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.

2024 Moldmaking Insights: A Year in Review Part 2
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2024 Moldmaking Insights: A Year in Review Part 2

A look back at the top moldmaking trends of 2024, as revealed through MMT's analytics. This review highlights the most popular technical articles, case studies, tips and best practices that captured the industry's attention over the past year.

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Three Good Reasons to Switch from Three- to Five-Axis Machining in Moldmaking

Five-axis machining technology is a great tool in the moldmaker toolbox. 

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Maximizing Machine Tool Potential With CAM Software

Identifying specific areas where CAM software can utilize machine capabilities to benefit the user and maximize milling machine potential.

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Strategic Mold Cooling: Optimizing Molding Quality and Cycle Efficiency

Proper cooling is crucial in molding, yet often overlooked. Discover proper cooling methods to prevent defects and improve efficiency.

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Understanding the Elusive Nature of Mold Ventilation

A personal journey of lessons learned about the challenges of poorly designed, understood and executed mold venting.

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It Starts With the Part: A Plastic Part Checklist Ensures Good Mold Design

All successful mold build projects start with examining the part to be molded to ensure it is moldable and will meet the customers' production objectives.

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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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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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