Manufacturing plastic injection molds is unusual among the various CNC machining market segments because of the competitive pressures: Mold shop owners have to be ready to take on various jobs that ...

Injection molding machines are able to form very detailed plastic parts, simply by squirting plastic into a mold. 3D printers squirt plastic. Why no one thought of using a 3D printer extruder to push ...

Addman Advanced Metals has scaled from a single 3D printer to 25 while also building out a robust array of subtractive machines. In this video, find out how the shop manages its additive and ...

The importance of digital tools and simulation for successful composite parts design is well established, whether for aircraft wings, automotive bumper beams or bicycle frames. Over the past decade, ...

One mold maker exhibiting at NPE2018 can talk as much about attracting young people to the trade as it can its latest tooling programs: Unique Tool & Gauge Inc. of Windsor, Ontario. The company has ...

The Titan 2147 mold upender positions a mold so that an overhead crane can take apart the tool for maintenance. It can also help lift or move a mold if its weight exceeds the capacity of an overhead ...

NEW YORK—Crestview Partners L.P. has jumped into the mold and tooling sector—a place where few private equity companies have gone—to purchase Concours Mold Inc., a big Canadian automotive mold maker ...