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Objet’s 3D Printed Folding Stool as Tough as ABS-Grade Engineering Plastics
Full-size folding stool made of new Objet ABS-like Digital Material is printed in a single print job on the Objet Connex multi-material 3-D printer.
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Consumer Products:Demands for Thinner Walls/Lightweight Designs Challenging Moldmakers
Recently MoldMaking Technology magazine reached out to its Editorial Advisory Board to examine current trends in the consumer products market and how moldmakers are addressing the challenges.
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3-D Design and Flow Simulation Cooks up Better Design and Manufacturing
Case Study / Software, Consumer.
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2011 Leadtime Leader Awards: Large Shop Honorable Mention
MSI Mold Builders: Redefining Mold Manufacturing with Incremental Approval Approach.
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3D Printing Provides New Options for Prototyping, Moldmaking
Case Study / Additive Manufacturing.
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Seamless Process Creates the Impossible Cooling Channel
A multiple-machine moldmaking process—combining DMLS, high-speed five-axis machining and EDM— produces conformal-cooled molds in a seamless automatic process.
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Savings from the Front Lines: Using Hot Sprue Speeds Cycle Times, Yields Cost Savings
This quarterly series features actual examples of the front-line mold building company presenting new approaches to improve the customer’s profitability.
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Reinvesting in Machinery, Processes and People Adds to Bottom Line
Specializing in high precision molds with interchangeable components, RMM has supplied the industry with a wide variety of tools including, single face, stack, unscrewing, multi-material, rotary cube technologies—and considers its customers’ needs a number-one priority.
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Micro-Milling Opportunities and Challenges
An integrated approach to the design and machining of micro-milling components is key for mold manufacturers looking to capitalize on this growing opportunity.
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Small Shop HM CS Tool Engineering: The Business Of Customer Service
Despite its location in Cedar Springs, MI—a state that has been hard hit by the economic downturn—CS Tool Engineering, Inc. has landed the 2010 Leadtime Leader Award Small Shop Honorable Mention by constantly investing in technology and offering its customers complete customer service with leadtimes between 10 and 12 weeks.
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