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Molds & Tooling for Plastics Production
Molds and tooling for plastics production are used in all processes to give the melted plastic its final shape. Includes molds, mold components, ejector pins, mold bases, nozzles, mold cores, mold cavities, mold texturing, laser marking.
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California Molding: How To Make It Work
Manufacturing in the Golden State has always presented unique challenges. Performance Engineered Products rises to the task through continuous improvement.
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AIM Institute Continues to Grow Plastics Education and Training on 10th Anniversary
The AIM institute was created in response to the rising need for skilled injection molding professionals, providing individuals with a fundamental understanding of plastic rheology and plastic flow through a mold.
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Where and How to Vent Injection Molds: Part 3
Questioning several “rules of thumb” about venting injection molds.
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Back to Basics on Mold Venting (Part 2: Shape, Dimensions, Details)
Here’s how to get the most out of your stationary mold vents.
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Back to Basics on Mold Venting (Part 1)
Here’s what you need to know to improve the quality of your parts and to protect your molds.
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Mold Maintenance, Tooling Know How
The ability of technicians in an injection molding shop to fix, modify or upgrade a mold has a huge impact on that company’s bottom line. With this collection of content, we’ve bundled some of the very best advice on repairing and maintaining injection molding machines.
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Latest Molds & Tooling News And Updates
Hasco Unveils Push-Lok, Extended Temperature Control Systems
Designed for intricate mold areas and tight spaces, the Push-Lok and Temperature Control Systems "set new standards" for mold temperature control.
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Hasco Adds French-Profile Mono-Coupling System
Couplings have been specially developed for reliable and efficient throughput whether moldmakers use oil or water as a heat-transfer fluid.
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iD Additives Upgrades Descaling Cart Fixtures to Stainless Steel
iD Additives has upgraded its Eco-Pro descaling carts with more durable stainless steel fixtures and now offers retrofit kits for existing moldmaking customers.
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Burger & Brown Brings Portability to Cooling Line Testing
Portable mold validation unit makes cooling line testing and troubleshooting more efficient for mold maintenance shops, moldmakers and injection molders.
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Hasco Promotes Büngers to CEO
German mold component giant taps former EVP, who played a "decisive role" in shaping the company's ongoing global development, as its new CEO.
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PCS Company Launches Corrosion-Resistant Stainless Steel Ejector Pins
Through-hardened ejector pins in inch and metric sizes are designed for superior wear resistance in medical and PVC molding applications and cleanroom environments.
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The Protection Business
The humble combination cap and plug gave Caplugs a cornerstone product and a name, but 75 years later the company has grown to encompass so much more.
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Taking Aim at Warpage With Windage
As a last-gasp attempt to salvage a design prone to warpage, CAE Services has developed a hybrid simulation/real-world methodology to ensure better outcomes for when windage is required.
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MPM’s Second Act: Keeping Injection Molding, Moldmaking in the Midwest
Larry Austin’s 35 years at a highly successful injection molding company inform much of what he does and doesn’t want in his second act in plastics owning an injection molding company.
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How 3D Printing Supports Toolmaking Workforce at This Multiscale Molder
At more than a century old, General Pattern has seen multiple evolutions in its business — the latest of which is the embrace of additive manufacturing technologies for mold tooling and beyond.
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The Connector Conundrum: 3D Printed Mold Tooling’s Role in Innovation
ReelView Fishing faced an electronics obstacle in the development of its new technology for underwater video. Additive manufacturing for moldmaking allowed for the speed necessary to iterate to a solution. How inventors and invention will benefit from new ways of obtaining production-ready tooling.
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Design Your Tools for Moldability ... and Maintenance
In the initial design phase, when considering the structure and elements of the tool, are you designing them to be maintenance friendly? Canon Virginia has used this approach and preventive maintenance to make tool replacement a thing of the past. You can, too. Here’s how.
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FAQ: Molds & Tooling
Leader pins are often referred to as guide pins. They lead or guide one-half of a mold into the other. The outer diameter of a leader pin is typically 0.0010 in. below nominal with a tolerance of +0.0000/-0.0005 in. A leader-pin bushing typically has an inside diameter of 0.0005 in. above nominal with a tolerance of +0.0005/-0.0000. Therefore, the pin has a close sliding fit in its mating bushing with a clearance of between 0.0015 and 0.0025 in. total. A close sliding fit is intended for the accurate location of parts that must assemble without perceptible play.
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