Tooling

Molds & Tooling

Heated Sprue Bushing Line Expanded

The company says the assemblies are designed to minimize pressure loss and enable rapid gate freeze.

Read More
Molds & Tooling

Expanded Blade Ejector Line

Progressive Components has expanded its blade ejector line, which includes optional “Mold-Ready” features that reduce the need for in-house machining.

Read More
Hot Runners

Hot Runner Design Prevents Overheating, Excessive Heat Loss

Germany’s Heitec says the new Primo line of nozzles are available in North America from Technoject Machinery.

Read More
Tooling

Thermal Insulating Sheet Targets Highly Stressed Molds

Hasco’s Z12120/… thermal insulating sheets prevent uncontrolled heat dissipation from injection and compression molds into the platens.

Read More
Molds & Tooling

U-Frame and Companion Insert System Expanded

PCS Company is introducing new sizes for its Flexible Insert Tooling System (F.I.T.S.) offering in support of prototyping, sampling and short production tooling.

Read More
Hot Runners

Optimizing Pack & Hold Times for Hot-Runner & Valve-Gated Molds

Using scientific procedures will help you put an end to all that time-consuming trial and error. Part 1 of 2.

Read More
Molds & Tooling

The Connector Conundrum: 3D Printed Mold Tooling’s Role in Innovation

ReelView Fishing faced an electronics obstacle in the development of its new technology for underwater video. Additive manufacturing for moldmaking allowed for the speed necessary to iterate to a solution. How inventors and invention will benefit from new ways of obtaining production-ready tooling.

Read More
Tooling

Cooling Bore Creates Turbulent Flow

Hasco says its Cooling Tornado facilitates turbulent flow, boosting cooling effectiveness by up to 20%.

Read More
Mold Maintenance

Design Your Tools for Moldability ... and Maintenance

In the initial design phase, when considering the structure and elements of the tool, are you designing them to be maintenance friendly? Canon Virginia has used this approach and preventive maintenance to make tool replacement a thing of the past. You can, too. Here’s how.

Read More
Tooling

Nefab Opens Moldmaking Facility in Michigan

Nefab’s says its new 19,000-square-foot Polyflex facility will enable it design, prototype and manufacture tooling for its returnable and reusable automotive logistics packaging products.

Read More
Blending & Dosing
Process Cooling