Tooling

Mold Maintenance

So How Fast Can You Change a Mold?

A contest next month at a U.K. trade show will crown one molder king of the quick-change artists.

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Molds & Tooling

Hot/Cold Injection Molding: Which Approach Is Best for You?

The hot-and-cold molding process gives molders a new tool to achieve top-quality esthetics or to fill challenging thin-wall parts. There are a number of options in heating methods, and this article discusses the ins and outs of each.

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Mold Simulation

MOLDING 2016: New Approaches to Processing, Tooling & QA

The largest-ever annual Molding Conference included newsworthy technical presentations on a variety of injection molding topics. Here’s a selection.

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Moldflow Announces 2016 Summit

A free, one-day, high-touch event in Detroit, Michigan, showcasing what鈥檚 new in Moldflow.

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best practices

INJECTION MOLDING: Properly Placing & Cooling Insulator Plates

Thermal-energy management from the mold to the platens is critical for making consistent parts.

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Simulation Meets Reality: Physical & Virtual Molding of LSR

Growing sophistication in simulating the molding performance of LSR is evident in the case of this exceedingly complex part. Actual molding trials validated the predictions of simulated ‘virtual molding.’

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Hot Runners

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.

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Tooling Know-How

TOOLING: Repairing Molds in the Press: Part 3

This is the final part of a series on tooling in the press. This column will cover repairs that can be accomplished in the press.

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Automotive

What’s the True Cost of Buying A ‘Low-Cost’ Mold Overseas?

The head of a Canadian moldmaking company exposes the limitations of focusing solely on initial purchase cost when considering mold sourcing in China.

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Process Cooling