Tooling Know-How

Tooling Know-How

80 Questions Moldmakers Should Ask Themselves … and Their Customers

If you’re a molder or brand owner/OEM, be ready to supply the answers before the program is launched.

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Tooling Know-How

What You Need to Know About Blade Ejectors: Part 3

Follow these guidelines to prevent premature wear, flash and galling. The focus here is on corner radii.

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Tooling Know-How

What You Need to Know About Blade Ejectors: Part 2

Follow these guidelines to prevent premature wear, flash and galling.

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What You Need to Know About Blade Ejectors: Part 1

Follow these guidelines to prevent premature wear, flash and galling.

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Get Better at Quoting Injection Molded Parts: Part 4 of 4

This fourth and final installment focuses on labor, packaging, secondary operations and various assorted details.

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Get Better at Quoting Injection Molded Parts: Part 3

Follow these detailed tips to get the jobs you want. This installment focuses on the mold and the molding machine.

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Get Better at Quoting Injection Molded Parts: Part 2

Follow these detailed tips to get you the injection molding jobs you want. Here we factor in the costs of scrap and regrind, along with energy and certain additives. 

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Get Better at Quoting Injection Molded Parts: Part 1

Follow these detailed tips to get you the jobs you want. This installment focuses on the various raw material aspects of quoting.

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Tooling: The Lowdown on Guided Ejection Systems

  When, where, how and why to use them.  

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Tooling: Back to Basics On Die Springs--Part 2

Follow these steps for proper die-spring selection and installation.

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