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Design, Management Software Resources for Mold, Die Applications

As technology advances, so too do the options available to efficiently design molds or manage the data involved in their progress and production. Here’s a roundup of some of those solutions.

Machine Monitoring Enhances a Mold Builder's Automation Strategy

Through data exchange across all shop equipment and enhanced communication options, software like Scytec DataXchange offered by Shop Floor Automations gives the potential to identify inefficiencies and achieve predictive maintenance quickly via real-time monitoring.

Software Technology to Meet Moldmaking Challenges

Featured in this technology roundup are software solutions that can provide and improve design and manufacturing operations or data management practices during the manufacture of a mold.

Maintaining a Competitive Edge: EDM, Automation and Machining Technology Roundup

This month’s technology roundup features products, processes and services relating to EDM, automation and machining. For example, jig grinding for large molds, scheduling automation software, cobot integration, die sinker EDM and much more.

MoldMaking Technology's Most-Viewed Content 2022: Products

MMT shares the five top-viewed technologies, equipment and services of 2022 in each Engineer, Build, Maintain and Manage tenet based on Google Analytics.

Moldmaking Operation Visibility is Enhanced Through Smart Factory Solution

Attended and unattended moldmaking operations can become your company’s competitive advantage with the DataXchange machine monitoring solution from Shop Floor Automations.

Tech Trends: Automation Nation

Automation can be key for improving overall mold manufacturing operation, so check out these automation products from supplier companies MC Machinery Systems, Schunk, Fastems and Shop Floor Automations.

2019 Technology Review: Software

MoldMaking Technology’s July 2019 Technology Review and Sourcing Guide offers some of the latest highlighted products and services from supplier companies from a variety of categories, including software.

Three Solutions for Improved CNC Networking

Products to consider for better machine productivity in 2019.

Tips for Selling the Value of Automation

How to prove automation saves time on the shop floor.

SFA Highlights Automation Solutions at Mazak West

Shop Floor Automations has a variety of automation solutions on display at Mazak West, which takes place June 5–8, 2018 in Gardena, California.

DNC Software for Moldmaking Shops

With the larger-sized programs moldmakers use, making sure programs are being run to their full potential should be a top priority, and DNC software can help.

Shop Floor Automations Has 20-Year Anniversary in 2018

To celebrate, the company is rolling out a new website and a new logo.

Three Unexpected Machine Monitoring Benefits

If you aren’t monitoring your machines to boost productivity, here are some additional reasons why you might want to start.

Technology Showcase: Heading to Westec?

If you’re planning to head west to attend Westec, billed as “the West Coast’s Leading Manufacturing Event,” today’s blog is a slideshow preview of products you can expect to see there.

Manufacturing for Millennials

One shop floor communications and machine monitoring solutions provider shares three reasons to give the younger generation for why manufacturing is a great field for a career.

Monitor Your Machines

If you manage or work on a shop floor, then you have likely heard about machine monitoring.

Are Spreadsheets Dead Weight?

Shops often share their data management woes, so when I came across these five reasons for making the change from spreadsheets to a real-time, graphical job schedule, I just had to pass them along.

The MoldMaking Funny Pages

Does anyone remember Izzy A. Moldmaker? MMT's short-lived 1998 comic strip that was supposed to bring out the industry's sense of humor. Well, it fell short on our end. But I just got wind of a new attempt at a comic series that may have a better angle.

Using Software to Support Your Automation Agenda

As shops look to streamline processes and increase productivity, automation is among the highest priorities. Software is one tool that can be easily implemented to help meet those goals.