“As production requirements increase, transitioning to a more efficient type of tooling can save some OEMs tens of thousands of dollars a year,” according to DureX Inc. president Bob Denholtz. OEMs ...

AZoM talks to Mitch Johnson, PhD, Senior Technical Director of General Plastics Manufacturing Co, about the many applications and benefits of polyurethane, especially for soft tooling. Could you ...

Tooling, in manufacturing, can be defined as the process of designing and engineering the tools essential for producing the components or parts needed to form the final product. It can include cutting ...

Tesla hopes to avoid the problems that plagued its Model X crossover for its Model 3 sedan by ... wait for it ... skipping a pre-production quality control process called "soft tooling." The process ...

Aluminum injection molds used to be thought ideal only for low-volume applications using commodity materials. That is changing as OEMs look more closely at tooling costs and cycle times to reduce ...

Quick-change tooling increases productivity for machining. Solidfix is a modular quick-change collet system that helps machine operators to perform setups and changeovers in 15 seconds or less. One of ...