Die/Mold
High Speed Machining Cuts Moldmaking Cycle Time
The moldmaking department of a manufacturing company demands the same skill and attention to detail as an independent moldmaker does. However, the manufacturing company puts more emphasis on throughput and versatility from moldmaking machines to ensure that molds are ready in time to keep the injection molding machines running and turning out quality products.
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Prescription For Success
For an Ontario mold shop, higher cutting speeds meet the challenge of producing optical-quality surfaces.
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CNC Technology For Mold Applications
Accessible control features play an expanding role in mold machining.
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Expanding The Toolmaker's Role
Skilled employees from this shop's mold machining area apply their expertise to running production batch machining jobs better.
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Sparking Better Designs
By automating repetitive splitting and electrode-design work, an Ohio mold and die shop spurs creativity and expands EDM applications.
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Five-Axis Mold Making Software Keeps Tires Rolling
Unless it goes flat, a tire is something most of us take for granted. In fact, the process of making a tire is very specialized and is becoming more sophisticated all the time.
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What The Control Can Do
Mold and die makers know better than other sorts of shops that a machine tool's performance is determined by the electronics as much as by the iron.
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Laser Aimed At Mold Makers
The DML 40 and the DMU 60L, sister 100W YAG laser cutting machines made by DMG America Inc., could be the first shot in a battle between lasers and ram-type EDM machines for die and mold machining applications.
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Where Dry Milling Makes Sense
Liquid coolant offers advantages unrelated to temperature. Forced air is the fluid of choice in this shop...but even so, conventional coolant can't be eliminated entirely.
Read MoreEDM vs. Milling In Die/Mold Machining
In many die and mold shops, the choice between ram EDM and CNC milling is far less clear than it used to be. Changing technology is changing the rules.
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