Injection molds.A-1 TOOL CORP. DIV. OF TRIANGLE TOOL CORP. Small to 25-ton molds, specializing in larger molds for appliances, housewares house·wares pl.n. Cooking utensils, dishes, and other small articles used in a household, especially in the kitchen. and automotives. CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) See numerical control. CNC - Collaborative Networked Communication machining and CAD/CAM CAD/CAM in full computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of design and manufacturing into a system under direct control of digital computers. Prototype tooling. Sampling facility from 400 to 3000 tons. ABA-PGT INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . ABA Aba (ä`bä), city (1991 est. pop. 264,000), SE Nigeria. It is an important regional market, a road and rail hub, and a manufacturing center for cement, textiles, pharmaceuticals, processed palm oil, shoes, plastics, soap, and beer. MOLDMAKING DIV. Specializes in mold-making for small medical or industrial products such as fine pitch gearing of all types, timing belt pulleys, and cams. Services include consultation, gearing design, and prototyping. Also high-precision fully hardened injection molding injection molding n. A manufacturing process for forming objects, as of plastic or metal, by heating the molding material to a fluid state and injecting it into a mold. dies and cavity components. Frames are either alloy or stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. at Rockwell C52-58. Types include hot- or cold-runner, mechanical side-action, back or tunnel gating, multiple stage ejection ejection /ejec·tion/ (e-jek´shun) 1. the act of casting out or the state of being cast out, as of excretions, secretions, or other bodily fluids. 2. something cast out. 3. , single or high cavitation cavitation Formation of vapour bubbles within a liquid at low-pressure regions that occur in places where the liquid has been accelerated to high velocities, as in the operation of centrifugal pumps, water turbines, and marine propellers. , and interchangeable cavity or dedicated. ACCURATE MOULD CO., LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability . Injection molds for automotive products, packaging, closures, pharmaceuticals, containers, electronics and toys. Also RIM molds, extrusion blow molds, and compression molds. ADVANCE MOLD & MFG MFG Manufacturing MFG Manufacturer MFG Mit Freundlichen Grüßen (German: With Best Regards) MfG Mitfahrgelegenheit (German) MFG Marithe Francois Girbaud (French clothing company) ., INC. Precision production molds designed on CAD. Most components pre-manufactured for faster deliveries. AGGRESSIVE TOOL & DIE, INC. Molds for thermoplastics in all shapes, configurations, and sizes, including very large molds. AKROMOLD INC. Specializes in medium to large molds for injection, compression, structural foam, extrusion blow molds, and other processes. Serves waste-management, housewares, business equipment, appliances, building materials Building materials used in the construction industry to create . These categories of materials and products are used by and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for . , aerospace, and automotive industries Automotive Industries, Ltd. (Hebrew: תעשיות רכב נצרת עלית, תע"ר . Offers 2-D CAD; 3-D CAD/CAM; large CNC machining; small and large high-speed CNC machining, grinding, polishing; small and large EDM (Engineering Data Management) An information system that maintains the details of all engineering data while the product is in the design and concept phase. This includes geometry and changes to geometry. See PLM. EDM - Electronic Data Management ; large CNC EDM, sawing, gun drilling, CMM (Capability Maturity Model) A process developed by SEI in 1986 to help improve, over time, the application of an organization's supporting software technologies. inspection; and injection and compression mold tryout. Can lift up to 34 tons. Custom service (contract machining) capabilities include machining of high hard castings and forgings for aerospace industry, including high hard airfoil surfaces. ALLCRAFT MOLD Designs, builds, and repairs precision injection molds for thermoplastics and thermo-sets using CNC machining. Also automatic molds and short-run tooling. ALLIED PLASTIC MOLD, INC. Builds molds with automatic unscrewing, cam action, hot runners A hot runner is an injection mold component containing a series of channels that distributes molten plastic within a mold to increase molding productivity through reduced waste, as the runners arent wasted each cycle by being ejected, as the plasic stays molten and gets used on the , and insulated in·su·late tr.v. in·su·lat·ed, in·su·lat·ing, in·su·lates 1. To cause to be in a detached or isolated position. See Synonyms at isolate. 2. hot probes. Also high-production multicavity tooling. Applications from cosmetics and pharmaceutical packaging to household items, linear bearings, cassette cases, watch boxes, and toys. Complete in-house design and CNC machining. ALPHA MOLD WEST INC. Prototype and production molds for up to 300-ton presses. PRO/E CAD system for close-tolerance intricate molds such as shuttle and rotary table A rotary table is a precision work positioning device used in metalworking. It enables the operator to drill or cut work at exact intervals around a fixed (usually horizontal or vertical) axis. insert molds, hot-runner and unscrewing molds. Mold tryout capability with 88- and 200-ton presses. AMERICAN MOLD CORP. Engineers and builds injection molds for thermoplastics in appliance, electronics, housewares, medical, agricultural, and automotive markets. Specializes in single- and multiple-cavity production tools ranging from 90- to 1000-ton presses. Complete in-house capabilities utilizing CAD/CAM design and programming for 3-D surface modeling and CNC 3-D contour machining. Mold repair and revision services. ANDERSON TECHNOLOGIES/MOLD WORKS Fully integrated mold maker servicing product design and development, prototyping, mold design and building. CAD/CAM environment uses CNC and EDM equipment. Mold design use multiple languages including Pro-Engineer, CadKey and AutoCad as well as translators (STP STP or standard temperature and pressure, standard conditions for measurement of the properties of matter. The standard temperature is the freezing point of pure water, 0°C; or 273.15°K;. and IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification) An ANSI file format that is system independent and also intended for human interpretation. Evolving out of the U.S. ). Experience in complex molds to 36 x 40 x 28 including multiple-side-action, two-color, stack, unscrewing and collapsible-core. Services automotive, office and fine furniture, electronics, marine, agricultural, medical, consumer products and aerospace markets. Operates 24 presses from 40 to 880 tons. ANSON MANUFACTURING INC. Designs and builds injection molds primarily for thermoplastics. Also structural foam tools. Industries served include electronics, housewares, automotive, and dairy. Engraving engraving, in its broadest sense, the art of cutting lines in metal, wood, or other material either for decoration or for reproduction through printing. In its narrowest sense, it is an intaglio printing process in which the lines are cut in a metal plate with a , duplicating, polishing and repair services. ARE-KAY TOOL, INC. Designs and manufactures high-precision and high-production steel injection molds. Insert, automatic unscrewing, and encapsulating molds. Experienced in medical, automotive and general consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and industries. ARLEN TOOL CO. LTD. Designs and manufactures injection, compression and blow molds for automotive prototype and production tooling including part-design support. ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified. Tooling for 500- to 2000-ton presses. ASHEBORO MOLD & DESIGN INC. Manufactures thermoplastic A polymer material that turns to liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled. There are more than 40 types of thermoplastics, including acrylic, polypropylene, polycarbonate and polyethylene. injection molds for machines from 30- to 300-tons. Specializes in mold repairs, modifications and engineering changes to existing tools utilizing CAD/CAM, CNC machining and wire EDM. ATCO ATCO Air Traffic Control Officer ATCO Association of Transport Coordinating Officers (UK) ATCO Air Tanker/Fixed Wing Coordinator ATCO Aviation Transportation Coordination Office ATCO Air Taxi and Commercial Operator PLASTICS, INC. Specializes in precision injection molds and molding using engineering thermoplastics. Full in-house design and moldmaking capabilities include CAD/CAM, CNC machining, and CNC EDM. Engineering assistance for part design is available. AXXICON MOLDS LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. INC. Develops and manufactures injection molds for optical and magnetic-optical data carriers such as CDs and DVDs. Also molds for all current and future formats such as HD-DVD HD-DVD High Definition Digital Versatile Disk and BluRay DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. discs and all recordable formats. AZTEC TOOL CO. INC. Designs and manufactures precision multicavity molds using CAD/CAM and CNC EDM. Development, prototype tooling, high-output production molds, and testing. Molds for cosmetic packaging, medical, and precision products. Production molding in "lights out" facility. B A DIE MOLD, INC. Molds for thermosets thermosets, materials that can not be softened on heating. In thermosetting polymers, the polymer chains are joined (or cross-linked) by