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Thousandths Increment Core Pin Line Expanded

Progressive Component’s line of TI Pins now includes 267 standard sizes in new, longer lengths.

Mold Monitor Adds Wireless Connectivity

NPE2024: Progressive’s CVe OnDemand software now offers wireless connectivity.

Progressive Components Completes Headquarters Remodel

The mold technology and component supplier completed a facility-wide overhaul of its office and warehouse.

Real-Time Mold Monitor Updated

Progressive Components has released the new Bluetooth CVe Monitor RT, which now operates wirelessly, routing data from the tool to the cloud.

New Alignment Options Machined from Parting Line

Progressive Components has expanded its Z-Series Alignment Lock product line, introducing several new options.

Second-Stage Ejection Without a Second Set of Ejector Plates

Progressive Components says its Ejector Accelerators can be used when additional pin travel is required to release molded parts from lifters, stripper plates or deep core features.

Injection Molder Bases Company Culture on Employee Empowerment

After more than two decades in the industry, Rodney Davenport was given the opportunity to create an injection molding operation in his own vision, and — in keeping with the product he was making — to do so from the ground up.

Slide Components Can Run Greaseless, Provide New Side Actions

Progressive Components says the Z-Series proprietary treatment guarantees long-term operation and durability, while there are also new side-action options for greaseless applications.

Mold Designer, Mold Maker and Mold Repair Technician of the Year to be Named

The winners of the annual awards, including the new repair prize, will be announced at PTXPO by the Society of Plastics Engineers’ Mold Technologies Division.

Cloud-Based Tool and Asset Tracking

At K 2022, Progressive Components will release ProFile v4 cloud-based tracking system designed to keep digital tabs on molds, dies, machines and fixtures.

Progressive Components PTXPO Spotlight

Progressive Components discusses the upcoming Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) March 29-31

Injection Molding Live Demos to Highlight First-Ever PTXPO

Major suppliers will be running injection machines in the first plastics industry trade show in the Chicago area since 2009.

Patent-Pending Lifter Released

Progressive Components says the new C-Series UniLifter features a cylindrical design that adjusts for misaligned ejector plates, easing wear on mold components.

Components Help Route Cooling Lines

Diverting rods and O-rings provide designers with more options to route cooling lines within their tools.

Support Pads Safely Elevate Heavy Items

Progressive Components is now supplying the patent-pending RhinoFeet and RhinoToes support pads.

Cycle Counter Line Expands

Progressive Components has introduced its CounterView cycle counter in left- and right-hand orientations, as well as a new high-temperature counter.

Plastic Mold Buyers Guide to Be Updated

After nearly 25 years, the plastic industry’s guide for buying molds—Customs and Practices of the Moldmaking Industry—is being updated by the the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), in conjunction with the moldmaking sector.

Novel Nozzle Tip Prevents Stringing, Saving Molds & Cycle Time

New design is said to eliminate mold damage from nozzle stringing or work-arounds that slow cycles.

K 2019 Report: More Control, Faster Ordering for Molds, Hot Runners

Online monitoring of existing systems and configuration and ordering of new molds were featured at K 2019, as were numerous advances in valve-gate controls.

Tooling: Insulator Block Protects Cycle Counters, Mold Monitors

Progressive Components' new insulator block is designed to install outside of the mold and protect its CounterView and CVe Monitor when molding high-temperature resins.

Tooling: Components Target Clean Room Molds

Date plugs and support pillars feature clean-room specific adaptations.

NPE2018 Tooling: Molds Join the Industry 4.0 Conversation

At NPE2018, multiple companies displayed mold monitors that would allow the tool in an injection molding cell to “talk” to other equipment and remote computers.

NPE2018 New Technology Focus: Mold Components, Supplies, Maintenance

Advances include new approaches to tool maintenance and monitoring.

Hot Runners & Tooling at NPE2018: Smarter & More Specialized

Hot-runner technology, like the companies utilizing it, is becoming highly specialized, building in focused functionality for the application to be molded. Like most of the equipment in the cell around it, it’s also becoming smarter, sharing data and reacting to feedback from the press and more.

Tooling: New Standard Mold Components

Stack-mold actuators and mold monitors stood out from the crowd of new mold components at Fakuma 2017 from Hasco, Meusburger, Haidlmair, and Progressive Components.

Hot Runners & 3D-Printed Molds Headlined at K Show

Automotive was a key focus for hot-runner developments. 3D-printed plastic prototype tools were another highlight.

Tooling at NPE: Valve Gates & Multi-Tips Top the News

There’s no letup in development of sophisticated hot-runner nozzles and controls. Here’s news in these and other tooling products at the show.

New Products & Services at amerimold in June

New mold components and training services to debut at moldmaking show.

News in Hot Runners & Tooling at K 2013

Molds that break speed records for specific applications; hot runners for medical, packaging, and automotive parts; temperature and valve-gate controllers; and standardized mold components constitute a large grab-bag of news in the tooling category for injection molding at the Dusseldorf show.

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