MMT Blog
MMT Chats: Talent Crisis Meets 2030
The manufacturing industry faces a critical talent shortage as baby boomers retire while reshoring creates new demand and technology transforms workflows.
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Strategic Mold Venting
Venting is one of the most crucial, but often overlooked, aspects of mold design and manufacturing.
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How to Troubleshoot "Actual" Hot Runner Controller Temperature
A first-person account of how one technology supplier did not give up until it solved the mystery of a recent part defect.
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Plastic Injection Molding Starts with the Pellet
This summer, let’s get back to the basics. For this summer school basics series, Pellet to Part explores each stage of the plastic injection molding process. This week: what every moldmaker should know about raw materials, including the fundamentals of viscosity curves, Melt Flow Index, Melt Flow Rate, shear and more.
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Shop Talk: Plastics and Pliers Panic
Canon Virginia, Inc. celebrates the real-world moments that unite shop floors everywhere. We hope that by sharing industry stories together, we can all laugh, learn and grow.
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Shop Talk: Mishaps, Memories and Moldmaking
Where moldmaking stories become industrial folklore.
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MMT Chats: Mold Design Apprentices Speak Out
Mold Design Apprentices Alex McClinton and Nolan Benedict share their individual journeys to moldmaking, impressions of a unique mold design apprenticeship and their future plans.
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Student Executives Manage Business, Academia in High School Vocational Program
Bend Manufacturing, a business led by high school seniors that operates out of The Portage School of Leaders in South Bend, Indiana, is witnessing its real-time return on investment: its students.
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Why Choose a Valve-Gated Hot Runner?
Moldmakers need to be aware of how different gating technology can affect their customers when designing a hot runner system into a mold.
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Streamlining Medical Device Development With Modular, Risk-Reducing Tooling Strategy
Fast-Track Tooling enables early validation of medical device designs, reduces risks, accelerates time-to-market and ensures alignment with production molds.
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Powerful Portal Milling Machine Has Big Impact on Michigan Compression Moldmaker
Significant 30% increase in production due to a spacious workspace, advanced cutting capabilities and a new generation CNC control system.
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Resilient by Design: Moldmakers Respond to Tariff Tensions With Strength and Strategy
Amid tariff uncertainties, moldmakers must stay flexible, control what they can, plan for multiple scenarios and maintain team alignment.
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