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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Wednesday, September 12, 2018
When you start a business, one of the first things you should do is put quality management system standards into place. These standards can clearly identify your business objectives and make sure you have the right processes in place to offer high-quality...
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Friday, August 10, 2018
We recently completed a 16 cavity mold for an oil industry customer. This multi-cavity mold will produce a Frac Plug which delivers speed, durability, and cost-efficiency in one tight package. The plug's shorter length makes it a formidable competitor and the slip design reduces the...
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Friday, July 20, 2018
We recently completed several new wiper seal molds which are installed in the sealing configurations of hydraulic cylinders to prevent contaminants such as dirt, dust and moisture from entering the cylinder as they retract back into the...
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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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