Designing Molds for Maintenance & Cleaning

Designing Molds for Maintenance & Cleaning

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When it comes to designing the mold for a product, there are many factors that have to be taken into account.  Part design. materials used for the parts, production volumes, and the list goes on and on.  A couple of areas that also need to be considered in the very beginning are cleaning and in-press maintenance. (more…)

Designing Molds for Maintenance & Cleaning

Addressing Build-Up In Your Molds

Addressing Build-Up In Your Molds

There are many potential contributors to in-mold build up.  But the impacts that build up can have on your part and your workflow can be significant.  Things like sticking, gloss issues, and visual defects are not a positive for molders in today’s competitive marketplace. (more…)

Hydraulic Driven Slides

Using Hydraulic Driven Slides In Injection Molding

With the increasing complexity of molds and the parts that they produce, injection molders are forced to maximize the productivity of each tool. In his continuing discussion on hydraulics over on the moldmakingtechnology.com site, Randy discusses Hydraulic Driven Slides. (more…)