intermolecular bonding. Thermosets are usually supplied as partially polymerized or as monomer-polymer mixtures. and thermoplastics from prototype to production. Specializes in runnerless molding systems, automatic unscrewing and multi-action molds. Uses EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. Unigraphics CAD/CAM system. Electronic information sent conveniently via Email through various translators. Services include design, assistance during installation and testing, in-house sampling and first-article inspections, as well as rapid prototyping Building a part one layer at a time using a method of additive fabrication such as 3D printing. Such parts are used for concept modeling to determine if the product design meets the customer's expectations. , prototype molds, and full assembly photo renderings. B&B MOLD & ENGINEERING, INC. Production and prototype tools for thermoplastic and thermoset A polymer-based liquid or powder that becomes solid when heated, placed under pressure, treated with a chemical or via radiation. The curing process creates a chemical bond that, unlike a thermoplastic, prevents the material from being remelted. See thermoplastic. injection molding. Mold repair and design, and product development services. B&B PRECISION TOOL CO. Designs and builds injection and compression molds for thermoplastics and thermosets using 2-D, 3-D and Solid Part Data. Equipped with CNC, CAD/CAM, CNC wire EDM, CNC EDM, CNC machining, and CNC electrode electrode, terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit. In most familiar circuits current is carried by metallic conductors, but in some circuits the current passes for some distance through a machining. BALLEK DIE MOLD, INC. Designs and manufactures injection molds for thermoplastics, thermosets and insert molds. All types of molds including hot-runner, manifold manifold In mathematics, a topological space (see topology) with a family of local coordinate systems related to each other by certain classes of coordinate transformations. Manifolds occur in algebraic geometry, differential equations, and classical dynamics. , three-plate and stripper-plate. CNC, EDM, mold repair and tryout services on all molds, plus insert molding. BAUMBACH ENGINEERING CO., INC. Custom injection molds for thermoplastics. Also product development, mold design, repair and tryout. BERMER PRECISION PRODUCTS BERMER TOOL & DIE, INC. Specializes in design and building of optical-quality lens molds as well as insulated hot-runner and three-plate molds. Wire EDM, CNC machining centers, Moore Jig grinding, and optical polishing. Mold tryout prior to shipping (40- to 400-ton capacity). BEVERLY PATTERN, INC. Thermoplastic and thermoset molds for injection molding, structural foam, vac-forming, and compression molds. Short-run tooling available. Product engineering, mold design and repair, model making, cavity casting, hobbing, engraving, and duplicating. WILL BINDER MOLD LTD. Designs and builds small to medium injection molds, specializing in medium-sized tools utilizing pre-hardened cores and cavities. CAD/CAM equipped. BOUCHERIE USA High-precision injection molds and hot-runner systems. Specializes in multicomponent molds. Also prototyping molds. HARRY L. BRAUN CO. Complex-action, close-tolerance molds to 4000 lb for electronics, medical, aerosol aerosol (âr`əsōl,–sŏl): see colloid. aerosol System of tiny liquid or solid particles evenly distributed in a finely divided state through a gas, usually air. , gears, communications and instruments. Mold design, CAD/CAM, sampling, first-article inspection, and mold repair. BROADWAY MOLD INC. Specializes in close-tolerance molds for high-volume production. Mold engineering, construction, repair, prototype development, model-making, CAD, including disc integration. Markets served include PET preforms, rigid plastic packaging, fine ceramics, medical, electrical, electronic and automotive connectors. BTM BTM See: Book to market. TOOLING INC. Designs and builds steel injection, thermoset, and prototype aluminum/soft steel molds. Services automotive sector with molds for exterior/interior components and lighting. Full CAD/CAM capabilities, 10 CNC machining centers, three CNC EDMs, and two CMM machines with laser digitizing "Digitizer" redirects here. For the computer device, see Digitizing tablet. For the digitizer in Tablet PC's, see Tablet PC. Digitizing or digitization capabilities. BUILD-A-MOLD LTD. Full service facility for medium to large molds. Services include product design and development, computer modeling, models and prototypes, tool design and building services, tool tryouts to 3000-ton presses, lost core tool tryouts, mold-maintenance and repair, and full CAD/CAM system. Specializes in lost core tooling, all forms of injection thermoplastic tooling, compression tooling and injection compression tooling, gas assist tooling, in-mold decorating tooling, and in-mold assembly tooling. BURBAK COMPANIES Prototype and production injection molds. BURGER & BROWN ENGINEERING, INC. Specializes in precision injection molds, industrial automation and contract machining. Mold-building capabilities include prototype aluminum molds, short-run molds, and complex Class I molds. Mold maintenance and repair services available. CACO CACO Cape Cod National Seashore (US National Park Service) CACO Casualty Assistance Calls Officer CACO Corporate Administrative Contracting Officer CACO Congressional Affairs Contact Officer (US Army) PACIFIC CORP. Precision multicavity molds for injection and injection blow molding, especially hot-runner and stack molds. Multimold programs a specialty. Molds fully engineered and built to close tolerances for dimensional accuracy, parts interchangeability, mold longevity, and ease of maintenance. Molds tested and debugged with machines of 100-500 tons. CAD/CAM mold design, complete mold-base department, CNC programming and machining, EDM, I.D./O.D. and jig grinding. Markets include medical, magnetic media, homecare products, food and beverage F&B is a common abbreviation in the United States and Commonwealth countries, including Hong Kong. F&B is typically the widely accepted abbreviation for "Food and Beverage," which is the sector/industry that specializes in the conceptualization, the making of, and delivery of foods. packaging (including closures), camera accessories, writing instruments, personal-care products, automotive, electronics, and quality packaging. CANAM MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS INC. Full CAD and CNC facility to design and fabricate injection and thermoforming molds. Cutting and trimming dies for thermoformers. CANAM TOOLS LTD. Designs and builds small to large injection molds and structural foam molds to 15 tons, using CAD/CAM. Serves automotive, appliances, and housewares. Specializes in hot-runner and valve-gated molds for prototype or production. CANAMATIC MOULD CO. LTD. Designs and builds quality thermoplastic and thermoset molds, and die-cast dies, as well as Thixodie dies. In-house capabilities include jig grinding, CAD/CAM, NC EDM equipment. Markets served include communications components, business-machine casings, ribbon cartridges, electronic enclosures, pool and spa accessories, and automotive components. CAPTIVE PLASTICS, INC. Specializes in building molds for unscrewing closures and other packaging components. Three tool shops and complete design facilities. Automatic cavity duplication, 2-D tracer lathes, EDM, precision-forming grinders, tape-controlled lathes, jig-boring machines and pantograph Pantograph A four-bar parallel linkage, with no links fixed, used as a copying device for generating geometrically similar figures, larger or smaller in size, within the limits of the mechanism. engraving units. CARSON TOOL & MOLD Precision injection molds using CAD/CAM design and programming coupled with CNC machining centers and EDM. In-house mold sampling to 450 tons. Specializes in molds for appliances, housewares, electronics, textiles, packaging, and automotive. Runnerless and hot-runner molds, automatic unscrewing, cam-action, and insert molds. CATALINA TOOL & MOLD, INC. Specializes in close-tolerance, high-production, multicavity molds for thermoplastic injection molding, including automatic unscrewing and hot-manifold molds. Utilizes CAD/CAM (Pro-Engineer) to help meet quick deliveries. Mold design, sampling and qualification, tryout, and short-run molding. CAVAFORM INTERNATIONAL, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control Manufactures precision injection molds and components. Specializes in developing products for the medical, pharmaceutical, writing instrument, cosmetic, closure and consumer packaging markets. Services offered range from product development, engineering, rapid tooling, and mold testing. ISO 9001 certified. CELOTTO TOOL & MOULD CO. LTD. Designs and builds medium-sized molds and prototypes using CAD/CAM. Repairs damaged molds. CHAMBERLAIN PHIPPS MATERIALS (CANADA) LTD. Molds (generally aluminum) for PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. , TPE TPE Thermoplastic Elastomer TPE Terminal de Paiement Electronique (French) TPE Total Power Exchange TPE Twisted Pair Ethernet TPE Tampines Expressway (Singapore) TPE Therapeutic Plasma Exchange , and polyurethane polyurethane Any of a class of very versatile polymers that are made into flexible and rigid foams, fibres, elastomers (elastic polymers), surface coatings, and adhesives. . Various die-sinking machines available. One is a two-headed reverse image that can put on shrinkages. Pressure casting in aluminum and model/ pattern making. Applications primarily in footwear. CHICAGO