Die/Mold

EDM

Wire, Ram And Small Hole Driller Help Build Specialty Injection Molds

The ram EDM runs unattended day and night, allowing the operators to perform other tasks. The ram has cut graphite costs nearly 50 percent, requiring fewer electrodes than its older equipment.

Read More
EDM

Robots Join EDM and Graphite Mill for Fast Mold Production

An EDM plus a robot makes a dynamic duo. A graphite mill plus a robot makes another. Put them all together in one shop and you have a radical new way to speed mold production.

Read More
Die/Mold

Mass Producing Quantities Of One

It may sound like a contradiction in terms, but this Windsor, Canada, shop developed a production system for making prototype and limited production quantities of mold and die sets based on assembly line techniques. It's a concept that scales up or down and is applicable in a wide spectrum of shops.

Read More
CAD/CAM

Find The Time

This mold shop shows where to look. Faced with tighter lead times, it achieved faster workflow by using existing machinery and manpower in more efficient ways.

Read More
EDM

Mold Shop Eases Into 3D Machining

Converting a shop from a 2D to a 3D machining environment is always a major undertaking, but the right equipment can make the transition easier.

Read More
Die/Mold

New Cutter Gives Better Mold And Die Finishes

New Cutter Gives Better Mold And Die Finishes.

Read More

It's Within Your Grasp -- It Will Extend Your Reach

Though high speed machining means different things to different people, all of the diverse applications of this process involve performing operations fast enough to break into a new realm of possibilities.

Read More
Die/Mold

Die Maker Enjoys The Benefits Of Having EDM In The House

As a manufacturer of high volume, precision custom metal stampings for the automotive, computer, farm implement and household appliance markets, this company maintains a substantial in house die making department, empowered by EDM.

Read More
EDM

Breaking The Electrode Bottleneck

This company uses high speed machining to slash the time it takes to make graphite electrodes for EDMing of molds and dies. From days to hours. Sounds like a simple, straight-forward formula for cutting costs and lead times, doesn't it?

Read More
MMS Leaders in CNC Machining