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She spent two years taking care of the ‘perfect plant.’ Then, she realized it’s plastic

"I feel like these last two years have been a lie."

How Material is Chosen for Different CNC Machining Applications

What CNC machining strategy should you use? Let's explore the three most common CNC machining strategies to help guide you.

How ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’ Makeup Pros Made Curious and Chilling Creatures

Prosthetics department head Sean Sansom and makeup designer Mike Hill discuss the enormous task of creating the monsters for the Netflix series.

Hippies gave us wonderful things, but they left an evil legacy too

There’s an incredibly addictive old iPhone game called Doodle God where you effectively invent civilisation from scratch by combining basic elements. So, for example, water plus lava creates steam.

Mold Star™ Series, Easy to Use Silicone Mold Rubber

Make Mold Cooling Easy and Effective

Strategies for designing an effective cooling system with less time and effort.

How To Mold and Cast a Resin Sculpture

Learn how to mold and cast a backlit bust of the infamous Marvel character, Ghost Rider.

Texturing Molds for Thermoplastics: Factors for Success

Factors to consider when selecting a texture or grain for a thermoplastic mold or die.

Conformal Cooling: Another Tool to Build a Better Mold

Moldmakers are just starting to scratch the surface of what can be done with conformal cooling, which involves an additive approach.

Why Is Mold Making So Hard?

There is a lot of shroud and mystery around the process of tool and mold making. Creating molds for production is one of the more pricey investments a business can make, though it will save time and money down the road. So, why is mold making so hard? A lot of the mystery comes from …

Guidelines for Prototyping Your Plastic Injection Molded Component

A prototype helps designers tweak their designs to ensure the plastic injection molded component will meet the customers expectations.

Cart for Cylindrical Molds

Creform Corporation has designed and produced a cart that carries cylindrical-shaped molds for a health and safety equipment Fortune 500 manufacturer. In collaboration with Creform engineers, the cart provides the functionality that is needed during the manufacturing process and protects the molds from damage, while offering the ease of load/unload. The cart, used for both... Read More

Basic Knowledge of Die Casting Tools and Molds

Before closing, the dies are sprayed with a release agent so that later the cast part can be easily released from the mold and the plates do not overheat.

The Importance of Tool and Die Makers in Injection Mold Building

The tool and die makers are expert workers or precisley put artisans of injection mold building.

3D Printed Molds Casting Tutorial: Complex Shapes

Here is a very easy technique to cast complex shapes in 3D printed molds. By complex shapes I mean shapes that are hollow, have channels or thin walls etc. Standard...

How much mold rubber do I need?

Estimating the amount of material needed for a project can be a difficult task.

How To Make Cavity Pour Molds

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Troubleshooting Challenge: Press Mold Moving When It Shouldn’t

How to Make a High Temp Silicone RTV Mold

These techniques will work for pretty much any pourable mold-making material (although with urethanes you will need mold release), I just happen to be using...

TOOLING: Designing Molds for Easy Maintenance in the Press, Part 1

Attention to design of cooling, ejection, and slides can save downtime and maintenance headaches.