Mold Materials
WEBINAR: Tool Steel Demands and Enhancements
Pressurized electro-slag refining and powder metal production techniques remove impurities when producing highly alloyed stainless steel grades specifically for moldmaking. Listen to this free webinar to learn about current trends in the plastics industry, next-generation stainless tool steels, production techniques and additively manufactured parts and components.
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PCP Aluminium Promotes Aluminum Cast Plate/Block For High-Quality Performance
PCP Aluminium will presents ACLA5 and MAX5 Aluminum to Amerimold exhibitors, suitable for prototype injection, thermoforming molds and mold automation systems.
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2021 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Mold Materials
Proper selection of the appropriate mold material is critical to manufacturing a high-quality mold. Tool steel, aluminum, copper and alloys are some of the materials used.
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High-Performance Alloys for Plastic Injection and Blow Molding
Materion Performance Alloys introduces its tailorable MoldMax alloys which impart strength and wear resistance similar to tool steels, but with ten times more thermal conductivity.
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MMT Chats: 30 Under 30 Honoree, Project Engineer & Lean Six Sigma Rep Shares Passion
MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges brings on EDRO Specialty Steels Project Engineer Katherine Pistorius as a guest for this MMT Chats video interview to talk about her love of cutting waste, process management, and efficiency, which lead her to Lean Six Sigma. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Ellwood Specialty Steel Introduces Improved Lens/Texture-Quality Mold Steel
Amerimold 2021 exhibitor Ellwood Speciality Steel’s P20-modified, through-hardened mold steel boasts a consistent surface finish, and is fully qualified to GMQ 18157 mold steel specification.
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Micro-Milling Improves Steel Plate Quality, Saving Mold Building Time
Reed City Group switches to steel plate that is flatter, more dimensionally accurate and cuts 10-15% off tool-building time.
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From CAM, Cutters and Cooling to Corrosion, Cleaning and Control
A review of the year’s top tips on technologies and strategies to improve moldmaking operations from design to first shot.
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Injection Mold Machined Plates Boost Flexibility
Hasco’s P1 plates, machined on all sides, come in about 2000 additional variants in dimensions, thicknesses and materials.
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Steel Plate Manufacturing Process Enables Easier, More Accurate Installation of Components
Steel 21’s patented process for manufacturing flat and parallel steel plates, 21 Micro Milling, holds A36/4140 grade steel plates on average 3 times more flat and parallel and 5 times smoother.
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