Melt Design Inc., a manufacturer and global supplier of high-performance hot runner systems with a broad range of associated components, has added to its product line a dual-stage plastic-melt-filtering device designed to remove contaminants from the melt flow during injection moulding. The innovative device eliminates the need to clean out mould gates and saves further hours of production that might otherwise have been lost to material contamination.

Germany – Special machinery is required to bring paste-like materials such as marzipan into the required form. A company based in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany produces complex rolling tools, using machine tools equipped with a state-of-the-art CNC.

United States - When mould makers employ 5-axis machining, it’s common for geometric errors to occur during the course of normal operation. Probing and 5-axis auto-tuning can correct machine misalignments in minutes, not hours, explains Jim Endsley, Okuma America.

Germany – Moulds from injection moulding machines are subject to wear and tear and must be regularly maintained as a result.

Germany - The 17th Bensheim Technology Days, this time dedicated to the topic of precision injection moulding, concluded successfully on 11 September.

Many shops still cling to technologies they know, especially when it comes to cutting inserts. Doron Cohen, die and mould industry manager at cutting tool manufacturer Iscar, writes that living in the past could affect a company’s future.

A leading European mould maker was using a pallet-changing system to instruct its apprentices. The advantages of the system convinced the company to add similar technology from the same supplier to its tooling production.

CNC machine manufacturer Anca combines leading-edge technology with operating simplicity. The company's Laser-Plus and MX7 Linear tool grinding machine is the winning combination to produce superior-quality, high-performance cutting tools.

GF Machining Solutions says its Agie-Charmilles Cut P series wire-cutting electrical discharge machine can do everything from producing very light surgical tools to machining a six-tonne die-casting mould. The Cut P machine series, according to GF, has been designed for demanding high-speed machining.

Germany – Türk+Hillinger, a leading supplier of electric heating elements in the plastics industry, will be exhibiting its improved nozzle heaters.