Faster Turns and Higher Accuracy with CAM
The right CAM software package investment paid for itself in less than a year and contributed to one mold builder’s ability to produce complex molds quickly and accurately. Dynamic Tool & De...
Choosing CAD Software For 3-D Mold Design
The world of CAD offers many alternatives to shops that want to use the latest 3-D technology for their mold design. This article looks at the benefits of the various approaches and offers some tips o...
Aerospace Molds Need Proper Mix Of Application and Technology
This moldmaker flies high with a combination of specialized processes and modern technologies required for the extremely tight tolerances and exotic material concerns in the aerospace industry. Tech T...
Objet’s UV-Based Printer Takes Tech Prize
The latest technology from the 3D printing innovator Objet Geometries Ltd. has been recognized with the 2008 RadTech USA Emerging Technologies Award, which honours outstanding users of ultraviolet (UV...
November’s Swisstech 2008 Is Filling Up
With seven months to go until Swisstech 2008, more than 400 companies have registered for the exhibition, claiming two-thirds of the exhibition area. This year, joint stands involving foreign companie...
UK Trade Minister to Open Interplas/PPMA
Lord Digby Jones of Birmingham will officially open both the PPMA Show and Interplas 2008 on September 30. The dignitary serves the United Kingdom as minister of state for trade and investment. Interp...
Mazak Wins Award—or Two—at MACH 2008
Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Ltd. and its customer Components Worldwide both came away from MACH 2008 with success in the Metalworking Production (MWP) Awards competition. Mazak won the award for Best Metal Cu...
EuroMold Pavilion at RosMould Is Full
Two months before the start of RosMould 2008, the EuroMold Pavilion that will be a feature of the Moscow exhibition has been fully booked. DEMAT GmbH first organized a EuroMold Pavilion at RosMould in...
New Thermal and Valve-Gate Nozzles and Controller
A thermal-gate nozzle that’s the smallest in a line designed for hot-half applications, a valve-gate style for single-nozzle applications, and a multi-zone hot-runner temperature controller are ...
Dynamic Optimization of Extruder Barrel Temperatures
Determining the optimum barrel-temperature profile is one of the most important tasks in extrusion. A barrel-temperature profile (BTP) that works well on one extruder may not work on the same type of ...
Compounders Molders Get Control Of Their Materials
The combination of an injection molding press and a twin-screw compounding extruder represents a new paradigm for processors: They create their own materials as they mold them. Although the machinery ...
High temp materials benefit heavy duty
Designed to be self-lubricating at high temperatures, the Metcar grades M-199 and M-201 carbon/graphite copper impregnated materials operate without lubricants. Metallized Carbon Corporation (MCC) has...
Machine tools go on show worldwide
In addition to general and specialised manufacturing shows in Europe, there are two major international machine tool related events this year, writes Mike Page. After the 2007 Hannover EMO internation...
Lean Manufacturing Trims Leadtimes
Moldmakers aren’t the only ones reducing leadtimes. Component and hot runner suppliers are delivering their equipment and supplies faster to accommodate industry demand. Over the last decade, as...
How to Design High Cavitation Tooling
Today’s sophisticated dispensing closure tooling represents a significant capital investment and requires skillful selection of a mold supplier. This tooling is highly complex and requires a hig...
mold Gains Great Success In DIE & MOULD 2008
Die & Mould 2008 was held in Shanghai on 12th, May. Imould, as one of the exhibitors, worked hard to deliver mould industry information of China to thousands of customers on the fair. Local mould ...
Toolmakers Benefit from Growing Demand for Thermoformed Parts
The need for innovative mold design accelerates as auto OEMs specify larger and more complex parts. The automotive market offers sizeable opportunities for thermoformed parts, and by extension thermof...
Delcam Hails 2008 MACH as Its Best Ever
Calling MACH 2008, held in Birmingham in April, the “best MACH ever” for his company, Delcam plc, UK Sales Manager Mark Corrigan reports that this year’s event generated more inquiri...
German Machine Tool Orders Rise
The high-flying German machine tool construction industry continued to soar into 2008, according to the VDW (the German Machine Tool Builders’ Association), which released relevant statistics. I...
Vision Sensors in Spotlight at Vision 2008
According to a current industry survey carried out by the VDMA (German Engineering Federation) Machine Vision Group, sales of the vision sensors used in machine vision systems increased by 157% from 2...