MOLD ENGINEERING CO., INC. Thermoplastic and thermoset molds for recreational, automotive, appliance, agricultural, medical and telecommunications industries. Molds from the smallest MUD unit up to 60 x 120 in. and weighing over 75,000 lb. Solid modeling and conventional surfacing from wire-frame using ProEngineer, Unigraphics and Computervision CAD/CAM systems. CLARICH MOLD CORP. Molds for thermoplastic and thermoset injection molding. Mold design and repair, engraving, and duplicating. A.E. COLE CO. Injection molds for appliances, automotive, and medical parts, including hot-runner systems and unscrewing molds. Utilizes CAD/ CAM, CNC machining for high tolerances, and EDM machining for quality, interchangeability and tight tolerances. Offers MUD and Round-Mate inserts and molds to 4500 lb. Specializes in 3-D solids and surfacing using Pro-Engineer, SmartCam and AutoCad. COLONIAL MACHINE CO. Designs and builds molds to 20,000 lb for injection, compression, counter pressure, structural foam, and all types of hot-runner systems. Specializes in automatic unscrewing molds and collapsible cores. Applications include housewares, appliances, business machines, food handling, industrial products, pipe fittings and electrical fittings. In-house engineering with CAD/CAM design (Pro Engineering and Cadkey) and programming (2-D and 3-D). CNC machining centers and EDM. COLUMBIA PRODUCTS, INC. Line of standard injection, compression, and die cast mold bases, cavity-retainer sets, and mold plates. Standard and custom mold bases. Special machining capabilities include finished or rough blind and through bores and pockets, gun-drilled holes, guided ejector ejector (ijekt  r),n by common usage, a device used to remove debris and fluids by negative pressure. Another term is aspirator. See also aspirator. system and additional hardware. COMET DIE & ENGRAVING CO. Injection molds for thermoplastics and thermosets. Hobbing, texturing, engraving, and duplicating. CAD/CAM and design facilities. COMET TOOL CO., INC. High-precision, close-tolerance injection molds for thermoplastics. Specializes in hot runner, unscrewing and stack molds for closures (dispensing, tamper-evident, and child resistant). Serves consumer and healthcare markets, including electrical, telecommunications, cosmetic, food and beverage packaging, and pharmaceutical and medical components. In-house engineering services include product design and development, mold design and material selection. Utilizes 3-D SDRC (company) SDRC - The company behind VGX. http://sdrc.com/. systems to view mold and part function prior to production. Employs CAD/ CAM and complete CNC programming and machining. All tooling is sampled and validated on-site. Comprehensive molding services available. CONDOR TOOL & MFG., INC. Injection molds for thermoplastics and thermosets. Four CNC mills handle up to 48 x 60 in. mold bases and inserts. CNC lathes with a swing of 21 in. EDM and grinding standard, yet multiple cavities completed with a minimum of carbon manufacturing. Round and/or unscrewing molds, custom sleeves, and soft and hard core pins. Design in Solidworks, Cadkey and CAM done in Surfcam. CONTECO MANUFACTURING LTD. Injection molds from utility to high-technology applications. Mold design, testing, and computerized fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. . COURTESY CORP. Offers product/part design, prototyping, injection mold design, precision mold building, cleanroom injection molding, cleanroom assembly, surface modification and coating services. Specializes in stack molds, multicavity hot-runner and automatic unscrewing molds. ISO 9002 certified and GMP GMP (guanosine monophosphate): see guanine. compliant. CREST MOLD TECHNOLOGY INC. Specializes in the design and manufacture of small to medium close-tolerance injection molds using CAD/CAM, CNC, CNC/EDM, and wire EDM machinery. CRISCI CRISCI Center for Research Initiatives and Strategies for the Communicatively Impaired TOOL & DIE, INC. Complete design and mold construction utilizing CAD/CAM, CNC machining, and CNC vertical and wire EDM. Specializes in multicavity tools for injection molding, multibase insert molding shuttle tools. Serves automotive, computer, medical, and industrial markets. All molds sampled and debugged prior to shipment. CROWN MOLD & DESIGN, INC. Designs and manufactures injection molds for thermoplastics and thermosets. Specializes in smaller precision parts using Master-cam and Cadkey. Repair and revisions on all types of molds. CUSTOM MOLD & DESIGN Designs and builds high-quality, close-tolerance molds for medical, electrical, commercial and automotive markets, utilizing the latest CAD/CAM technology and machine tools. Plastic injection, metal injection and die casting die casting Forming metal objects by injecting molten metal under pressure into dies or molds. An early and important use of the technique was in the Linotype machine (1884), but the mass-production automobile assembly line gave die casting its real impetus. molds. CUSTOM MOLD & TOOL Designs and builds custom injection molds for medical, electronics, plumbing, hardware, agriculture, toys, sporting goods Noun 1. sporting goods - sports equipment sold as a commodity commodity, trade good, good - articles of commerce sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport , packaging, and cosmetics markets. CAD/ CAM design and programming. Conventional, CNC, EDM, and wire EDM machining for all types of molds to 2500 lb. Electronic transfer of data via fax or Internet. Mold repairs, design modifications, new inserts, prototypes and short-run machined part production. DEL-TOOL CO., INC. Designs and builds all types of high-precision thermoplastic and thermoset molds, including hot-runner, unscrewing, shuttle and two-color rotary molds. Full contouring capabilities working from DXF DXF - Drawing Exchange Format and IGES electronic transfer files. Complete 3-D design and modeling services. Latest CNC machining and CAD/CAM technology. CNC sinker Sinker A bond whose payments are provided by the issuer's sinking fund. Notes: A portion of these bonds are retired by the issuer each year. See also: Sinking Fund, Super Sinker Sinker and wire EDM. Hole-shooting 6000 lb capacity. DELUXE PLASTICS INC. CLINTONVILLE DIV. Designs and builds medium- to large-size molds up to 40,000 lb using CAD/CAM and CNC machining. DEM-CAV TOOL & MOULD INC. Conventional edge-gate, hot-runner, insulated-runner, and plastic injection molds. Also prototype molds. CNC machining and CAD/CAM. Specializes in automotive and housewares. DERWICH INDUSTRIES Small precision molds for injection molding thermoplastics. Automatic tooling, product engineering, repair, tryout. DIAMOND TOOL & DIE CO. Molds to 10,000 lb for appliances, business machines, and automotive parts. Specialist with slides and lifter molds requiring fully automatic operation. Stack molds also a specialty. Complete mold-design, CAD/CAM with Unigraphics and Pro/E software, CNC machines, and mold tryout. DIE-MOLD TOOL LTD. Specializes in automatic tooling for all types of thermoplastic pipe fittings. Custom CNC machining, product development, and mold design. DIETOOLING DIV. CAD designs, builds, and repairs small- to medium-size molds. EDM, duplicating, welding welding, process for joining separate pieces of metal in a continuous metallic bond. Cold-pressure welding is accomplished by the application of high pressure at room temperature; forge welding (forging) is done by means of hammering, with the addition of heat. , CNC milling, and close-tolerance CNC contour turning to Rc 60. Mold component and first-article inspection on CMM. Refurbishes or upgrades existing molds. D-M-E CO. Over 10,000 combinations of standard mold bases and a variety of mold plates, retainer A contract between attorney and client specifying the nature of the services to be rendered and the cost of the services. Retainer also denotes the fee that the client pays when employing an attorney to act on her behalf. sets, and cavity-insert blocks and rounds. Pre-engineered ejector pins, runnerless and sprueless molding systems, mold-heater temperature- and process-control systems. DOLLINS TOOL, INC. Engineering and construction of multicavity high-speed-stack injection molds for packaging, houseware and medical products. DUERR TOOL & DIE CO., INC. Designs and builds precision injection molds for thermoplastics. Complete CAD/ CAM capabilities utilizing ProEngineer and Solidworks. Prototyping and product design services. DURAMOULD PLASTICS INC. Injection molds up to 500-ton capacity. Uses CAD/CAM and handles electronic files. Insert molding, encapsulation (1) In object technology, the creation of self-contained modules that contain both the data and the processing. See object-oriented programming. (2) The transmission of one network protocol within another. , two-shot, and unscrewing molds. Complete testing and dimensioned part submission on all tools up to 300-ton capacity. DYNAMIC ENGINEERING, INC. Molds from miniature to 6000 lb for applications that include medical and electronics. Services include prototyping, production, and pretesting. DYNAMIC TOOL & DESIGN, INC. Designs and builds injection molds with close tolerances, multiple cavities, and multiple actions. Specializes in stack molds, unscrewing molds, and molds for thin wall parts. Utilizes CAD/CAM, CNC, CNC EDM, and wire EDM. Will work with customer-supplied Pro-E models and/or wire-frames, and send and receive data via modem or E-mail. Serves automotive, electronics, cosmetics, medical, cassettes, and closure markets. ECHO MOLDING, INC. Custom injection molding. Designs and builds steel and aluminum injection molds for machines up to 700 tons. Tooling, EDM, and repair services. ELECTROMOLD/GRIFFITH ENTERPRISES Makes cavities using a special electroforming Electroforming is a highly specialized process of metal part fabrication using electrodeposition in a plating bath over a base form or mandrel which is subsequently removed. process said to result in very precise detail and high accuracy. Can repair or modify steel mold parts. In-house design, internal/external grinding, and EDM. ELECTRONIC DEVELOPMENT LABS, INC. Designs, builds, and rebuilds hot-runner, insulated-runner, cam, unscrewing, short-run aluminum, and beryllium beryllium (bərĭl`ēəm) [from beryl ], metallic chemical element; symbol Be; at. no. 4; at. wt. 9.01218; m.p. about 1,278°C;; b.p. 2,970°C; (estimated); sp. gr. 1.85 at 20°C;; valence +2. molds. Full 3-D CAD/CAM for prototyping, design and development. Can build or rebuild molds to 36 x 36 in. and is equipped with forklifts, overhead trolley, conventional EDMs, CNC EDM, CNC mills and lathes, and grinders. Molding capability to 450 tons. ENTERPRISE IRELAND This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. IMC (Internet Mail Consortium, Santa Cruz, CA, www.imc.org) An industry trade association founded in 1996 by Paul Hoffman and Dave Crocker that promotes Internet e-mail standards and features. is a consortium of toolmaking The term toolmaking (sometimes styled as tool-making or tool making) may refer to:
