Understanding the Value of Scientific Injection Mold Cooling
Injection molds are heat exchangers, so proper cooling is necessary to improve part quality, maximize profits and maintain your company’s reputation.
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New Webinar: How to Use Simulation to Reduce Material and Part Cost
Register for this free webinar on reducing downstream risk through injection molding simulation software.
Combining Customized Software with CMM Reduces Production Bottleneck
In order to reduce downtime on its EDM and CNC machines when setting up new jobs, moldmaker Kavia Tooling turned to a coordinate measuring machine from Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence to create an offline zero transfer system ahead of the manufacturing process for parts and electrodes.
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MMT Chat: Lessons in Simulation
This mechanical engineer has a passion for simulation because he has spent most of his career working in injection molding and truly sees the value of detecting problems early in the design phase of a project.
Michigan Mold Builder Gets Busines Savvy and Adds Vibration and Hot Plate Welding Services
Best Tool & Engineering identifies a new niche in vibration and hotplate welding and beefs up its business management skills.
#moldingequipment #leadership #profile
How to Design High-Efficiency Capabilities into an Injection Mold/Molding System
Mold builders can boost profits and part quality with expert analysis and optimization techniques.
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2020 Sourcing & Technology Guide: Software
MoldMaking Technology’s annual Technology Review and Sourcing Guide is a comprehensive guide for researching today’s technology, equipment, products and services with 11 sections, including Software.
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3 Simple Strategies of Scientific Injection Molding
Enhance part design, mold design and processing conditions by using the inputs from scientific injection molding in three easy steps.
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Moldflow Analysis Solves Part Design Concerns
CAE Services uses Moldflow to analyze, identify and solve part design or warpage related concerns before cutting steel.
VIDEO: 2020 Leadtime Leader Winner Shares Business Strategies with CNC Machine Shops
Emily Probst, Senior Editor with Modern Machine Shop reached out to me to chat about our 2020 Leadtime Leader Winner Precise Tooling Solutions to learn about key business aspects of this winning specialty manufacturer to share with her CNC machine shop readers.
5 Ways to Cut Programming Time
Steps mold builders can take to reduce programming times and improve machining processes.
How to Learn Mold Design Virtually
Plastics Engineering program instructors share their strategies for successful virtual learning for hands-on injection mold design.
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VIDEOS
CAM Software Speeds Programming and Optimizes Production
Precision Mold and Machining Services gains more control, accuracy and capacity, and better surface finish, with high-performance CAM software.
Tooling 4.0: Connecting Industry 4.0 Technology to Your Molds and Molding Process
A packaging supplier applies Industry 4.0 technology to its injection molds so that components talk to each another to understand the dynamics of what is happening inside the mold.
Advanced CAM Software Streamlines Solid Modeling, Toolpath Creation, Verification and Connectivity
Advanced CAD/CAM improves performance of cutting tool designs, probing, process simulation and verification and data gathering and monitoring.
Use Volumetric Shrinkage Predictions to Improve Part Quality
Simulation evaluates root cause and the impact of wall thickness, gate and cooling modifications.
Software Add-On Streamlines Design for Additive Manufacturing Cycle
3D Systems launches its latest software solution 3DXpert for SolidWorks 15, which prepares and optimizes users’ designs for additive manufacturing.
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Optimized Virtual Machining Enhances Mold Manufacturing
Virtual machining programs simulate computed tool paths as well as optimize machine tool capabilities and constraints, adding value to the computed tool paths.
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Software Decreases Movement for Smoother, More Accurate Tool Paths
Cam-Tool by CGS North America, Inc. has improved its simultaneous five-axis conversion (auto) function. The process has been updated to decrease movement of extra axis when unnecessary.
CAM/Cutting Tool Combo Improves Mold Finishes
Combining CAM software, specialty carbide end mills, and reseller support optimizes existing mills for machining molds at an electrical components manufacturer.
Software Includes 3D, Five-Axis Machining Enhancements
Open Mind Technologies offers the advanced capabilities of hyperMill 2020.1 CAM software, including powerful 3D and five-axis machining enhancements for complex machining applications, including mold and die.
Use Core-Shift Analysis to Avoid Expensive Defects and Failures
The right simulation tool will show what is happening inside a cavity to reveal the root cause of problems before they occur.
