Today’s moldmakers are finding great opportunity to modernize and speed the process of mold (and product) verification, while at the same time boosting their ability to collaborate globally with their partners and suppliers. One increasingly popular solution comes from combining model-based inspection software and portable inspection devices. […]
As requirements for tight tolerances and minimizing contaminants increase, a documented, validated cleaning process will set you apart from generic suppliers and provide a competitive edge. A few months ago, we provided basic tips to getting a handle on your current cleaning processes, to understanding what cleaning agents you have in-house, and to spot and [...]
Use these seven tips to hone in on Web marketing strategies that will work within your mold manufacturing environment: […]
The automotive market offers sizeable opportunities for thermoformed parts, and by extension thermoform tooling, but only if processors and toolmakers embrace high-tech mold designs and forming techniques. […]
Mold designers and builders try to use the typical methods of minimizing wear—such as using differential metals; using low-wear coatings; specifying high metal hardness thus equating high hardness with low wear; designing shutoffs with high angles thus avoiding locking shutoff angles; and, many more concepts that their experience leads them to believe works best in [...]
The best solution to the problem of movement causing stress was very simple. If component A is forced against component B thus putting both components under stress, remove the stress. Removing the stress can be accomplished by a revolutionary principle and that is to incorporate designs that allow components to move in the mold.Specifically, if [...]
CGTech’s (Irvine, CA) next version of VERICUT CNC machine simulation and optimization software, VERICUT 7.1, features significant enhancements to reduce the time required for manufacturing engineers to easily develop, analyze, inspect and document the CNC programming and machining process. Along with proactively adding new features, CGTech developers and engineers focused on addressing hundreds of customer-driven [...]
SensAble Technologies, a leading provider of touch-enabled 3D modeling applications, dental restoration design and fabrication solutions and haptic devices, announced the availability of a new version of its FreeForm® 3D modeling system that streamlines digital workflows for both designers and engineers who create complex, organically shaped products. This software allows companies to deliver on the [...]