EPW EPW Enemy Prisoner of War EPW Electron Plasma Wave EPW Earth Penetrating Warhead EPW Earth Penetrating Weapon EPW Engine Protection Washer EPW Edge Pro Wrestling EPW Extreme Power Wrestling EPW Extreme Polystyrene Wrestling EPW Electronic Payment Window INC. Supplier of molds and tooling for injection molding, blow molding, RIM molding, and molds for other processes. Prototype and production molds made from epoxy epoxy Any of a class of thermosetting polymers, polyethers built up from monomers with an ether group that takes the form of a three-membered epoxide ring. The familiar two-part epoxy adhesives consist of a resin with epoxide rings at the ends of its molecules and a curing laminates, aluminum-backed epoxy lined, cast-to-size aluminum, aluminum-backed nickel shells, and machined aluminum or steel. Full services offering in-house tooling design, engineering, CAD/CAM, CNC machining, contour digitizing, CMM inspection (including third party), model and pattern making facilities. Capable of handling large tooling projects such as automotive interior door tooling. RIM molding and prototyping in-house facility. EVERSON TOOL & MACHINE, LTD. Specializes in molds with complex 3-D geometry and uses 3-D CAD/CAM, CNC machining, CNC wire EDM, and CNC sinker EDM. Molds from small single-cavity prototypes to large multicavity molds (up to 30 x 40 in.) include hot-runner, three-plate, stripper Stripper Slang for an individual homeowner who strips the equity out of his or her home through mortgage refinancing. Proceeds are generally not re-invested, but spent on consumer goods. Notes: Most people get rich by saving and investing wisely. , and side-action molds. FAIRWAY MOLDS, INC. DIV. OF STACKTECK Specializes in precision high-cavitation, multi-action and multimaterial molds that adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. close tolerances. Also builds cap, closure, and unscrewing molds. In-house design. Uses Bostomatics, wire EDM, 20 conventional and CNC EDMs, jig grinding, etc. Testing facility for molds has 85-, 150- and 375-ton molding machines (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings. See also: Molding Molding . FAST4M TOOLING LLC Builds molds, dies and components using a patented laser-based technology that cuts thin layers of flat steel or aluminum sheet stock, which are laminated laminated /lam·i·nat·ed/ (-nat?ed) having, composed of, or arranged in layers or laminae. laminated made up of laminae or thin layers. together with a bronze alloy as an adhesive. FERRIOT INC. Manufactures custom injection molds. Services include product and development assistance, mold engineering with computerized applications, rapid prototyping, in-plant mold tryouts, models, prototype tooling, and duplicating patterns, finishing and cast cavities. Equipment includes CAD/CAM. Company can link customers computer data to its own systems. Workstations are networked with NC machines. FGL 1. FGL - Flow Graph Lisp. A distributed dataflow language for AMPS (Applicative Multi-Processing System). "A Loosely-Coupled Applicative Multi-Processing System", R. Keller et al, NCC, AFIPS June 1979, pp.613- 622. 2. FGL - Function Graph Language. Related to FEL. PRECISION WORKS LTD. Builds small, multicavity hot-runner molds up to large stack molds weighing as much as 90,000 lb. Services offered include product development, CAD/CAM, EDM, CNC machining, gundrilling and digitizing. Company serves automotive, construction, consumer, leisure, trucking, garden furniture, computer furniture, material handling, electronic, telecommunications and shipping container markets. Aggressive delivery program. FOBOHA USA Develops and produces high-precision and high-production injection molds. Produces one-, two- and multi-component molds, stack molds for one- and two-component molding, and high-cavitation pivoting (turning) stack molds. GAUER MOLD & MACHINE CO., INC. Designs and builds injection molds using CAD/CAM and CNC. Specializes in large aluminum and steel molds for structural foam. GENERAL BINDING CORP. Designs and builds close-tolerance molds from very small to molds weighing up to 2000 lb. Types of molds include two-plate with subgating, three-plate with pin gating, and hot-runner or insulated-runner with hot probes. G.M. TOOL CORP. Injection and compression molds to 12,000 lb. CAD/CAM precision mold building. Industries served include automotive, computer, medical and consumer products. In-house sampling from 50 to 700 tons. GR TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. Serves as single source for development and execution of injection molded mechanical and electro-mechanical assemblies, coordinating any project from concept to production. Uses concurrent engineering and design-for-manufacture and assembly (DFMA DFMA Design For Manufacturing and Assembly ) techniques to produce products and components quickly and cost-effectively. Services include preliminary technical and financial analyses, concept and product development, complete simulation capabilities, modeling and prototyping, tooling design and construction. GREENEVILLE TOOL & DIE CO., INC. Designs and manufactures precision molds and stamping dies up to 500-ton press size. Specialties are connector and hot-runner molds. Product development, mold repair, and contract EDM work (wire and ram). HANSON MOLD Designs and builds general-purpose thermoplastic and thermoset injection molds: insert, unscrewing, multiple-slide, prototype, cold-runner, runnerless, and automatic molds. Industries served include automotive, appliance, off-road equipment, and business machines, in-house product development and mold tryout. HASCO Complete line of inch and metric mold plates, standard mold bases and fully machined custom mold bases (inch and metric). All mold bases are modular, allowing maximum flexibility in designing a mold base using standard parts. Mold components include ejector pins, blades and sleeves, early returns, latch locks, interlocks, standard slide units, friction pullers, mold-making components, water connectors and components, seal plugs, collapsible cores and unscrewing components. HETTINGA EQUIPMENT INC. Licensor/distributor of self-clamping molds, film-gate injection, multiple cavity injection molding parameters, composite molding, controlled density, in-molding, and molded-in textile hinge. Also offers three-in-one molding and multipoint volumetric volumetric /vol·u·met·ric/ (vol?u-met´rik) pertaining to or accompanied by measurement in volumes. vol·u·met·ric adj. Of or relating to measurement by volume. injection control. In-house mold testing from 10 to 1200 tons. HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LTD Husky Injection Moulding Systems Ltd was founded by Robert Schad, a German immigrant who came to Canada in 1951 with $25 borrowed from an uncle and a letter from a family friend by the name of Albert Einstein. . Designs and manufactures injection molds (using CAD), hot-runner systems, and standard mold components. Primary markets include PET bottle preforms, closures, thin-wall packaging, and medical disposable products Disposable products are items that are not intended by the manufacturer to be reused more than once or a few times as compared to more permanent serviceable and reusable items. Some products that have disposable versions are:
