How to Find New Customers
What to do when “word of mouth” no longer works to earn new accounts.
FEA of Hot Runners to Optimize Mold Design
Optimization of a mold design with a hot runner system can be done with CAE simulations.
Mix-Up 101
One of our operators used nitric acid to adjust the pH of our nickel plating solution. Is there any way that we can salvage this solution or do we have to dump the tank and make up a new tank?
How To Invest Your Accumulated Cash Profits
The pride of the American capitalist system is the successful family business. These entrepreneurs have found their way around a variety of obstacles to become “successful business owners,” or SBOs for short.
Eliminate Problems with Container Handles
Extrusion blow molding a container with a handle may sound easy.
Today’s Worries And Tomorrow’s Wealth
How much government do you want? Invariably, you live with the answer that the past has chosen. Our current decade has introduced me to a political stance I’ve come to think of as “fair-weather libertarianism.
Micromoldmaking: It’s a Small World After All
A great deal of attention needs to be paid to the design and build process—as well as post-moldmaking processes—when making molds for tiny parts.
How to Keep Your Shop Running When Business Is Interrupted
What to consider when choosing a partner to help you establish your shop’s disaster plan and response initiative, as well as four tips to maintain business continuity in your shop.
How to Clean a Flashed Hot Manifold-Part One
As I rounded the corner of our shop, I was confronted by a large flock of white shirts gathered around a mold on my bench.
When Gaging Becomes Measuring That Becomes Gaging
In a previous column, we discussed the terms “gaging” and “measuring,” which are often used interchangeably. There are times when gaging is appropriate and other times when measuring is the best way to go.
How to Choose and Size the Right Metalworking Filtration System
Understanding the importance of a properly engineered filtration system to the mold build process.
How to Get Rich...or if Rich, How to Get Richer
When giving my tax-planning, wealth-building seminars, here’s a question I usually ask the audience, “Do you know the Rule of 72 and how it works?” Typically, about one-third of the audience raises their hands.
