Thursday, September 27, 2018
This is a plastic injection mold in process at our shop and this particular mold makes a ‘male cleat’. Lowrance Machine (a moldmaker) primarily sells products to companies that are in the rubber and plastics industries. ...
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Thursday, July 12, 2018
T-Seal Molds produced by Lowrance Machine. Lowrance Machine has manufactured hundreds of T-Seal molds. These molds produce an elastomer seal (a T-seal) that is usable in standard O-ring grooves. T-seals were originally developed to preserve advantages of O-rings in dynamic fluid power applications while ending two of their most serious...
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Friday, June 29, 2018
Last week we were notified by a customer in Missouri that a large parison rod that is part of a blow molding machine snapped/broke during production. This caused a major problem for our customer as it completely stopped production for this product. The size of...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
If you’re going to use an injection mold to create plastic parts, you need to come up with an effective cooling system to go along with it. Cooling your parts is actually one of the most important parts of the process. Here are some of...
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Thursday, June 07, 2018
We manufacture aluminum shaft seals and labyrinth seals that can be found in critical power generation equipment all over the world. The shaft seals featured here serve as a pressurized oil seal that is composed of several...
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Thursday, June 07, 2018
The custom plastic mold process looks much simpler than it is in actuality. On the surface, it’s incredible to see something like a plastic bottle or plastic part created using little more than molten liquid and a mold. However, the process of making a mold...
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Saturday, May 26, 2018
Last week a customer had an emergency and needed a 32" sheave repaired which they use in brick manufacturing. The customer was replacing bearings in the sheave when they noticed it was cracked inside and out. As a result of this the plant had to...
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Thursday, May 10, 2018
Do you need to produce a large quantity of one specific part? You can do it easily by designing a custom mold prior to starting production. A custom mold will allow you to produce the same part over and over again until you have...
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Thursday, February 22, 2018
If you are interested in making small products or parts, you should consider using CNC machining to get it done. CNC machining is a manufacturing process ...
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Friday, February 09, 2018
When your company is creating parts that need to be welded, you will have the option of doing either TIG or MIG welding. While their names are very ...
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