tr.v. pre·formed, pre·form·ing, pre·forms 1. To shape or form beforehand. 2. To determine the shape or form of beforehand. n. 1. molds from 16 to 96 cavities and mold refurbishments. Closure molds typically manufactured for high-volume applications from single-cavity prototypes to 2 x 24 inside center valve-gated stack molds or 2 x 64 hot-tip configurations. Hot-runner systems range from single-drop to multiple-drop stack-mold configurations with standard hot-tip or valve-gate designs. Standard mold parts such as nozzle An orifice in an inkjet print head through which ink is sprayed onto the paper. Print heads with six thousand or more nozzles are common in today's printers. Nozzle housings, tips, insulators, and heaters available. Specialty components custom built. IDEAL MOLDS & TOOLING Designs and manufactures injection molds for thermoplastics and thermosets, including hot-runner, three-plate, manifold, and stripper-plate types in sizes not exceeding 36 x 40 in. Does specialty work in the medical field. Uses software technology for building prototype or production tooling. Sampling done on premises. IDEAL TOOL & MACHINE CO. Builds prototype and production injection molds utilizing CAD/CAM, CNC, and EDM. IMPERIAL TOOL & PLASTICS CORP. Designs and builds injection molds. Services include mold sampling, prototype and production molding. INFINITY PLASTICS LLC Supplies precision, high-speed hot- and cold runner injection molds including insert and multishot tools. Specializes in close tolerance molds and molding for the medical, food/beverage and telecommunications markets. Closed-loop, all electric machines utilized in a cleanroom environment. Part design, material selection, mold testing, secondary operations, process development and validation services also provided. ITALIAN TRADE COMMISSION Provides information on Italian injection molds made by hundreds of small- and medium-sized companies for all industries. IVANHOE TOOL & DIE CO. INC. Utilizing CAD/CAM, designs and builds high-production, precision injection molds for packaging, medical and technical markets, especially where interchangeability is desired. Specializes in multicavity, hot-runner, automatic-unscrewing, and proprietary collapsible-core molds. Multimold projects for single or multiple components. Expertise in molds for parts with internal or external threads. JANLER CORP. Specializes in runnerless, rotating-core, and stack-mold systems for thermoplastics and thermosets. Has built a 2 x 16 unscrewing stack mold. CNC equipment including machining centers, EDM machines, and three-axis wire EDM, as well as ample complement of milling, grinding, turning, boring, cutting, profiling, and duplicating machinery. Product development, mold repair, tryout, and debugging (programming) debugging - The process of attempting to determine the cause of the symptoms of malfunctions in a program or other system. These symptoms may be detected during testing or use by real users. . JOWA ENTERPRISES INC. Designs and manufactures molds utilizing CAD/CAM. Two dedicated CAD stations, two dedicated CAM stations, and two CNC mills. Tool room equipped to handle wide range of mold and tool requirements, including vacuum tooling. Typical molds built include hot-runner, three-plate, stripper, unscrewing, shuttle, and two-color types for thermoplastics and thermosets. Rapid prototyping using FDM (1) (Fused Deposition Modeling) See 3D printing. (2) (Frequency Division Multiplexing) Transmitting multiple data signals simultaneously over a single wire by using multiple carriers, each having a unique center frequency. rapid prototyping process. K&K TOOL LTD. Complete toolmaking services include in-house engineering and local tryout facilities. Mold sizes to 12 tons. Experience in molds for crates Crates (krā`tēz), fl. 449 B.C., Athenian comic dramatist. He is said to have introduced into comedy themes other than those of personal satire, and he was one of the first to show the comic possibilities of the drunkard. and similar food-handling containers, as well as high-precision unscrewing closure molds. Also large stack molds, as well as molds for nitrogen gas injection, and automatic bi-component molds. Installs all commercially available hot-runner systems or will build and engineer custom-designed systems. A 250-ton Engel bi-component press on site for two-shot trials. KDE (K Desktop Environment) A GUI-based user interface primarily for Unix and Linux machines, but also available for Windows and Mac. The source code is freely distributed and is maintained by developers around the world. SALES & SERVICE, INC. KLOCKNER DESMA Injection molds to fit its high-speed, thin-wall injection molding machines Injection molding machine (also known as injection press) - a machine for making plastic parts. Manufacturing products by injection molding process. Consist of two main parts, an injection unit and a clamping unit. from 330 to 550 tons. Total turnkey packages for closures and other high-volume, thin-wall applications. KELLEMS & COE See common operating environment. TOOL CORP. Specializes in on-time delivery of molds for thermoplastics and thermosets. Short-run tooling, in-house product development, mold design, mold repair and tryout. KEY PLASTICS Complete mold design, building, testing, and running facilities. Molds to 300 tons produced for consumer, medical, or automotive products. L&H PRECISION TOOL & MOLDING CO. Injection molds for thermosets and thermoplastics. Specializes in multiple-action, close-tolerance, hot-runner, stack molds, and injection blow molding of small containers. Pantograph and EDM machinery permit pattern-making from drawings or prototypes. LEIDEL CORP. Designs and manufactures thermoplastic injection molds for cosmetics, packaging, and medical industries. Automatic unscrewing or stripped-thread closure and overcap molds. Also molds for small, high-precision engineering components requiring cam actions and/or automatic unscrewing with various gating and hot/cold-runner requirements. CAD/CAM, CNC ram EDM, CNC turning and four-axis milling, CNC continuous path cylindrical cyl·in·dri·cal adj. Of, relating to, or having the shape of a cylinder, especially of a circular cylinder. grinding and surface grinding, multiple-start contour-thread grinding, inspection and mold testing. LEOMINSTER TOOL CO. INC. Specializes in medium- to large-size molds with emphasis on contoured surfaces cut from CAD solid models. Company takes files via modem and works exclusively from electrodes Electrodes Tiny wires in adhesive pads that are applied to the body for ECG measurement. Mentioned in: Electrocardiography and EDM. LIBERTY MOLD & DUPLICATING CO. Designs and builds precision injection molds for thermoplastics and thermosets. Prototype tooling, multicavity production molds with interchangeable cavities and cores, cam action, automatic unscrewing, stack, collapsing core, or hot-runner systems depending on requirements. Equipped with CAD/CAM systems, CNC machining, EDM, hobbing, duplicating, engraving, mold repair, and mold polishing. Industries served include closures (tamper-evident, flip top, internal and external thread), electrical, medical, cosmetic packaging, photographic equipment, and writing instruments. LINCOLN MOLD & DIE CORP. Designs and builds unscrewing, cam-action, stack, runnerless, collapsing-core and molds for tamper-evident closures. Complete design facility utilizes solids-based CAD/ CAM system. CNC equipment fully integrated through a local network. Quality assurancce SPC 1. (business) SPC - Statistical Process Control. Something to do with quality management. 2. (body) SPC - Software Productivity Centre. 3. (company) SPC - Software Publishing Corporation. 4. data collection implemented via computer software on coordinate-measuring machine A coordinate-measuring machine (CMM) is a device for dimensional measuring. It is a mechanical system designed to move a measuring probe to determine the coordinates of points on the surface of a workpiece. , optical scope and optical comparators. LOWRY MFG. INC. Designs and builds production and prototype injection molds for thermosets and thermoplastics, and molds for structural foam. Specialties include standard molds along with three-plate, hot-runner, insulated with subgates, cams and stripper-plates. Most molds made with heat-treated tool steel. Supplies cast cavities and machined aluminum. EDM, CNC, CAD/CAM, duplicating, pantograph, and in-house design services. Company also imports molds from China made to U.S. standards. M2M M2M Machine-to-Machine (communication, mainly mobile) M2M Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) M2M Mobile to Mobile (cellular phone) M2M Member-to-Member M2M Month to Month INTERNATIONAL LTD. Engineers and builds molds for up to 3000-ton presses. CAD/CAM, CNC machining, CNC EDM, wire EDM, and project management available on site. M2M INTERNATIONAL INC. Builds tools for up to 700-ton presses. Services include CAD/CAM, CNC machining, EDM, and complete project management. Company is the Midwest office of Ikegami Mold Corp., which offers engineering services to customers involved in Japanese programs. MAJESTIC TOOL & MOLD LTD. Manufactures and repairs injection molds using CAD/CAM, CNC milling centers, and CNC EDM. MARLAND MOLD INC. Offers CAD/CAM, CNC manufacturing, in-house mold testing up to 500 tons, closure prototyping, and multimold programs. Molds have interchangeable components. Schedules via software system provide greater on-time delivery assurance. MASTER INDUSTRIES, INC. Specializes in close-tolerance precision injection molded parts and assemblies, multicavity molds, and assembly/automation equipment. MASTER PRECISION MOLDS INC. Products include a series of 11 test-specimen molds and multicolor, multimaterial molds. Automatic unscrewing, stripper-plate, and triple-plate molds; positive-return ejection, cam action, shuttle frames, and runnerless designs. Design, construction, and tryout for both standard and runnerless applications. Supplies tooling for quick-change systems of Master Unit Die products. MASTER TOOL & MOLD INC. Designs and builds close-tolerance injection molds. CAD/CAM and CNC machining and CNC EDM. Also compression molds. MASTER UNIT DIE Supplies quick-change tooling systems based on companion insert molds interchanged in a single frame that remains in the molding machine. Frames available in one-, two-, and four-insert mold configurations. Adapter frame with companion ear plates bolted to an existing standard mold base gives that standard base quick-change capability. Water-manifold system allows quick connection to water source. MATRIX TOOLING, INC. PLASTIC PRODUCTS Three-dimensional solid design and manufacture of complex injection molds and components. Capabilities include hot-runner tools, multicomponent tools, and tools that require all machining to be under magnification Magnification A measure of the effectiveness of an optical system in enlarging or reducing an image. For an optical system that forms a real image, such a measure is the lateral magnification m . Fully-integrated CAD/CAM system utilizing Unigraphics, Moldflow and Pro/ Engineer. Injection molding from 20 to 200 tons from prototype to high-volume production. Optical (332 x 1 enlargement capability) and touch probe inspection equipment. SPC, capability studies, and first article inspections. Full qualification of tools and finished parts. ISO- iso- or is- pref. 1. Equal; uniform: isobar. 