MMT Blog
NPE 2024: What Mold Builders Need to Know
Plastics Industry Association Director of NPE Content & Experience Arlene Davis breaks down the various off- and on-the-show floor educational programming, keynotes and networking opportunities happening during NPE 2024 for mold builders.
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Reasons to Use Fiber Lasers for Mold Cleaning
Fiber lasers offer a simplicity, speed, control and portability, minimizing mold cleaning risks.
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How to Use Strategic Planning Tools, Data to Manage the Human Side of Business
Q&A with Marion Wells, MMT EAB member and founder of Human Asset Management.
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Educating the Next Generation of Plastics Professionals
These schools and local industry are working together to close the workforce gap in the plastics industry by offering hefty plastics curricula and training programs for degree-seeking students as well as current plastics employees looking to upskill.
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The Intersection of Robotics, Hands-on Training in Mold Design Curriculum
A Q&A with Nicholas Vitelli, MoldMaking Technology EAB member and engineering lecturer at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.
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Using Virtual Reality to Train New Moldmakers
How far are we from a mold manual in virtual reality to train customers in mold assembly? For the answer listen to Torsten Kruse, Kruse Analysis and Rick Finnie, M.R. Mold as they share their team effort to develop VR for moldmaking training.
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March 2024 Technology Roundup Highlights
In this most recent roundup, MMT continues to present the breadth of new or proven technologies that target the moldmaking industry, from cutting tools to software to hot runner products, that have been shared this month.
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Mold Maintenance Continues to Matter: Enhanced Training Program in a New Facility
I attended a MoldTrax mold maintenance workshop in 2019 and shared my experiences, and despite changes in ownership, the workshop's remarkable value endures, as discussed in a recent Q&A with the current leadership.
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Impacts of Auto’s Switch to Sustainability
Not only is the auto industry transitioning to electrification but there are concerted efforts to modify the materials used, especially polymers, for interior applications.
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Design for Maintenance: Five Tips to Extend Tool Life and Simplify Maintenance
Want to extend tool life? You need a design for maintenance approach. Learn five essential tips for getting started with design for maintenance in this webinar presented by Canon Virginia, Inc.
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Mold Materials, 3D Printing Technologies for Next-Gen Moldmaking
As moldmaking advances, so too do the materials and processes involved in their efficient production, including these latest mold materials and 3D printing technologies.
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Passion, Potential & Unlimited Career Possibilities
The Advanced Manufacturing Design Technology Team at Central Community College in Hastings, Nebraska, talks about their facility expansion and their 100 years of instructor experience that helps to mentor students from drafting, manual machines and CNC to part, mold and die design and advanced machining.
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