How to Design and Build mold for silicone
The design and manufacture of a silicone mold is different from thermoplastic tooling as well: e.g., tolerances, venting, part ejection and the installation of a vacuum system. […]
Introduction to Silicone molding
A continuing trend within the molding business is silicone molding, which is being used in the medical, electronics, packaging and automotive industries. […]
Baffle blades benefit Mold Cooling Systems
When designing cooling channels for a mold, the mold designer is frequently looking at deep-draw sections of a molded part and attempting to get as much heat as possible out of these areas. They tend to be the hottest of the hot-spots in most molds. […]
Introduction to Brass Baffles Blades
Mold cycle time tends to be driven primarily by the length of time it takes to cool the plastic material until the part can be ejected from the mold. The sections of the molded part that take the longest to cool are the hot-spots. […]
Introduction to Polypthalamide
Polypthalamide, an engineering thermoplastic, is a member of the nylon family with excellent high temperature properties (heat deflection temperature of 280oC and a continuous use temperature of 170oC). […]
protect intellectual property when sharing design data
More mold work going overseas may bring manufacturing cost savings, but it opens up the possibility of intellectual property (IP) being compromised. Fortunately there are ways to protect IP—some more efficient than others. This article will discuss how to best protect your shop’s IP. […]
How to understand integration of CAD/CAM
Recent years have seen a number of articles on the benefits of closer integration of CAD and CAM. Of course, integrated CAD/CAM systems from a single company have been available since 1972. […]
How to understand Hard Milling Requirements
The secret of hard milling has been around for awhile. The problem is that people often don’t want to accept the requirements because of the necessary investment. You can’t take any shortcuts and expect to get results. […]
How to Optimize CAM software
These all meet the dictionary definition of “optimization”. However, one of the fastest ways for a moldmaker to achieve a dramatic improvement in efficiency and reduce NC program cycle time is to automatically optimize their NC program feedrates. […]
How to Define Optimization in CAM software
Some CAM vendors refer to optimized software as the software best suited for the types of machines, processes or parts being programmed. […]