What Is Normalizing?
Normalizing is a process that makes the grain size normal. This process is usually carried out after forging, extrusion, drawing or heavy bending operations. […]
What Is Annealing?
Annealing is the process of heating the steel to a particular temperature in the austenite region and cooling down the steel very slowly. There are many derivatives of the annealing process, but generally the process is a slow cool process. […]
Introduction to Principles of Heat Treatment
If we consider the primary metal of steel, which is iron, there are a number of features that we can observe immediately about the metal: […]
What Is Heat Treatment as Applied to Steel?
Heat treatment – as applied to steel – can be defined as the application of heat to change a characteristic or condition of the steel. […]
How to Polish Mold Steels
Polishing, the final step in the mold building process, is highly dependent on the experience and technique of the polisher. However, if the material is not a “mold quality steel,” it may be virtually impossible to bring it up to the required finish. […]
How to Achieve Effective Data Exchange
Although these nine issues may be addressed individually, looking at all of them together is often more effective. Many companies are turning to a centralized and automated data exchange center (DEX Center), which address physical translation, security, system requirements, transmission and data management issues to establishing effective data integration. […]
How to exchange Data in high quality
This is the first – and often the only – area considered by most companies. Current CAD capabilities provide robust data exchange, including standards-based methodologies such as IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification) and STEP (Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data), as well as direct translators. […]
How to make a mold with high added value?
Moldmakers in today’s competitive environment are called upon many times to be more than skilled professionals at building quality tooling for a customer. Because they are asked at times to be a plastics expert (“What shrink should we use?”), process technician (“What mold temperatures do we need to run and how fast?”) and automation inventor [...]
A good mold is based on a well making process
Molders are constantly looking for ways to produce consistent, high-quality parts while maximizing output and uptime. One of the best ways to achieve this is through the use of an effectively engineered mold base. […]
Introduction to External Heating (Coil Heater)
Coil heaters have been introduced to the hot runner system – greatly increasing the cycle speed and the quality of the product produced. Due to an even heat around the nozzle body, the material is not subject to excessive temperature changes, […]