2. Isomeric: isopropyl. 3. 9001 certified. MERCURY TOOL & MFG. Designs and builds injection molds in sizes to 8000 lb, including hot-runner, unscrewing, collapsible-core, and structural foam molds. CAD systems fully integrated with CAM systems used to program CNC. Mold testing to 500-ton machines. Services available for short-run and long-run molding. Specialties include insert molding, engineering materials, and quick turnaround mold repair. MGS MGS Mars Global Surveyor MGS Metal Gear Solid MGS Microsoft Game Studios MGS Ministry of Government Services (Ontario, Canada) MGS Maryland Geological Survey MGS Malaysian Government Securities MGS Minnesota Geological Survey MFG. GROUP Complete engineering, design and mold construction services. In-house resources include sampling, mold and part qualification, process development, and APQP APQP Advanced Product Quality Planning . Multishot technologies include insert molds, thinwall, hot-runner, auto unscrewing and multicavity. MINCO TOOL & MOLD, INC. Twenty-four hour full service, ISO 9001/2000 certified operation offering early supplier involvement, product and mold design, mold building, and tool validation that includes secondary operation and assembly. Over 30 UG workstations and Pro-E workstation dedicated to solids. Molds to 20,000 lbs. Industries served include automotive, telecommunications, and office equipment. MINIATURE TOOL & DIE INC. Specializes in the design and building of injection micromolded components (the smallest being 520 parts/single pellet pel·let n. 1. A small pill; a pilule. 2. A small rod-shaped or ovoid mass, as of compressed steroid hormones, intended for subcutaneous implantation in body tissues to provide timed release over an extended period of time. in size). Applications include insert micromolding and thin-wall. Turnkey systems A complete system of hardware and software delivered to the customer ready-to-run. In other words, just "turn the key" and go.  A Turnkey Video System available. Company is instrumentally involved in the emerging micromolding markets of MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) Tiny mechanical devices that are built onto semiconductor chips and are measured in micrometers. In the research labs since the 1980s, MEMS devices began to materialize as commercial products in the mid-1990s. devices, microfluidics, surgical implants, surgical instruments A surgical instrument is a specially designed tool or device for performing specific actions of carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, such as modifying biological tissue, or to provide access or viewing it. , as well as GPS sensors, computer components, and research into nanotechnology applications With nanotechnology, a large set of materials and improved products rely on a change in the physical properties when the feature sizes are shrunk. Nanoparticles for example take advantage of their dramatically increased surface area to volume ratio. Their optical properties, e.g. . MODERN MOLD & TOOL Manufactures injection molds for low- to high-volume requirements with emphasis in medical and electrical/electronic industries. Equipment includes SDRC Ideas, Solidworks and Cadra CAD, CNC milling, CNC lathe lathe (lāth), machine tool for holding and turning metal, wood, plastic, or other material against a cutting tool to form a cylindrical product or part. It also drills, bores, polishes, grinds, makes threads, and performs other operations. , CNC EDM, and wire EDM. Supporting services include mold maintenance, welding, heat treating and mold sampling. ISO 9001 certified. MOLD BASE INDUSTRIES, INC. Custom injection mold bases and machining services, standard injection bases, cavity sets, plate items, and self-lube components. MOLD CRAFT, INC. Designs and builds injection molds, specializing in high-volume, multicavity molds, and multimold projects for precision parts for telecommunications, electronics, medical, and consumer markets. MOLD MAKERS, INC. Designs and builds injection molds. Three-dimensional EDM and precision grinding for smaller conventional, tunnel-gate, or hot-runner molds requiring high precision. MOLDESIGN INC. In-house part and mold design, prototypes, and close-tolerance medical molds. Advanced manufacturing techniques use CAD IGES surface files, CNC milling, CNC-EDM, and file transfers via modem. MOLD-MASTERS LIMITED Builds runnerless molding systems for thermoplastic injection molding and mold-base top-half assemblies with thermocouple and power plugs wired for easy assembly. Short-run and automatic runnerless molds, and development services. MOLD-TECH, INC. Specializes in small- to medium-sized, high-production, close-tolerance molds. Utilizes CAD/CAM, CNC milling, CNC sinker EDMs, and CNC wire EDM. Builds molds with hot manifolds This is a list of particular manifolds, by Wikipedia page. See also list of geometric topology topics. For categorical listings see and its subcategories. Generic families of manifolds
Also shuttle-type molds where consistency is needed from cavity to cavity where there are two or more B sides to the mold. MYTRONICS Designs and builds one- or two-color, gas-assist standard molds, die casting and stamping dies. Can build molded parts from 4 to 1100 oz. on presses from 50 to 4000 tons. Shop offers CAD/CAM to design molds and drive CNC centers and EDMs. NATIONAL TOOL & MANUFACTURING CO. Complete line of standard and custom injection mold sets, including stripper, tri-plate, cavity-retainer, compression, and quickswitch sets. Over 4500 mold components, plates, and plate items such as ejector pins and sleeves, ejector blades, core pins, leader pins and bushings, angle pins, sprue sprue, chronic disorder of the small intestine caused by impaired absorption of fat and other nutrients. Two forms of the disease exist. Tropical sprue occurs in central and northern South America, Asia, Africa, and other specific locations. bushings, and support columns. Special items like date plugs, air-poppet valves, taper locks, side and top locks, long-lead locks, and extension nozzle sprue bushings. Designs, builds and bench tests new runnerless molding systems or retrofits existing ones. NEW ENGLAND New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. MOLD, INC. Designs and builds close-tolerance multicavity injection molds featuring component interchangeability and steel size verification. Additional features include automatic unscrewing mechanisms, side actions, and core pulls. Utilizes several hot-runner applications including fixed-probe, valve-gate, and edge-gate configurations. Complete project management and engineering capabilities. NEW JERSEY TOOL & DIE CO. Designs and builds any type of mold, including automatic unscrewing, hot-runner, runnerless molds, and molds for closures and electrical parts. CNC EDM, hobbing presses, CNC lathes, CNC gun drilling, and CNC cylindrical grinders Cylindrical grinders are a class of grinding machines used on the work pieces that are symmetrical about an axis of rotation (e.g. cylindrical). Types of Cylindrical Grinders OD grinder . Complete thread grinding and inspection. Surface grinding up to 27 x 60 in. Seven CNC machining centers. NEW PACIFIC MACHINERY, INC. J.K. WONG, INC. Builds injection molds in the Orient and can provide complete mold and machinery systems as turnkey operations. Large inventory of parts maintained. NORDICA PLASTICS LTD. Designs and manufactures prototype and production injection molds for appliances, automotive, electronics, telecommunications, durable consumer products, pipe fittings, and furniture components. Machines range from 75 to 300 ton. NORTHERN TOOL MANUFACTURING CO. Specializes in general-purpose injection, transfer and compression molds for thermoplastics and thermosets. Prototype, multicavity, and hot-runner tools. Product development, model making, duplicating and sampling on 175-, 200-, and 300-ton thermoplastic injection machines and 175-ton thermoset machine. OAKLEY DIE & MOLD CO., INC. Designs and builds injection molds weighing up to 20,000 lb, particularly for agriculture, appliance, food packaging, and automotive industries. Services include product development, prototypes, mold repair, and engineering changes. Complete tryout facility available with three injection presses. OAKWOOD TOOL & DESIGN, INC. Designs and builds injection molds utilizing CAD/CAM and EDM. OMEGA PLASTICS INC. Specializes in rapid cut tooling solutions and low-volume production services. Emphasis on speed to market (deliveries of 1-5 weeks). Capabilities include aluminum, P-20, and S-7 injection mold making, automated and insert molding, CAD/CNC, metals, secondary operations, light assembly, and design assistance. OMEGA TOOL INC. Designs and builds small to medium-size close-tolerance, multicavity, and automatic unscrewing molds for presses up to 500 tons. Engineering, sampling, and part inspection. PACIFIC PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. Molds for thermoplastic injection molding. Product development and mold tryout. PAK PAK, n.pr See pyridoxal-alpha-ketoglutarate. 