PT ZONE: Mold Maintenance
The Value of 20 Bits of DataWith 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. More (+)
Don’t Just Be a ‘Replacer’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 More (+)
MOST RECENT CONTENT: Mold Maintenance
Mold Maintenance Training Eases Molder's Growing Pains
9/28/2011Plastics Technology
Automation Plastics in Aurora, Ohio (automationplastics.com), is a 32-year-old custom injection molder with 50,500 ft² and 30 presses from 35 to 700 tons.
The Tools of Tool Maintenance6/27/2011Plastics Technology
The root cause of many mold and part issues are ultimately determined by the ability to measure something within one or two tenths of a mil. Readings with precision measuring tools can determine whether a tooling component is to be reused, reworked, or scrapped out.
Create a Maintenance Work (Bench) Cell3/1/2011Plastics Technology
Get better results by improving the organization of your mold-maintenance operation.
Tooling: Setting Up Shop: Part III1/4/2011Plastics Technology
Our last column covered shop size and bench requirements for a 50 x 50 ft mold-repair shop that will have a MPP (Mold Pull Pace) of approximately 25 to 30 multi-cavity molds a week and employ four repair technicians in a six-bench layout.
Confessions of a Mold Manual Junkie7/1/2010Plastics Technology
OK, I admit it, I’m a manual junkie.
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OVERVIEW:
Mold Maintenance
To keep a mold running it needs to be properly maintained and repaired. Essential processes include mold tryout, welding, cleaning and retrofitting.
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Product Announcements
- TOOLING: Flexible Dry-Ice Mold Cleaner
- Cold Jet, LLC 4/29/2012
- TOOLING: Mold-Maintenance Chemicals Free of Chlorinated Solvents
- Slide Products Inc. 2/1/2012
- Ruse Preventive Won't Mark Molded Parts
- Slide Products Inc. 4/1/2010
- Store All Your Mold Data Right on the Mold
- RedE Innovations 2/1/2010
- Mold Maintenance Training Center Opens in Ohio
- ToolingDocs 8/1/2009
