Tool Time at Molding 2016
Plastics might replace metals in various applications, but in injection molding those parts require steel-based tools to be created, putting molds, and metal, at the center of the process.
Plastics might replace metals in various applications, but in injection molding those parts require steel-based tools to be created, putting molds, and metal, at the center of the process.
At Molding 2016 (March 29-31; New Orleans) maintenance, hot runners (advanced monitoring and sequential valve-gating), 3D scanning, spot cooling, multicomponent mold transfer, tungsten carbide core pins and the economics of offshore tooling are all on tap in a special Tooling-focused session.
Speakers in the session hail from molders, moldmakers, hot runner suppliers, component suppliers and an inspection firm, giving attendees a broad perspective from across the tooling supply chain with presentations that touch on all segments of a tool’s life from and design and operation to maintenance and inspection.
To mold plastic parts, you need to cut steel—find a better way at Molding 2016:
Molding 2016 Tooling Session
Randy Kerkstra, Plastics Technology columnist and tooling manager for a large, multi-plant molding company
Designing Molds for Easy Maintenance in the Press
Dave Morton, VP sales hot runners Americas,
Take Better Control of Your Molding Process with Advanced Monitoring Systems
John Blundy,
Improving Surface Finish and Part Performance Through Sequential Valve-Gate Injection Molding
John Krieg,
How 3D Scanning Technology Can Save Time in Qualifying Molds and Process
Scott Kraemer,
The Value of Hybrid Additive Manufacturing and Spot Cooling in Injection Molding
Alan Trojanowski, Zahoransky USA, Inc.
Precision in Multi-Component Mold Transfer Adds Value
Darcy King,
The True Cost of a China Mold
David LeMaistre, Crafts Technology
Faster Cooling with Tungsten Carbide Core Pins
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