For thousands of product designers worldwide, the answer is sculptural CAD—a category of digital solutions that better accommodate the modeling and prep-for-manufacture of highly detailed, complex, organic designs. Some sculptural CAD solutions allow designers to work with digital clay and are based on voxels—think of voxels as 3-D pixels that can be easily repositioned, like [...]
Going green, or becoming an environmentally-conscious shop, may sound like a daunting task. However, the truth is that there are many common sense approaches to improving your shop that will not only reduce your carbon footprint, but also your production costs. […]
More sophisticated tooling technologies are always evolving. One advancement that improves efficiency and speed is a hydraulic locking core pull cylinder. By employing this method of actuating a core pull, molders can take advantage of smaller mold bases, […]
At about 95 percent of the time, dampened adapters only fail due to tool crashes. Otherwise dampened tooling will last for many years of use. In fact, a lot of the systems manufactured in the 1980s are still in use today. […]
If your business has never used digital thermography, or if you’ve dabbled with it and weren’t satisfied with the results, or haven’t really kept up with the technology, it’s time to look again with a fresh set of eyes. […]
The rubber, plastics and wood panel industries work with heated tooling when material is pressed directly between hot platens. […]
The following are some of the mold safety issues that you will be addressing in developing this standard: 1) Mold Mounted Guards: In the event a mold has components that could be potentially hazardous when the machine’s operator gate is open or has components that extend beyond the guarding of the machine, guarding attached to [...]
Thermal Load StabilityOxidizing decay of organic components in thermal insulation boards increases with rising temperatures. Continuous thermal load is defined by the temperature at which the application of a particular grade can be technically and economically justified, so that the lifetime will extend to several years. […]
A number of recent EDM developments offer significant solutions to obstacles facing the moldmaking industry in the millennium. […]
The same general practices of machine tool maintenance, fixturing and rigidity of tool setup recommended for turning apply equally well for milling. Short tool extensions and properly adjusted machine tools are essential to good performance. […]