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Standex Engraving Draft Angles
One of the texture suppliers that we often use is Standex. They make and apply standard and custom textures to our tools by method of Chemical etching or Digital transfer. Chemical engraving produces carefully designed textures and finishes without seams or distortion. Create an organic appearance that offers comfort, or an orderly pattern to improve…
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TTH sponsors hospitals and schools
As part of The Tool Hub Corporate Social Responsibility Policy a part of the profits are used to sponsor charities. One of those is Tuki Nepal where The Tool Hub helps support the construction of a Hospital, a school, and 88 houses in Jyamrung Nepal following the 2015 earthquake. 34 of the 88 of the houses…
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The Light guide tool
Please click on the image below to download our short introduction to challenges when manufacturing a tool for Light Guide Lenses
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Efficient Cooling
Download our 5 step quick guide to efficient cooling by clicking the image below.
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PUR-Foaming
There are basically 3 methods for PUR foaming. RIM-process (reaction injection moulding) polyurethane is foamed to PU-compact and PU-integral skin foam. Application examples are: housing parts, dashboards, armrests. SRIM-process (structural moulding reaction injection moulding) a glass-fibre mat is placed in the mould and is foamed around with a polyurethane hard foam. This technique is mostly…
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Turbulent Cooling
Injection moulding process is cyclic in characteristic. Cooling time is about 50 to 75% of the total cycle time. Therefore, optimising cooling time for best performance is very important from quality and productivity point of view. The real objective here is to control the cooling rate and temperature of the parts so they can be…
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Steel grades
A more detailed look at some of our steel grades and their characteristics. Steel Grade Comparable Standard AISI / JIS Hardening Delivery Hardness HRC Characteristics Applications ASSAB Steel IMPAX 718S P20 Modified Prehardened 31-36 Pre-hardened type, high purity with isotropic microstructure contains 1.0% Ni High quality mold inserts, best suitable for plastic molding of PA,POM,…
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