Engineering for Moldmaking

Strategies to de-risk launches through part and mold simulation, additive manufacturing or conformal cooling, and troubleshooting during tool validation are all parts of the engineering required to design a good mold.

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How to Manage Wall Thickness Changes in Your Mold Design

To ensure even filling and cooling, consider wall section transitions, corners and fillets, ribs and bosses, lip and rim designs and CAE flow simulation software.

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How to Fix Predicted Warpage Before It Happens with Windage and CAD Model Morphing

Applying windage and model-morphing techniques saved toolmaker/molder Sturgis Molded Products the time, cost, headaches of multiple part/mold design iteration loops, cumbersome cooling fixtures, and long molding cycles.

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MMT Chats: Solving Schedule and Capacity Challenges With ERP

For this MMT Chat, my guests hail from Omega Tool of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, who share their journey with using enterprise resource planning (ERP)—and their people—to solve their schedule and capacity load monitoring challenges.

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How to Use Scientific Maintenance for More Accurate Mold and Part Troubleshooting

Discover how adopting scientific maintenance approaches helps improve mold lifespan, minimize failures, and optimize production outcomes.  

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What is Scientific Maintenance? Part 2

Part two of this three-part series explains specific data that toolrooms must collect, analyze and use to truly advance to a scientific maintenance culture where you can measure real data and drive decisions.

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Custom Operating System Improves Human-Robot Interface

Unisig’s custom operating system, featured on its UNE6-2i-750-CR small-diameter gundrilling machine can reduce part setup times and improve communication between the machine’s HMI and the robotic controller.

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Precision Meets Innovation at IMTS 2024

After attending IMTS, it's clear that the integration of advanced technologies is ready to enhance precision, efficiency and automation in mold manufacturing processes. It’s a massive event, so here’s a glimpse of what the MMT team experienced firsthand.    

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What Is Scientific Maintenance? Part 1

Part one of this three-part series explains how to create a scientific maintenance plan based on a toolroom’s current data collection and usage.

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Four Micro Tooling Considerations

Issues involving gating, ejection, mold splits and direction of pull are of special concern when it comes to micro tooling. 

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5 Ways to Improve Supply Chain Visibility and Efficiency

Mold builders play an important role in creating smart, connected and transparent supply chains.

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VIDEO: Addressing Data Needs with Mold Component Solutions

The need for data to track information and the history of the mold-building process is ever-increasing, and mold component solutions can help.

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Integrated CAD/CAM Streamlines Electrode Manufacture, Improves Quality

A focus on electrode design and automation helps toolroom improve efficiency, reduce tooling costs and deliver higher quality products.

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VIDEO: Enhancing Data-Driven Decisions with Cloud-Based Mold Monitoring

Steps to improve data-driven decision-making and key features of a cloud-based system for mold monitoring and asset management.  

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