Tool & Die / Moldmaking

News • April 22, 2025

Lyndex-Nikken expands sales team

Lyndex-Nikken, manufacturer and provider of high-performance machine tool accessories and machine tending solutions, expanded its sales team to "better serve the evolving needs of industry in Canada and Mexico."

News • October 28, 2024

Emuge-Franken names national sales manager

Emuge-Franken USA, a manufacturer of high-performance taps, thread mills, drills, end mills, clamping devices and other rotary tools, has appointed Mike Patterson as national sales manager for the U.S. and Canada.

News • September 23, 2024

Dorner appoints Tim Patt as new regional sales director

Tim Patt has been selected as regional sales director for Dorner. In this position, Patt will lead a team of Dorner regional managers to grow the company's automation, industrial and sanitary conveyor business.

Articles • August 5, 2024 • Dennis Spaeth

Bucking the salary trend

CTE's 2024 Biennial Salary and Benefits Survey reveals a drop in pay at most manufacturing positions.

Articles • December 26, 2023 • Christopher Tate

Giving mold making its due

Tracing well-known machining innovations over the last few decades spurred by challenges faced by mold makers.

Articles • January 1, 2023 • Connor Benedict

Speed drill

Palmgren adds precision, power and versatility to its 25" Power Feed Gear Head Drill Press.

Products • September 30, 2022

Fluid End Blocks

Century has an 89,900 sq. ft. facility with 40-ton cranes and 15 high performance machine tools for drilling, milling, 3D roughing, semi finishing and finishing of both steel and aluminum, enabling it to achieve complex geometries and exacting tolerances. The company can produce structures in excess of 100,000 lbs. and sizes of up to 343" long by 100" deep by 120" tall.

Articles • August 1, 2022 • Alan Richter

Salary Survey: Metalworkers make bank

Cutting Tool Engineering's 2022 Benefits and Salary Survey reveals across-the-board income gains for metalworking professionals.n

Products • February 25, 2022

GR3 Graphite Machining Solution

Costly multi-machine operation becomes a thing of the past in cases where various electrode materials need to be processed, as does the associated laborious setup of multiple processes. In addition, considerably healthier work conditions can be achieved due to the absence of dust. Processing graphite with the right metalworking fluid is an extremely economical process that achieves higher-quality workpieces and .005 tolerances.

News • September 29, 2021

Medical moldmaker realizes surgical precision with machine tool

Medical mold manufacturers' product specifications require exact tolerances, absolute precision, and sophisticated tool paths. Multi-axis CNC machine technology is helping these companies reach these lofty specification goals.

News • September 24, 2021

Horizontal machining provides perfect balance for moldmaker

Keeping up with technology advances means keeping CNC equipment up-to-date, which allows injection molding companies to accept jobs that they might ordinarily have to decline.

Articles • June 21, 2021 • Alan Richter

Training on demand

Online training offers an alternative, as well as complementary, way to learn machining and programming.