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What You Should Consider When Purchasing Modified P20 Steel
When buying P20 steels that have been modified, moldmakers must be aware of the variations and key issues that affect delivery, cost and lead times.
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How to Supply Cooling to Additive Tooling
Additive tooling provides limitless options for cooling a mold’s difficult-to-cool areas.
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How to Transition From a Cold to Hot Runner Mold
Reducing cycle time and costs while also freeing up your machines for other projects are advantages gained by using hot runners that no one can ignore. But where does one begin transitioning from cold to hot runners?
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How to Produce More Accurate Molds and Reduce Rework
Patented micro-milling process for manufacturing steel plate flat and parallel helps mold builders shorten mold build times and increase accuracy.
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Get to Know Our PTXPO Exhibitors
Product, equipment or service suppliers in and around the Moldmaking Pavilion share insight into their businesses, relevant innovations and reasons for exhibiting at PTXPO.
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How to Select a Mold Temperature Controller
White paper shares how cooling channel analysis, which collects maximum pressure drop, total flow rate and heat dissipation, eases the performance evaluation of mold temperature controllers.
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How to Correctly Size a Hydraulic Cylinder
This week Randy shares steps for correctly sizing a hydraulic cylinder on a mold.
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MMT Chats: How to Improve Efficiency in 3 Key Toolroom Areas
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges chats with James Jergens, General Manager for Triangle Tool and Penn Erie Tool of The Plastek Group about three simple ways to improve efficiency: tool design, equipment and work in process. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Laser Welding Versus Micro Welding
The latest battle in finely detailed restoration/repair of mold materials.
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How to Generate the Ideal Tool Path for High-Level Accuracy and Finish
When a mold builder can’t compromise part accuracy and surface finish, CAM software with specialized programming strategies is essential.
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