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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Die/Mold

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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Die/Mold

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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EDM

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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CAD/CAM

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 & Waterjet

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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Die/Mold

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.

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EDM

EDM 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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World Machine Tool Survey
Hurco
Compressed air as a service
DA300p automation package
Koma Precision
715 Series - 5-axis complete machining
OASIS Inspection Systems
hyperMILL
IMTS+