New COSMOS Team at SolidWorks
SolidWorks has introduced its new team for its COSMOS® analysis software: Larry Terwey and Jürgen Haberger will push COSMOS sales in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Eastern Europe. In thei...
CGTech Wins Software Award for Vericut 6
Vericut 6 CNC simulation and verification software, the latest release from CGTech Ltd., has won the MWP 2008 Best Software Award. The presentation of this year’s prestigious Metalworking Produc...
Three Bottlenecks That Restrain the Development of Wenzhou Mould by Professors
“to seek mould development of Wenzhou, we should make break out in human resource, funds and land.” Responsible worker have known this clearly. He told reporters that the most serious prob...
Staying Competitive Using Mold Flow Analysis
The pressure on the supply chain is unrelenting for all things faster, better and cheaper. For moldmakers, getting molds built right the first time is critical to meeting these increasing demands. But...
How to Evaluate Hot Runner Nozzless
The way to choose the right hot runner nozzle is to evaluate the entire molding system first. How do you go about evaluating hot runner nozzles? First, evaluate the entire molding system—includi...
MoldMaking Expo to Co-Locate with NPE 2009
The 2009 edition of Gardner Publications’ annual MoldMaking Expo (MME) will be co-located with the NPE 2009 international plastics exposition, Gardner and the Society of the Plastics Indust...
Die casting product quality ensured
All the diecasting machines at a foundry have 6-axis robotic part handling, and three have automatic on-line vision inspection, to provide the right casting 100% of the time. When the PMS Diecasting f...
Reciprocating blow molder refreshes
A reciprocating blow molder uses controlled atmosphere to produce sterile blow air and air-tight guarding to provide highest degree of bacteria free containers for milk packaging. Milk, juice and wate...
Blow moulder used for prototyping, low
A blow moulding machine, developed for the production of prototype containers, will be used by Ford to manufacture low volume production parts, and for prototypes required in production material. A 50...
Rebuilding Tools with High Performance Material
High-performance alloy offers a unique combination of thermal conductivity and strength—providing numerous benefits to the moldmaker and molding process. MoldMAX, a high-performance alloy from B...
D-M-E Hires New Director for Europe
US-based D-M-E Co., a global mould technology resource serving the plastics processing industry, has appointed Denis Poelman as managing director of European operations. Poelman took charge of D-M-E E...
Faro UK Reports Having Best MACH Ever
The British branch of Faro, the global designer and manufacturer of portable computerized measurement devices and related software used to create or evaluate digital models, has announced that great s...
TaeguTec Puts On Own Show at Korean Event
At the 13th Seoul International Machine Tool Show—SIMTOS 2008—held at the Kintex arena in Ilsan, Korea, April 8–13, crowds were drawn to the TaeguTec stand and its impressive display...
Plastpol to Return to Kielce in Late May
State-of-the-art processing technologies, plastics processing equipment, packaging, design, a wide variety of plastics, and recycling technology will be on display at Plastpol 2008, the 12th Internati...
Record Inquiries for Mazak at MACH
Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Ltd. confirmed the positive business outlook among visitors to MACH 2008 in Birmingham in April by reporting that a record number of MACH attendees came to its stand this year. Tho...
Slovenian Toolmaking Event Looks Forward
“Organization as a Driver of Business Improvements” is the slogan of the conference Orodjarstvo 2008 (Toolmaking 2008) scheduled to take place October 7–9 in Portoroz, Slovenia. The ...
Date confirmed for second Asiamold event in China
The date has been confirmed for the second fully international sourcing venue for mould-making and tooling, design and application development in China – Asiamold. Organised by Guangzhou Guangya...
Five Key Factors Affecting a Shop’s Ability to Innovate
What does it really mean to be an innova-tive company and how does a shop know if it is innovative? The factors that must be in place to support innovation are not a mystery. Companies that rely on &l...
Coatings Enhance Tool Life and Performance
Surface coatings have evolved over the past decade—offering improved operation uptime, greater consistency and higher part quality. Using surface coatings on molds offers numerous advantages&mda...
China may agree 85% iron ore price rise
Senior figures in China’s steel industry believe China will concede to Australian demands to include a freight premium in iron ore price negotiations that could see a price rise of up to 85 perc...