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Tormach 1100M: Making a Mold for a Carbon Fiber Corvette Intake

Are you looking for a dedicated prototyping CNC mill that allows you to keep your moneymakers running production? Want to keep your part making in-house to save time and money as you design/iterate? Check out the Tormach 1100M as it mills out an 87lb. aluminum block. This prototype mold was built to produce high-performance, after-market, carbon fiber intake manifolds for Corvettes. Your ability to dream is all that's holding you back!

For more information visit us at https://cnc.tormach.com/prototyping

ARCH Cutting Tools -- Your complete tool making authority

ARCH Cutting Tools continues to focus on their commitment to deliver an exceptional customer experience. Backed by a talented line up of experienced engineers to assist you in creating personalized custom tool solutions and fueled with an ever increasing standard, stocked high performance offering of cutting tools and holders. ARCH is your tool making authority. Jeff Cederstrom, the divisional President of ARCH Cutting Tools provides his insight into the unique cultural identity that is the base of their success.

Automated die machining boosts manufacturing capacity

Today, the WMF Group, which was founded in 1853 as Metallwarenfabrik Straub & Schweizer and has been part of the French SEB Group since 2016, represents the best in cooking, drinking and dining. More than 2,200 employees at the Geislingen headquarters and the nearby Hayingen plant alone are engaged in the development and production of high-quality cookware and cooking knives.

Lights on

04/01/2009
Author:
Bill Kennedy
Quality Mould Inc., a maker of molds for glass products such as lamps and headlights, thrives by leveraging its skills and using advanced technology.
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Top Tools

04/01/2008
Author:
Alan Richter
There are five tool tips for moldmakers for speeding up production and aiding in highly repeatable, precision machining. Included are deep-hole drills to avoid pecking, high-feed cutters, tools for reducing EDMing, high-precision cutters and PCBN cutting tools.
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Molding's Dark Side

04/01/2007
Author:
Bill Kennedy
Keys to lights-out production of molds. Today's moldmakers can apply equipment, processes and strategies that let them turn on the machine, turn off the lights and go home.
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