2000 Designs and builds general-purpose injection molds for thermoplastics. Product development, mold repair, and tryout. PELCO PELCO Pressure Equipment Limitied Company (Canadian carwash outfitter) TOOL & MOLD, INC. Prototype and multicavity plastic injection molds including closures/caps (both single face and stack type), unscrewing and strip molds, hot runners, and insert shuttle molds. Also compression/transfer molds, mold repair, high-speed machining, CNC turning centers, wire and sinker EDM, I.O./O.D. grinding and thread grinding. PLAS-TOOL CO. Injection molds for round and square industrial containers and closures from quart cans to 55-gal drums. Specializes in 1-5 gal pails and lid molds. Complete services from product conception to manufacture, including turnkey plant operations. PLEASANT PRECISION, INC. MODULAR MOLD SYSTEMS Specializes in small to medium-size multicavity precision molds. Cavities produced on CNC equipment; engineering on in-house CAD/CAM system. Product engineering and design assistance. Manufactures Round Mate, an interchangeable insert mold system. PORTUGUESE TRADE COMMISSION Advanced tool-making capabilities from Portuguese mold makers utilizing CAD/ CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. and CAM. PRECISE MASSIE Precision, high-production, multicavity molds for thermoplastics. Services include database transfer, CAD design, mold and mold-base construction, and in-house sampling. Specializes in multimold projects requiring complex cam actions, unscrewing, stack molds, and interchangeable components for packaging, electronics, medical and industrial markets. PRECISION MOLD BASE CORP. Custom mold bases for injection molds. Services include custom machining of pockets, bores, water lines, guided ejection, hot-runner manifolds, ejector pin holes, and side locks. Builds Timesaver Timesaver is a well-known model railroad train shunting puzzle created by John Allen. It consists of a specific track layout, a set of initial conditions, a defined goal, and rules which must be obeyed while performing the shunting operations. series of premachined mold bases with finished pockets on the shelf and ready to ship. Design manual and/or complete software package available. Quick delivery is a specialty. PRISM ENTERPRISES Injection molds for all materials and assistance in part and mold design, plus complete molding/assembling/packaging facilities for automotive, industrial, and medical products. PROSPECT MOLD & DIE CO. Specializes in multicolor lense molds. Also molds for appliance and houseware industries. Capacity to 34 ton. PROTOPLAST protoplast /pro·to·plast/ (-plast) a bacterial or plant cell deprived of its rigid wall but with its plasma membrane intact; the cell is dependent for its integrity on an isotonic or hypertonic medium. , INC. Specializes in prototype/production and hybrid tooling using a combination of materials (QC-7 aluminum, steel and copper) for injection, injection/blow and structural foam molding applications. Full service from design and engineering to finished parts using CNC machining, CAD/CAM, and custom injection molding with secondary operations such as pad-printing, sonic welding, and hot-plate welding. QS 9000 registered. PROTOTYPE & PLASTIC MOLD CO., INC. Specializes in molds for short and medium runs for all engineering thermoplastics, including PEEK. Reduced lead times and costs achieved with CAD/CAM and standard frames. Fourteen molding machines to 300 tons. R&D TOOL & ENGINEERING INC. Designs and manufactures a wide range of injection molds, providing electronic model development (solid modeling), stereolithography The first 3D printing technology, which was pioneered by Chuck Hull of 3D Systems. See 3D printing. , urethane urethane (yoor´ithān´), n ethyl carbamate used as an anesthetic agent for laboratory animals, formerly used as a hypnotic in humans. casting, rapid prototype tooling, finite element analysis Finite element analysis (FEA) is a computer simulation technique used in engineering analysis. It uses a numerical technique called the finite element method (FEM). There are many finite element software packages, both free and proprietary. , plastic flow analysis, in-house mold qualifications, and unit tool programs. R&M MOLD MFG. CO., INC. CAD/CAM and EDM-equipped (wire and sinker) manufacturer of molds, including injection, metal injection molding The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. (m.i.m.), ceramic injection molding (c.i.m.), encapsulation, unscrewing, hot-manifold, stripper, and strip-feed. RAKAR, INC. Comprehensive mold-making services for injection, transfer and compression molds. Services include design, manufacture, tool tryout, and production molding of thermosets and thermoplastic. Specializes in close-tolerance connectors, insulators, molded-in inserts, bushings and contact pins. RBK RBK Reebok International Ltd. (stock symbol) RBK Rosenborg Ballklub (Football Team In Norway) RBK Russell Brennan Keane (chartered accountants) TOOL & DIE INC. Complete services from part design to molded product. Mold-making equipment includes CAD/CAM, EDM (diesinking die·sink·er n. One that makes or engraves metal dies for stamping or shaping. die  sink and wire), CNC milling, turning and accompanying support equipment. Mold sampling for every mold. RCO RCO Remote Communications Outlet RCO Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra RCO Recycling Council of Ontario (Canada) RCO Royal College of Organists (UK) RCO Rear Commodore RCO Regenerative Catalytic Oxidizer ENGINEERING INC. Production injection molds and prototypes. Complete design and engineering services. REDDOG INDUSTRIES, INC. Designs and builds injection molds from 500- to 2500-ton capacity using Pro-E AutoCAD, SmartCAM, and Camax. In-house mold sampling/testing and full repair and revision capabilities. Support equipment includes CNC machining centers, CNC EDM machines, gun drill, and large-capacity grinding. ROEHR TOOL CORP. Collapsible core tooling for internal molding of parts such as closures. Expandable tooling for external molding of parts, which may require slides or side-action mold functions. Specialty tools for large diam. application and other related products. Engineering and design capabilities. SARCOL INC. CNC machine from billet or ceramic, cast-to-size technology is said to have advantages over traditional, machined tooling. These include more efficient production of multiple cavities, intricate parting-line configurations, and cost efficiency for creating realistic, 3-D surfaces. Utilizes CAD/CAM and CMM with reverse engineering. Process is suitable for plastic and rubber injection molds, die cast, RIM molds and compression molds. Castings are being used for automotive steering wheels, airbag covers, gearshift knobs, brake handles and pedals, arm rests and door panels. SCHOTTLI USA Swiss moldmaker designs and builds semi- and full hot-runner molds and hot-runner manifolds with proprietary nozzle systems for high-precision parts such as medical syringes, closures for packaging, and certain technical parts. All molds tested. SCIENTIFIC MOLDING CORP. Builds close-tolerance, rapid-turnaround steel injection molds and provides prototypes, market-entry samples, pre-production and volume production quantities. Utilizes SDRC, Pro-Engineering, CADkey and CAD/CAM. All processes are certified ISO 9002. SHARP DIE & MOLD CO. Designs and builds prototype and production molds in medium to medium large sizes. Specializes in molds requiring complex mechanical movements and hot-drop manifolding. Also, high-technology tooling such as expanding structural foam, gas assist, and resin transfer molds. In-house CAD/CAM/ CAE and CMM inspection and mechanical quick-mold-change systems. SNIDER MOLD CO., INC. Complete moldmaking and designing facilities, specializing in larger molds to 40,000 lb. Tooling services for thermoplastic and thermoset injection and short-run molding. CNC and tracer mills, full 3-D CAD/ CAM, EDM, and three tryout presses with up to 72 x 144 in. platen A long, thin cylinder in a typewriter or printer that guides the paper through it and serves as a backstop for the printing mechanism to bang into. It is typically made of a hard rubber or rubber-like material. See carriage and typewriter. size and 84-in. daylight. Contour work for large parts like chairs and tractor hoods. Product engineering, mold repair, tryout, model making, and duplicating. SOURCEONE, INC. Designs and manufactures injection molds to hold high degree of tolerance and complex shapes. Uses CNC milling and CNC EDM. Molding presses from 66-880 tons with optional robotic equipment. In-house molding and color matching, and part assembly available. SOUTHWEST MOLD, INC. Provides turnkey systems, including assistance with part design, full in-house CAD design services, programming, CNC, EDM machining, full tooling capabilities, sampling services, first article inspection documentation, injection molding, secondary services, decorating, EMI/RFI shielding, packaging and drop shipments. Manufacturing utilizes barcoding and on-line computer systems On-Line Computer system - (OLC) A predecessor of the Culler-Fried System from UCSB ca. 1966. [Sammet 1969, p.253]. . Utilizes computer SPC analysis and meets all Kanban Meaning "visible record" in Japanese, it is a system of notification from one process to the