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Where Does It End?
As I write this column, I am in Geneva, Switzerland, working at MFG.com’s European headquarters. I’ve just heard that the U.S. Congress has approved a $700-billion financial bailout plan to rescue our bleeding financial, mortgage and credit institutions. I have some strong feelings that I’d like to share about the U.S. financial crisis and where it’s going. I am a capitalist. I am a machinist. I am a business owner. I am an American. And I’m mad.
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Mold Industry Continues to Slip
46.7 Total Mold Business Index for September 2008 The total Mold Business Index is a weighted average of the sub-indices for new orders, production, employees, backlog, exports and supplier deliveries.
Read MoreTime to Engage
This AMBA event brought together the highest number of mold manufacturing participants the group has seen.
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Low-Volume Layered Manufacturing: Parts without Limits
An alternative design and manufacturing method that uses a layer-by-layer process, virtually eliminating part design constraints that exist with traditional manufacturing processes, such as CNC machining and injection molding.
Read MoreHow Good Is Your Process?
Everyone has a process, how much you can derive from it depends on how robust your process is.
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Technology Partner Is Key to Expanding Moldmaker Capabilities
The past decade has seen significant shifts at R&D Tool, but with a key supplier by its side, they are equipped for new challenges.
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Market Looks Razor Sharp
Great strides continue to be made in the cutting tool/toolholder market that result in reduced benchtime and additional handwork, as well as heavier depths-of-cut—adding up to increased productivity and higher accuracy.
Read MoreThe Evolution of Process Training for Mold Builders
Process training coupled with cavity pressure data provides mold builders with value and information that can be passed onto customers.
Read MoreMy Olympic Experience
Last month I wrote about the shifting fortunes of China, and how excited my wife, Debbie, and I were to have tickets to attend the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. I promised to report what we found there, so here’s what we experienced: nothing. We didn’t go. As it turned out, the “company” that we purchased our tickets through last year turned out to be a scam. From what we’ve been able to learn, this “front” created an incredibly elaborate network of physical and online attributes—offices, phone numbers, Web sites, messaging—that fooled thousands of others around the world.
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