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Protolabs Launches Revamped Digital Quoting Platform
Initially unveiled in Europe, the new digital manufacturing platform will be coming to the U.S. in early 2021, bringing greater speed and flexibility to quoting of injection molded, CNC machined, and 3D-printed parts.
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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.
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3D-Printed Hot Runner Manifold
The additive manufactured Streamrunner hot runner system from Hasco eliminates sharp corners for improved melt flow.
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Injection Molding Simulation Platform Launches
Altair says its Inspire Mold program provides a simulation-driven approach for injection molding design for manufacturing (DFM).
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Hot Runners: Valve Gate Nozzle Offers Greater Wear Resistance
Husky’s Ultra Helix 250 T2 targets small parts weights with difficult-to-access gate locations, promising less maintenance and more longevity.
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'10 Things We’re Seeing in Machine Shops Right Now'
Metalworking shops and plastics plants make for interesting comparisons of their responses to the COVID-19 challenge.
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Injection Molding: Updated Mold-Filling Analysis Is 30% Faster
Coretech System of Taiwan says its new Moldex3D 2020 solver averages 30% faster calculations than the preceding R17 version with the same computing hardware.
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Trade in Molds for Plastics Manufacturing: A V-shaped Recovery
U.S. exports of plastics molds in June were 36% above June 2019, and imports were up 4% from a year ago. Both exports and imports of molds are back to pre-COVID-19 levels. This could be an indication that demand from plastics processors has picked up in both domestic and export markets since the lockdown in March.
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Graham Partners Assembles Medical Molding Group
Investment firm has funded a new conglomerate of three medical injection molders.
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