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How Do You Win MMT's Leadtime Leader Awards Competition?

Mold Making Technology

The shops we’ve honored have gone that extra mile, completing the main entry form fully and with detail, plus a step beyond that. They have included PowerPoint presentations, photographs, employee input and videos with the form. They have also expressed very clearly their passion for their work and a desire to WIN!

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Honoring Excellence in Mold Manufacturing

Mold Making Technology

Lead time is the culmination of the entire mold manufacturing process. A quality mold delivered on time results from a team of professionals working together from sales, design and manufacturing to validation, delivery and support. Mold manufacturing boils down to lead times. How are shops assessed?

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Additive manufacturing: trends and opportunities

Manufacturer's Monthly

And consumer goods companies have leveraged AM to offer unique and customisable products, differentiating themselves in crowded marketplaces. Automotive businesses have adopted AM for rapid prototyping and parts manufacturing, expediting the design process.

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Meaningful Manufacturing

Dinesh Mishra

Additive manufacturing is a viable alternative to molding, machining, forming and casting of end-use parts. For low quantities, conventional approaches often rely on manual or semi-automated machining, forming and fabrication. Substituting FDM for traditional manufacturing processes substantially reduces lead times and costs.

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Automated Grinding Machines Yield Tighter Tolerances and Save Resources

Mold Making Technology

On the mold base side, National services customers within industries such as medical, consumer goods, automotive, packaging and pharmaceuticals. “The more accurate we are, the more lead time is shaved off for our customers’ purposes,” says Matthew Grassel, production manager for National.

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FABTECH 2023 – METALFORM, Finishing, Tube & Pipe

Fabricating & Metal Work

Pavilions at FABTECH are dedicated to 3D/Additive Manufacturing, Forming & Fabricating (Hall A) ; Welding, Welding Automation, Robotics & Industrial Automation (Hall B) ; and METALFORM, Finishing, Tube & Pipe (Hall D). The Cut Optimizer option simulates both the cutting/trimming and the forming of the strip repeatedly.

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Back In Action: An MCMT Special

Dinesh Mishra

Manoj K Sundaram, Carl Zeiss India : India’s machine tools industry, including the metal cutting and forming sectors, form the backbone of the country’s manufacturing sector. Almost all our offering of measurement solutions follows the processes just beyond Metal cutting and Forming machines.