool Co.

In keeping with the conference theme, “MoldMaking is a relentless pursuit of innovation in all areas of the process and business,” we invite you to learn how the Rochester, New York-based family-owned mold builder innovated to overcome obstacles presented by travel restrictions and customer budget constraints by developing and implementing a remote mold validation process. While born out of necessity during the emergence of the pandemic, the process persists and has delivered considerable time and cost savings for its customers and benefits for the mold builder. The session includes a nuts-and-bolts discussion of their setup and case studies of the ACCEDE Remote Mold Validation for attendees to learn from and potentially build on.