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Great Tips from This Issue 5 TRICKS OF THE TRADE Contents 4 MoldMaking Technology November 2014 Features 20 Inspection/Measurement: Metrology Molds a Better Bottom Line Improved accuracy saves time and drives down costs in the moldmaking process. 24 Inspection/Measurement: Will This Part Clean Up? To improve your manufacturing processes upstream and downstream, consider CAD data and 3D digitizing for lean layout and scrap reduction. 28 Software: Make Mold Cooling Easy and Effective Strategies for designing an effective cooling system with less time and effort. 30 Business Planning: All According to Plan This moldmaker influences its own destiny by staying true to itself, knowing exactly where it wants to go and ensuring everyone in the organization understands how to get there. 36 Global Market Opportunities: Moldmaking Opportunities in Europe Use this data and analysis to help develop a strategic vision for what foreign markets you should explore to grow your sales beyond the U.S. 42 Mold Maintenance/Repair: In the Trenches: Who Is ROI Anyway? Making the argument for bringing polishing and repair work in-house. ON THE COVER Image courtesy of Hexagon Metrology. The moldmaking industry is at the cutting edge of metalworking technology. The expanding use of CAD to design products and drive manufacturing processes has solidified the need for metrology to play a larger role in the moldmaking process. Manual measuring gages are not able to handle such tasks to the level of precision required by the increas- ingly tighter tolerances across the industry. Implementing metrol- ogy technology also brings cost savings that translate into rapid ROI. These cost savings are realized in the form of time saved, lower material and tooling costs, and a move to zero failure rates of finished goods. See related story on page 20. Images above courtesy of (left to right) Custom Mold & Design, Cimatron and Mold Craft. 1. Moving Along With modular integrated workholding, raw pieces of electrode graphite can be clamped to a holder and then seamlessly trans- ferred on that same holder from a graphite machining center to a robot storage unit and then into an EDM. PG. 20. 2. Proper Analysis The amount of data, and ultimately the 3D hardware/ software solution, required to get a good part analysis to CAD will vary from part to part, based on geometry, complexity and tolerance. PG. 24. 3. Preserving Plastic Controlled cooling of the entire part is vital to the preservation of dimensional stability and mechanical properties of a plastic part. PG. 28. 4. Polishing Shines Investing in polishing training can allow you to reap immediate benefts, such as improved turn- around time, better quality in polish work and reduced headaches. PG. 42. 5. Animate CAD animation can be used before a physical mold is made to help determine if all the mold components function correctly, such as during mold opening, part ejection, lifter travel and slide travel. PG. 64. November 2014 Volume 17 / Number 11 30 28 20 VIDEO ACCESS Departments 6 From the Editor: Giving Thanks and Making Sales 6 What's New on MMT Online 8 By The Numbers: MoldMaking Business Index 10 Your Business: Estate Planning 12 Case Study: Machining 16 Case Study: Automation 44 Product Focus 62 End Market Report: Aerospace and Packaging 63 Ad Index 64 TIP: Software