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More Effective Mold Maintenance: It’s All About the Data
When tooling issues are shutting down presses daily and you can’t muster the mold maintenance and operating records to figure out why, then like the song says, “Who ya gonna call?” The answer to that question proved crucial to Cosmetic Specialties International (CSI), LLC in Oxnard, Calif. More (+)

Maintenance Training? Show Me the Money
Training works best if a goals are set and a plan is established to meet them. More (+)

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The Cost of Doing Nothing
10/26/2012Plastics Technology

Most people usually associate costs with doing something.

Maintenance Terms of Endearment
7/30/2012Plastics Technology

Look closely at your company’s mold maintenance language and formalize your approach to create a clear and concise picture—one that can be measured.

TOOLING AT NPE: Hot Runners & Coinjection Grab Spotlight
6/25/2012Plastics Technology

Tooling innovations at NPE focused primarily on multi-cavity closure and medical applications, though there was also a substantial emphasis on large automotive and appliance parts.

The Value of 20 Bits of Data
3/26/2012Plastics Technology

With these 20 bits of data, toolrooms can drastically lower the cost of keeping molds running and improve mold reliability and tooling life while reducing breakdowns and molding better parts.

Don’t Just Be a ‘Replacer’
11/28/2011Plastics Technology

To be a skilled troubleshooter is about understanding how your molds function, paying attention to the details, establishing a consistent troubleshooting method, and using historical data to guide your tooling replacement decisions

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