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Profle 12 MoldMaking Technology November 2015 1 2 M o l d M a k i n g T e c h n o l o g y N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 5 New Era, Same Winning Formula By Matthew Danford Although 2015 is shaping up to be the best year ever for Carson Tool & Mold, the essentials of the company's business philoso- phy haven't changed. But that's decidedly not the case for the technology employed by this Kennesaw, Georgia, tool shop. This year alone, the 24,000-square-foot operation added its first laser welder, and it will soon add its first injection press for sampling. Milling is more precise, sinker EDM is faster, and the company's 23 employees are completing more operations in fewer setups than ever before, says Chris Myers, company president. What has remained the same is a drive to not skimp on reinvesting in the business and to view mold manufacturing as the service that it is, he explains. Just as they did for his father and grandfather before him, these philosophies have informed his decision-making ever since he first started managing day- to-day activities about five years ago. Formally taking the reins after his father, David Myers, passed in April hasn't changed that. "It's been business as usual," he says. "There's just been a change of the guard." Undiscriminating Service Given the diversity of Carson Tool's workload, "business as usual" can mean anything but for certain segments of custom- ers. For about a third of the shop's work—packaging molds with as many as 128 cavities—supplying a certain number of spare, interchangeable inserts is standard industry practice. However, Myers and his team don't limit such services to a Carson Tool & Mold thrives on the ability to juggle signifcantly different subsets of work: multi-cavity molds like the one shown here and tools with fewer cavities, particularly for gas pedals, fuel fanges and other automotive parts. Images courtesy of Carson Tool & Mold. Leadership Chris Myers, President Metrics No. of employees: 23 Average on-time delivery rate: 91% Average lead time: 4-5 weeks for small molds, 8-10 weeks for medium, 12-15 weeks for multi- cavity No. of molds built per year: 40+ End Markets • Packaging • Consumer products • Automotive • Appliances • Medical • Electronic • Lawn and garden Capabilities, Products and Services • High-cavitation molds • Cold or hot runner molds • Unscrewing molds • Prototype molds • Thermoset tooling (injection and compression) • Diecast dies (aluminum and zinc) • Engineering support • Product design • Maintenance, repair and revisions Facilities and Equipment Two connected buildings totaling 24,000 square feet Turning: • Mazak: Quick Turn 20, Quick Turn Nexus 250, Quick Turn Nexus 200-II MY Milling: • Dynamic International: Dynamic Speed ZX-1060, SX-7050 w/ Heidenhein 530 controls • Hurco: VMX64 VMC, Hawk 30 VMC • Makino: V33 VMC, VNC, SNC 64 graphite mill w/System 3R Robot Workpal compact servo • Micron: HSM-700 EDM: • Sodick: AG600L Linear wire, AG60L Linear sinker (2) • Makino EDNC-43S w/full C axis • Maxicut M-26 manual EDM drill (hole popper) Inspection: • Brown & Sharpe Gage 2000R measuring machine Mold Fitting & Testing: • 400-ton injection press (soon to be installed) Engineering: • Pro-E 3D solid modeling (2 seats) • Cimatron E CAD/CAM (3 seats) Certifcations • ISO 9001:2008 Carson Tool and Mold 3070 Moon Station Road NW Kennesaw, Georgia 30144 Phone: 770-427-3716 Website: carsonmold.com COMPANY: