Tooling
Mold Maintenance Training Eases Molder's Growing Pains
Automation Plastics in Aurora, Ohio (automationplastics.com), is a 32-year-old custom injection molder with 50,500 ft² and 30 presses from 35 to 700 tons.
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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Do Flow Simulation ‘in the Cloud’
Autodesk Inc., San Rafael, Calif., has just made available a new version of its Moldflow Insight software that takes time-consuming meshing and analysis functions off your desktop and performs them at a remote data center accessed via the Internet.
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Novel Molds & Machinery for Medical Molding
The combined MD&M East and Plastec East shows in N.Y.C. in June presented intriguing developments for medical injection molders.
Read MoreWorld's Smallest Hot-Runner Controller
Measuring 97 x 61 x 30 mm and weighing 135 g, you can hold it in your hand.
Read MoreOptimize Plug Shape for Thermoforming
Software will adjust the shape to provide more uniform material thickness in the formed part
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The Tools of Tool Maintenance
The root cause of many mold and part issues are ultimately determined by the ability to measure something within one or two tenths of a mil. Readings with precision measuring tools can determine whether a tooling component is to be reused, reworked, or scrapped out.
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Mold Filling Simulation: What, When, Why, How
Mold-filling analysis is the right direction to go, but if you want to arrive at your destination—good parts and an efficient process—you’ll need to pay attention to all the details and select an experienced professional to do the analysis.
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What’s New in Mold Simulation
Seamless integration with CAD and FEA structural analysis is a common theme among the major software products.
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Eight Steps Toward a Seamless Mold Transfer
It’s big news when an OEM decides to move a substantial number of molds from one processing operation (either their own in-house/captive facility or an outsourced molder) to another.
Read MoreNew Ownership for Husky
Boston-based private-equity firm Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity of Toronto reportedly paid $2.1 billion last month to jointly buy Husky International Ltd. and its subsidiaries, which makes injection molding machines, hot runners and molds.
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