Recent advancements in tooling and CAM strategies are the two primary driving forces behind the recent surge in interest related to CNC machine deburring processes. Adapting and automating these processes to machining centers, and away from manual hand labor, is a two-fold win for mold manufacturers. Moldmakers can help alleviate the pain felt from the [...]
Automation is an essential part of machining and profitable manufacturing. Mold builders striving to compete at the Industry 4.0 level must focus on embedded sensors, software and other technologies to collect and analyze data to improve decision-making. These technological improvements lead to increased speed and efficiency, predictive maintenance and self-optimization of the manufacturing process. Moldmakers, [...]
Dimensional and contour errors need to be so low in moldmaking as to be barely measurable and must certainly never be visible. These requirements are increasingly at odds with demands for higher productivity and lower costs. […]
Cutting speed and surface finish are frequently the topic of discussion on shop floors of hundreds of mold shops. There’s a relentless quest for reducing machining time per mold, achieved by faster feedrates and traverse rates. Of equal concern is assur-ance that optimum surface finishes are being produced by the machining process with little or [...]