Aluminum
What to Look for in Aluminum Mold Alloys
The importance of strength, anodization, weldability, machinability, flatness and porosity to aluminum injection and thermoform molds.
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How to Protect Soft Base Materials
Choose a suitable mold coating to take the abuse and save your base material.
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Vertical Machining Center Designed for Moldmaking Alongside Metal 3D Printers Brings Virus Face Masks to Market Quickly
Speed and accuracy of a new vertical machining center are vital to a two-process approach for quickly producing much-needed face mask molds.
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Open Mind Technologies, Haimer Join Forces to Five-Axis Machine an Aluminum Panther
Open Mind provided its hyperMILL CAM software and Haimer its flour-flute cutter and a linear five-axis machining center for a 20-inch panther to be showcased by the Augsburger Panther hockey team.
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Specialists in Prototype Aluminum Tooling and Plastic Injection Molding Short-to-Medium Runs
Wepco Plastics specializes in the full or partial development of a part from concept to design.
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Hydraulic Mechanical Quick Mold Change for Aluminum Molds
The PFA Hydra-Jaws QMC system replaces common mechanical clamp systems and through bolt fastening methods with an easy-to-operate hydraulic mechanical clamping system.
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High-Performance Alloy Increases Performance Capability of Aluminum Molds
DRS Industrial’s use of high-performance aluminum alloys helps it build better molds faster and at a lower cost, improving molder productivity.
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Aluminum Plates Ideal for Molding and Tooling Industry
Vista Metals Corp. supplies the widest range of cast aluminum plate products to the molding and tooling industry.
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High-Strength Aluminum Series Ideal for Various Mold Types
Constellium offers its Alumold series of high-strength aluminum. Alumold is available in a range of grades, enabling its use for specific types of molds.
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Webinar Review: A Look at Copper Alloy Molds
Copper is not strong enough to be used as a mold material, but by alloying copper, it can be made as strong as steel while retaining much of its thermal conductivity. This free webinar explains the various copper alloys used in plastic molding and the strengths and weaknesses of each alloy.
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