Tooling

NPE

High Tech Laser & Polishing Purchases Large 4-axis Laser

The technology will expand the company's laser engraving and laser texturing capabilities.

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NPE

Trunnion Lifter Slide Cuts Mold Build Time, Cost

Lifter slides come in inch and metric and are available with or without self-lubricating graphite. 

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Molds & Tooling

Variety of New Hot Runner Products Featured

Gunther Hot Runner Systems Inc. has a new control unit, power connector, valve-gate system and split-nozzle shaft to share at NPE2018.

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NPE

External Position of Side-Mounted Cylinder Eases Maintenance

If the side-mounted cylinders from HRSflow require maintenance, the maintenance technician can easily repair them without disassembling the mold.

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dies

Tool Mover Improves Safety with Secure Movement of Heavy Molds

RUD Chain Inc. says that its RUD Tool-Mover moves heavy and sensitive dies, molds and tools safely and securely and therefore limits costs that damaged tools incur and improves safety for the operator.

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Molds & Tooling

Flat Centering Unit Enables High-Precision Centering of Inserts

Meusburger designed its E 1307 centering installs with minimum space, providing inserts with maximum space utilization within the insert.

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Automation

Mold & Robotics Group Acquires Dollins Tool

The maker multi-cavity packaging injection molds joins recent Mold & Robotics Group acquisitions: Müller and CBW Automation.

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Linked-Valve Reimagines Stock Manifold Block Customization

Patent-pending system from Plastixs allow a single lever to simultaneously operate mold cooling supply and return lines. 

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GW Plastics Bets on Metal 3D Printing

Conformal cooling is goal of big investment at U.S. mold facility.

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Tooling: Hot Sprues—Mold a Disk or Not?

Having a hot sprue shut off against the parting line versus intentionally molding a thin disk has been the subject of controversy for many years.

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