Supply Chain
MMT Chats: Marketing’s Impact on Mold Manufacturing
Kelly Kasner, Director of Sales and Marketing for Michiana Global Mold (MGM) talks about the benefits her marketing and advertising, MGM’s China partnership and the next-generation skills gap. This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Expansion of Online Moldmaking Catalog Streamlines Mold Component Search and Sourcing
DMS Components has launched a new part number lookup feature and 3D PDF facesheets to improve the online experience for design engineers and purchasing departments when searching for mold components.
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Reshoring Initiative 1H 2022 Data Report Says Multiple Supply Chain Risks Accelerate Reshoring
Push for domestic supply of essential goods drives reshoring and foreign direction investment to record highs, with current job projections reaching 350,000, a 90,000 increase.
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2022 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Hot Runners
Hot runners deliver the material into the mold to make the part. These systems consist of hot halves, nozzles, gates and temperature controllers—all of which must be monitored, maintained and cleaned to guarantee a quality end product.
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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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How To Get Buy-In from Your Team for ISO 9001
Here are four tips for getting your team on board once you’ve decided to become ISO 9001 certified.
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2022 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Inspection/Measurement
Inspection and measurement equipment includes all of the tools and devices used to verify that mold and part dimensions conform to the tolerances required by the part’s design.
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2022 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Cutting Tools
Cutting tools are used on machine tools to cut metal, and are one component of the overall mold machining process to consider when looking to improve speeds, feeds, wear and surface finish.
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2022 Sourcing & Technology Guide: EDM
EDM refers to wire, sinker and small-hole electrical discharge machining. Components include drives, generators, programming, flushing, wires, electrodes, graphite, filters and fluids.
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2022 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Additive Manufacturing
3D printing, or additive manufacturing, simplifies the moldmaking process by making mold inserts, mold components, end-use parts and ancillary equipment.
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