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Go Big or Go Home: Hwacheon Displays a Wide Variety of Machinery at IMTS 2024

Learn more about the variety of technology and machinery Hwacheon Machinery America, Inc. is featuring at its IMTS 2024 booth.

Sep 12, 2024
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Seven-Axis Multifunction Machines Increase Accuracy for Mold Production

IMTS 2024: Cheto Corporation SA highlights its five up to seven-axis multifunction machines to increase accuracy and decrease the costs of complex mold production. 

Sep 12, 2024
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How Hurco Harnesses Automation

Hurco's automation services benefit a majority of small-to-medium-sized job shops that need to bring order to the chaos that comes from manufacturing a high mix of parts in small quantities. Hurco’s booth at IMTS 2024 features its advancements in automation and highlights a new partnership to offer its customers various solutions.

Sep 11, 2024
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TUDX Head Enables Automatic, Interchangeable Spindle Capabilities

IMTS 2024: FPT North America Inc. highlights its TUDX head as an interchangeable, cost-effective design that includes features such as the bi-rotary axes to stay with the Z-axis RAM and the spindle that automatically interchanges with different applications.

Sep 11, 2024
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EDM Graphite Enables Moldmakers to Meet Strict Precision Requirements

Entegris Poco Materials highlights its EDM-3 graphite, known for exceptional strength, wear resistance and fine surface finish characteristics and thus an ideal solution for moldmakers’ most demanding applications.

Sep 10, 2024
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Large Aluminum Mold Plate Sizes Enable Machinability for Moldmakers

Vista Metals highlights one of the largest aluminum mold plate sizes available on the market, its Duramold-5 Aluminum Mold Plate produced in super slab sizes for high strength to weight ratios, machinability and a virtually porosity-free structure to meet moldmakers’ critical surface finish requirements.

Sep 9, 2024
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Machine-Ready Blanks Enable Various Moldmaking Capabilities

IMTS 2024: TCI Precision Metals highlights its precision machine-ready blanks’ capabilities to assist moldmakers in saving valuable shop time.   

Sep 4, 2024
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Updated Software: Simulation, Optimization and Postprocessing Capabilities

IMTS 2024: CGTech highlights the latest version of its flagship software, Vericut 9.5, equipped with postprocessing software along with other useful  capabilities for moldmakers.

Sep 3, 2024
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Erowa Highlights Process-Reliable Clamping and Automation for Moldmaking

IMTS 2024: Erowa offers its VPC (Vise Power Clamp) clamping system for powerful and precise clamping of vises, fixtures and workpieces to benefit moldmakers. 

Sep 2, 2024
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Innovative Technology for Your Mold Shop at IMTS 2024: Part 2

MoldMaking Technology showcases a variety of technology applications featured at IMTS 2024 this year. Find the best fit for your mold shop with software solutions to new machines and services featured in this comprehensive guide.  

Sep 2, 2024
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Safety Strap Secures Parting Lines During Mold Transport, Storage

Progressive Components introduces its new mold safety strap for safe securing of parting lines during mold transport and storage.

Aug 30, 2024
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Cube Mold Technology Advancing Injection Molding

Injection mold design features a central rotating cube that can split and counter-rotate, with additional gear elements on the exterior.

Aug 28, 2024