Medical

Westec Plastics 3D Prints Mold Inserts Using TrueShape Technology

Mantle’s metal 3D printing enabled Westec to rapidly respond to changing customer demands, quickly produce prototype H13 mold inserts and keep design and development on track.  

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Medical

Next Chapter Manufacturing Expands Into Medical Industry, Initiates NXCMED

Additive surgical company will deliver surgical device solutions, such as implants and complex surgical devices, through disruptive design and 3D printing technologies.  

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Mantle Unveils New Medical Mold Applications Achieved Through Metal 3D Printing

New applications from Nicolet Plastics and Westec Plastics become a testament to the strong adoption of Mantle’s metal 3D printing technology.  

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Medical

Husky Technologies Showcases Innovation Injection Mold Solutions at MD&M West 2023

This week, MD&M/Plastec West attendees can survey Husky’s latest technologies and services engineered for medical device manufacturers.  

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Lessons in Quality Assurance for Micro Projects

Quality control, quality assurance and measurement technology are central considerations for micro mold building and molding.

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Machining

The In's and Out's of Ballbar Calibration

This machine tool diagnostic device allows the detection of errors noticeable only while machine tools are in motion.

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Leadership

Leading Mold Manufacturers Share Best Practices for Improving Efficiency

Precise Tooling Solutions, X-Cell Tool and Mold, M&M Tool and Mold, Ameritech Die & Mold, and Cavalier Tool & Manufacturing, sit down for a fast-paced Q&A focused on strategies for improving efficiencies across their operations.

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EDM

Predictive Manufacturing Moves Mold Builder into Advanced Medical Component Manufacturing

From a hot rod hobby, medical molds and shop performance to technology extremes, key relationships and a growth strategy, it’s obvious details matter at Eden Tool.

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Mold Builder Uses Counter-Intuitive Approach for Mold Challenges

Matrix Tool Inc. answers customers’ hard questions with creative solutions for cavity spacing, tool sizing, runner layout and melt delivery that reveal the benefits of running in a smaller press size at lower cavitation but higher yield.

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MMT Chats: Applying Bench Lessons to the Business of Moldmaking

For this MMT Chat, my guest is Mark Gauvain, one of MMT’s newer Editorial Advisory Board members who has plenty to share as he recently made the move from working for some big manufacturers to working for himself as a consultant to moldmakers and molders on procurement and technology investment strategies.

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