Mold Materials

Mold Materials

Advances in P20 Steel Potentially Eliminates Need for Stress Relieving After Rough Cutting

Omega Tool Corp. compares conventional, new P20 grades side by side in production fascia tools, finds no downside.

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Mold Materials

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.

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Most-Viewed Content of 2022

The most popular MoldMaking Technology content according to analytics reports over the past 12 months.

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Advancing the Mold With New Technologies

This roundup is full of products and services that help answer concerns and meet needs for the industry. Featured in this roundup are hot runners, mold components, mold materials and more.

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Hot Runners

Technology Roundup: The K Show Experience

Catch a glimpse into technologies for plastics, rubber, injection molding, hot runners, sustainability and more being showcased at this year’s K 2022.

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Basics

Considerations for Mold Base Material Selection

Choosing the right material can greatly affect the profitability and cost of your application.

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Tool Steel

Self-Venting Mold Steel for Defect Prevention

High-tonnage pressed and sintered, porous metal Vortex removes the difficulties of trapped gas in the mold cavity through a system of interconnected pores.  

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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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Mold Materials

Hot Work Tool Steel Achieves High Thermal Conductivity

Developed by Deutsche Edelstahlwerke, a member of Swiss Steel Group, Thermodur 2383 Supercool combines high wear resistance with excellent mechanical properties for noticeably lower cycle times in molding/forming applications.  

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Mold Materials

2022 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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