Precision Molder Takes on LSR
Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) injection molding makes up just 10% to 15% of U.S. medical or automotive applications that are also served by high-consistency silicone rubber (HCR), EPDM, latex, natural ...
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Qualifying an Outside Molder? Look at the Tool Room
If custom molders were judged on curb appeal alone, this one would always be flush with work. Appointed in colonial brick encasing large smoked-glass windows and surrounded by balmy landscape and a la...
Cutting lubricant supplier advises on
Lubricant supplier, Rocol, and precision engineering company, Lonestar LWD, worked together to devise a customised service to ensure every requirement of the UK’s HSE was met. Lonestar LWD Preci...
Change Is Good
Once again, the industry rolls with the punches as MME showcases the latest and greatest in products, equipment and technologies designed to manufacture molds in the quickest, most efficient ways poss...
Managing Asian Tooling Sources
Working in the Asian marketplace requires an adaptability to different cultures, business norms and government regulations. When dealing in the Pacific Rim remember that you are not dealing with a Wes...
Top 10 Must-Have Qualities of the 2018 Mold Manufacturer
1. Teambuilder. Must strive to possess a strong network of sub-contractors/ suppliers that is capable of meeting the exacting demands of reduced leadtimes and consistent product quality and specialize...
Thermal Insulation Controls, Manages Heat
Thermal insulation technologies are an effective means to control and manage heat precisely in the molding process—saving energy and money while improving quality. This results in less time spen...
ProMoldGauer, Inc.: Acquisitions Key to Sustainability
Two key acquisitions allow this moldmaker to diversify its customer base and remain successful through difficult industry times. In June 1999, when ProMoldGauer, Inc. was known as ProMold, Inc., the T...
Custom Machining Builds Revenue at Strohwig
Moldmaker turns metal fabrication skills into a major profit center with aerospace work. For more than a quarter century, Strohwig Industries did most of its business as a toolmaker specializing in in...
MiNaT Fair to Return to Stuttgart
Electric irons that automatically switch off when left standing, chips that partially return sight to the visually impaired, motors with a diameter of less than 20 mm, and coloured solar cells th...
1,000th Hawk ‘Flies’ out the Door
Vision Engineering Ltd., which has been designing and manufacturing ergonomic microscopes for 50 years, dispatched its 1,000th Hawk noncontact measuring system recently. The recipient of the machine w...
BEC to Protect IP Rights of Exhibitors
Seeking to strengthen its commitment to intellectual and industrial property (IP) rights, Bilbao Exhibition Centre (BEC) intends to implement further action against unfair competition at trade fairs. ...
Renishaw Opens New Taiwan Office
The measurement technology specialist Renishaw plc has opened a trading office in Taichung, Taiwan, to support the company’s strong growth in the Taiwanese market. The new subsidiary company, Re...
Multiphase-Flow Workshop Coming to Dresden
The 6th FZD & ANSYS Short Course and Workshop, entitled “Multiphase Flow: Simulation, Experiment, and Applications,” is scheduled for June 24–26 in Dresden, Germany. The prelimin...
Engineering Conference Features Visit to Studer
The European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (EUSPEN) was founded within the framework of the EU Competitive and Sustainable Growth programme in 1999. In connection with the socie...
Lenovo to Use Abaqus at Design Centre
The 3D and product lifecycle management (PLM) software provider Dassault Systems has announced that Lenovo, a major computer manufacturer, will deploy Abaqus unified finite element analysis (FEA) soft...
Cutting Delivery Time 50 Percent With the Right CAD/CAM Package
With the appropriate CAD/CAM software behind it, one mold shop plans to further reduce its mold tooling turnaround time and remain a supplier of choice for its customers. Craft Pattern & Mold, Inc...
Aligning Efforts in the Automotive Industry
Forming a strategic alliance allows this group of moldmakers to pool their resources and offer OEMs complete support—all the while realizing tax savings. Although the automotive market has been ...
A Shop View on Industry Change
What one shop general manager has learned throughout the past 30 years. I have learned so much about this industry throughout my 30-year career in the mold manufacturing trade, but most wasn’t w...
A Supplier View on a Decade Of Moldmaking Progress
There has been a tremendous amount of change in the U.S. moldmaking industry over the past 10 years, and mold shops that adopt new machine tools, services and technology will enhance their capabilitie...