Digital Surf, Catalan Institute in Partnership
The surface metrology solutions provider Digital Surf SARL has signed a cooperation agreement with ICMAB-CSIC (Institut de Ciéncia de Materials de Barcelona, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones...
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Blehm Plastics Launches New Website
For more than 50 years, Blehm Plastics has been supporting the tooling and manufacturing industries with its products based on epoxy chemistries. Now, the formulator of liquid plastics for tooling app...
SolidWorks Acquires Maker of CircuitWorks
SolidWorks has acquired Priware Ltd., the UK-based developer of CircuitWorks™ software and a SolidWorks Gold Partner. CircuitWorks bridges the gap between electronic CAD (ECAD) and mechanical CA...
Delcam Sets Annual Sales Record
The CAD/CAM software developer Delcam plc achieved record sales again in 2007, continuing the strong, steady increase in turnover of recent years. Group sales for the year ending December 31 rose by 1...
New MD for ARRK Tooling Development
ARRK Tooling Development Ltd. (TDL) has appointed Phil Mould as its new managing director. Mould joins ARRK Tooling after having served for many years as sales director for the rapid prototyping and t...
Standardize Before You Automate
By Bob Byers Today we are faced with rising labor costs, a shortage of skilled workers and ever-growing competition from low-wage countries; yet we still yearn for the one ingredient to separate ourse...
CAM Technology Trends
By Ann Mazakas The biggest change happening in the CAM industry isn’t in the software products themselves, but in the way CAM companies must now do business. Their customers are moving away from...
Heating Elements for Hot Runners
The German process heating specialist Friedrich Freek GmbH is presenting several distinguished lines of heating elements for hot runners at the 18th Fakuma. These include slim nozzle heaters for micro...
China’s policy to restrict leather export pays off
(Xinhua) China exported 113,000 tons of leather in 2007, a decrease of 37.9 percent from the previous year, sources with the General Administration of Customs said on Sunday. The exports were valued a...
Casting Technology: The Trend in Mould Heat Treatment
Mould accuracy: ununiformity and incomplete in structure transformation, remained stress in heat treatment, all these can cause distortion during mould processing, assembly or real production after he...
selective Materials Strategy Is A Potent Tool for Moldmakers
By Patrick A. Toensmeier Metal producers and coating suppliers have long promoted the use of specific materials to improve the economics of mold building. In using select grades of steel, aluminum and...
selection of Heater Insulation Material Is Important in Mould Design
In plastics moulding, localized heaters are essential to keeping molten plastic at the correct temperature as the material flows through the mould base, sprue nozzle, and manifold and into a die head ...
Solutions to Cleaning Problems in Mold Manufacture and Maintenance
By Barbara Kanegsberg As requirements for tight tolerances and minimizing contaminants increase, a documented, validated cleaning process will set you apart from generic suppliers and provide a compet...
China’s economy expected to grow 10.7% in 2008
(Xinhua) BEIJING — China’s economy would moderate but remain robust in 2008 with a growth rate of 10.7 percent, providing a cushion against the expected international downturn, accor...
China to further develop service industry
(Xinhua) Updated: 2008-03-27 16:41 The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China’s top economic planner, told Xinhua on Thursday that officials wanted to encourage development of ...
Chinese companies see higher profits in 2007
(Xinhua) Updated: 2008-03-27 09:55 Nearly 40 percent of China’s listed companies have released their 2007 annual reports, and 86 percent reported higher net profits. The 578 companies that have ...
Second Asiamold Set for September
The second fully international sourcing venue for mould making and tooling, design, and application development in China, Asiamold 2008, is set to take place September 24–26, 2008, at the Guangz...
Analysis of China Mould Export&Import in 2007
In 2007, the total amount of China mould export&import is USD 3.466 billion. compared with 2006, it has increased by 12.24%, of which the import amount is USD 2.053 billion, increased by 0.29%, an...
A Copper-Nickel-Silicon-Chromium Alloy for Mold Tooling (2)
Results of Conductivity Testing The electrical conductivity is dependent on the heat treatment of the material. The alloy attains its minimum conductivity (and strength) after solution annealing, the ...
A Copper-Nickel-Silicon-Chromium Alloy for Mold Tooling (1)
A review of the physical and mechanical properties of one copper alloy system will help moldmakers better understand how this alloy will perform thermally and mechanically in applications. By Robert E...