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Tooling Advances Highlighted At Molding 2013 Conference
Molds and tooling were a big topic at the Molding 2013 Conference in New Orleans this January. More (+)

Don’t Ignore Nozzle Temperature Control
It is not a trivial detail. More (+)

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Liquid CO2 Spot Cooling Gets Into Tight Spots in Molds
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Cooling of long, thin cores, fillets, slides, ejectors, or other hard-to-reach spots in injection molds can present difficult challenges.

More Effective Mold Maintenance: It’s All About the Data
12/28/2012Plastics Technology

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.

Maintenance Training? Show Me the Money
12/28/2012Plastics Technology

Training works best if a goals are set and a plan is established to meet them.

Take a Look at Vision Mold Protection
11/28/2012Plastics Technology

In today’s ultra-competitive manufacturing environment, a surprisingly often overlooked process improvement is mold protection.

News in Materials & Machinery at SPE Blow Molding Conference
11/28/2012Plastics Technology

New barrier materials for small fuel tanks, tooling developments for large, flat, and odd-shaped industrial parts, new all-electric machines for large containers, and gravimetric extrusion control for bottles are some of the topics discussed at the recent SPE Blow Molding Div. annual conference in Pittsburgh.

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