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Notes from the moldDB team on injection molding, maintenance, and process control.
What Is a Mold Database and Why Does Your Shop Need One
A mold database is a centralized system that tracks the complete life of every mold in your shop. From when it is ordered or built, to how it runs in production, to when it needs maintenance — everything…
Read article →Thinking about Cycle Time
When looking at new parts or attempting to optimize current production it is often helpful to ask "What determines cycle time?". A typical answer is usually the Cooling Time. This is often the largest part of time taken…
Read article →What's in your Tool Box?
The tool's in your toolbox can make or break your operation. I don't mean the tools available to you like tips and tricks of the trade but the physical tools in your tool box or on your shadow…
Read article →Mold Inventory - Just how many molds can a shop handle?
Molding can be a complicated and overwhelming process. Companies often use the amount of molds they run as a badge of honor. Depending on the size of a company, they could have anywhere from a few ten, hundred…
Read article →New Year, Same Covid
Going into this new year there is many things we can reflect on from 2020. The Covid-19 virus has pushed us further than many people had ever expected us to have to go. Looking back at history though…
Read article →Plastic Identification with Fire
Not everyone gets to play with fire as part of their job, but as someone who works in the plastics industry I get too. Many times it is to melt plastic that ended up in a place that…
Read article →5 Benefits of Injection Molding
Injection Molding has many benefits but I wanted to quickly cover a few of my preferred benefits. These benefits have been determined from real life scenarios when comparing to other manufacturing processes to make medical devices. Enjoy. Some…
Read article →Gate Freeze Time vs Hold Time
Gate Freeze Time vs Hold Time, what is the difference?� This may seem like a simple question but if you do not have a background developing plastic molding processes than you may have accidentally thought that they were…
Read article →Preventative Maintenance
Injection Molding is a very intense process. It involves moving hundreds to thousands of pounds of steel in a few seconds, holding this steel under large tonnages of force from multiple sides and injecting plastic into them not…
Read article →Standardization
Establishing a standard or Standardization is at the forefront of many large companies.� It is not easy for a large team to all work in sync without some process established for everyone to follow.� This not only applies…
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