other in a manufacturing system. Kanban cards, which may be multicolored based on priority, are stored in a bin or container that holds the items. They describe the parts, supplier and quantity. requirements. STACKTECK Designs and builds molds for the cap, closure and medical industries. Specializing in high-quality, multicavity molds, company utilizes the latest technology for unscrewing, collapsing-core and bump-off-style caps and closures, which include tamper To meddle, alter, or improperly interfere with something; to make changes or corrupt, as in tampering with the evidence. evident, child resistant, hinged closures (flip-top), and some specialty closures. Molds are designed and built to minimize cycle time, offer top reliability, and simplify and/or reduce set-up time. Also stack molds with up to four levels, in-mold labeling, and quick-change systems. STAN-CAST, INC. Specializes in molds with cavities or cores made of beryllium-copper, aluminum, or steel. Complete service from pattern-making to finishing. In-house foundry makes both ceramic and pressure castings. Can supply other tool shops with cast, machined, and mitered cavity and core sets. STEWART INDUSTRIES, INC. Thermoplastic molds up to one ton, or 3 x 3 ft, for use in aircraft, medical, and electronics applications. Design and tryout facilities. EDM, tracer mills, and pantographs. STOTT TOOL & MACHINE CO. Designs, builds, and maintains injection molds. EDM, CAD, CNC machining, on-site mold testing and production. Industries served include medical, industrial, healthcare and displays. Specializes in molds having large numbers of hobbed cavities (buttons, beads, etc.), and two-color/two-material molds. Fourteen machines to 500 tons. SYSTEM MOULDS LTD. Designs and builds multi-cavity injection and injection blow molds, including hot-runner systems. Injection molds for packaging of personal care, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products. Injection-blow molds for jars and bottles. T.&C. MACHINE PRODUCTS DIV. OF PLASTICO, LTD. Injection mold building, EDM, grinding, design service, tooling, and tryout up to 250 tons. TECH MOLD INC. Manufacturer of high-cavitation, ultra-precision, total interchangeability, runnerless molds for medical, closure, technology, and consumer markets. Expertise is in multiple mold programs where dimensional accuracy, mold standardization standardization In industry, the development and application of standards that make it possible to manufacture a large volume of interchangeable parts. Standardization may focus on engineering standards, such as properties of materials, fits and tolerances, and drafting and total component interchangeability are critical. CNC machining centers, CNC surface, I.D., O.D. and JIG grinding, EDMs, CMM and CAD/CAM systems. Maintains database to manufacture total component interchangeability during the life of a mold. All molds sampled in-house. Additional capabilities fron the company include prototyping and full production molding. TEN TEC, INC. Molds, including short-run tools, designed and built for thermoplastics and thermosets. Specializes in cam-action and automatic tooling. Mold repair, tryout, engraving, and duplicating. I. THIBAULT INC. Designs and builds injection and compression molds, including hot-runner, stack, side-action, family, unscrewing, from small to large sizes (55 x 60 x 65 in.) weighing up to 40,000 lb. CAD/CAM and EDM and CNC cutting. Mold tryout and model-making are subcontracted sub·con·tract n. A contract that assigns some of the obligations of a prior contract to another party. intr. & tr.v. sub·con·tract·ed, sub·con·tract·ing, sub·con·tracts . Mold-repair services. TOMKEN TOOL & ENGINEERING, INC. Offers turnkey packages with in-house design, molds, and complete validation of parts. Mold-building specialties include encapsulation and insert molding for shuttle-table or rotary-table machines; 3-D type parts where part contour is available from CAD database; and small and intricate parts. Design with Unigraphics II and AutoCAD using Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . Tooling equipment includes CNC EDMs, wire EDM, CNC vertical mills, and jig grinders A jig grinder is a machine tool used for grinding complex shapes and holes where the highest degrees of accuracy and finish are required. The jig grinder is very similar to a jig borer, in that the table positioning and spindles are very accurate (far more so than a manual . Specializes in high-quality molds. TOOL-PLAS SYSTEMS INC. Designs, engineers and manufactures tooling from prototype through production. CAD/CAM systems include Cimatron, Toolchest, Cadkey, XMD XMD Ten Gigabit Miniature Device XMD Cross Modulation Distortion XMD Xml Document XMD Xilinx Microprocessor Debugger , and Power Mill. Industries served include automotive, appliance, and toy. TOP GRADE MOLDS Custom maker of high-production injection molds using CAD/CAM/CAE and CNC machines. Specialties include all sizes of round and square pail and lid molds; thick- and thin-wall packaging, housewares, industrial, commercial, and medical products; and molds for household appliances and construction applications. Single- or multicavity, specializing in stack molds. Builds hot-runner systems. TREBOR PLASTICS ENGINEERING Specializes in precision, high-production, automatic molds, primarily for thermoplastic electronic and medical parts. Also short-run tooling and production of precision injection molded components for electronics and consumer products. Mold design, repair, tryout, and product development. Total manufacturing capabilities include design, moldmaking, injection molding, and assembly. TRI-PAR DIE & MOLD CORP. Produces all types of injection, compression and die cast molds. Capabilities include hot runner, cold runner, multishot, stack molds, inserts, unscrewing and cam action molds. Also in-house samplings, pre-production and production molding. TROY TOOLING, INC. Production and prototype steel, aluminum, kirksite epoxy mass cast injection molds, and RIM molds. Capabilities include fixtures and gauges, foam molds, models, patterns, and tooling aids. UFE UFE Uterine Fibroid Embolization UFE United for a Fair Economy UFE Ufficio Federale dell'Energia UFE Uniform Final Examination UFE Urban Challenge Final Event (DARPA) UFE Unidentified Flags and Ensigns UFE Unrestricted Free Agent INC. Designs and builds durable injection molds for precise complex components, plus full range of secondary/machining operations including cleanroom assembly. Worldwide provider of contract engineering and manufacturing services. Also facilities for manufacturing precision thermoplastic components and tight-tolerance gears. UNICAST DEVELOPMENT CORP. Injection and blow molds in beryllium-copper, steel, and aluminum alloys. Molds and inserts are precision cast from a pattern or model of part, or from a computer generated stereo-lithography (SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. ) pattern. Casting process involves making a precision ceramic foundry mold into which the alloy is cast. Process is suitable for producing rapid-prototype or production molds. Manufactures finished molds and also licenses process to other producers. VALIANT VALIANT Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial Cardiology A series of multinational M&M trials to determine the effects of valsartan–Diovan® TOOL & MOLD INC. Full-service turnkey capabilities specializing in medium to large molds (up to 75,000 lb) for automotive, aerospace, appliances, and furniture. Automotive molds for a variety of interior, exterior, and under-the-hood components. VAN DER DER - Distinguished Encoding Rules ZWAGG MOULDS & DIE INC. Offers complete services for injection molds from design to prototypes to production molds. VETTER ASSOCIATES Designs and manufactures all types of injection molds overseas, including hot-runner, stock, family, unscrewing, multicavity, and prototype. CAD/CAM/CAE, CNC, and EDM. Drawings for approval before manufacturing. Molds come with quality-control documentation. V.I.F. MOULD & PLASTICS INDUSTRIES LTD. Precision molds for engineering thermoplastics include hot-runner, automatic-unscrewing, cam-action, and collapsible-core molds. All steps from conception to production. Utilizes CAD/CAM and CNC machining. Molding capabilities for 40- to 1200-ton presses. ISO 9001 registered. WEBER MFG. LTD. Full-service, mold-making facility specializing in molds for automotive, consumer and aerospace industries. Capacity to build injection, compression, RIM, RRIM RRIM Reinforced Reaction Injection Molding and transfer molds in steel, aluminum and NVD See National Vulnerability Database. nickel. WENTWORTH MOLD INC. Specializes in the design and manufacture of PET and extrusion blow molds as well as injection molds. WIRTH TOOL & DIE Designs and builds precision injection molds, including multicavity, hot-runner, and quick-turnaround prototypes. WISCONSIN TOOL & MOLD CO., INC. Designs and builds precision injection molds for medical, pharmaceutical, electronics, connector, and controls industries. Specialties include stainless-steel and hardened mold bases and runnerless molds. Prototyping, sampling on 30- to 500-ton presses, mold repair, and troubleshooting. X-SYST MOLD SOLUTIONS INC. Designs and builds precision, multicavity molds to fit up to 700-ton presses. Prototype, low-volume and high production molds. Industries served include consumer products, medical, automotive lenses, and electrical components markets. In-house engineering, CAD systems, computer programming services, CNC machining, CNC EDM, and CNC wire EDM. |
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